Rev. James Kaddis, a well known Egyptian background pastor from Calvary Chapel in California had Jay come on his show to have an hour discussion on the many historical problems facing the origins of Islam.

See James Kaddis' YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@pastorjameskaddis

Watch the lively discussion between the two of them, which was far ranging and covered 10 major questions concerning the historicity of Islam's origins which James threw at Jay, including:

1) Why should we even engage with Muslims Apologetically and Polemically, and what kind of Polemics is the best to use with them?

2) Isn't the kind of Polemics which Jay uses (i.e. Historical Polemics) the most difficult for others to understand and use for themselves?

3) Why can't we trust the Islamic Traditions (i.e. the Sira, Hadith, Tafsir and Tahrikh), and shouldn't we go after their content rather than their historicity?

4) What is the real problem with the city of Mecca, and why does Jay believe that we need to start with this city in our debates concerning the historicity of Islam?

5) Why does Jay almost never attack the character of Muhammad and the irrelevancy of the Qur'an any more, since this is the classical Polemic which has been used for centuries?

6) If neither Muhammad, Mecca, or the Qur'an are historical, than can't Muslims say the same thing about Jesus, Jerusalem and the Gospels as a rebuttal?

7) Why does Jay say that the Biblical manuscripts are better and more historical than the Qur'anic manuscripts, and does he have proof to support his claims?

8) So, why is the problem of the Qira'ats and the Ahruf Qur'ans (i.e. the 30 different Qur'ans which Jay and Hatun held up in 2016) so devastating for Muslim scholars today?

9) Doesn't the Qur'an have a higher respect for the prophets than the Bible, and isn't the image of Isa in the Qur'an a better representation of Jesus than in the Bible?

10) Why does Jay think that Historical Polemics against Islam, if it is so effective, nonetheless, should only be used by Christians, and not by other people, such as Atheists, or Humanists?

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