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EVENT AGENDA: 

Books:

• Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus – by Nabeel Qureshi 
• Zondervan Counterpoints – Do Jews, Christians and Muslims all worship the same God? Four Views
• What every Christian needs to know about the Quran – by Dr. James White
• Reason for God – by Tim Keller, 2009
• Understanding Islam and Christianity – Josh McDowell and Jim Walker. Harvest House, 2013.
• Honor and Shame – Unlocking the Door. Roland Muller. Xlibris, 2000.
• Dear Muslim Friend – Jerry Mattix. ECS Ministries. 2014

Web Sites

• www.whoisthemessiah.wordpress.com – This video lecture series explores what the Bible teaches about the Messiah. Some of the topics covered are: the need for, the prophecy about, and the purpose of the Messiah, as well as answering challenges Muslims make to the trustworthiness of the Bible and the deity of Jesus. 
• www.answering-islam.org – A wealth of articles and links for resources related to Muslim ministry. 
• www.commanetwork.com – The public site for Coalition of Ministries to Muslims in North America. It has a number of resources and links to helpful information and testimonies by former Muslims.
• https://multilanguagemedia.org/ – A site for ordering Scriptures in languages spoken by Muslims.
• www.ReachingTheNationsAmongUs.org – A site for the multi-language JESUS film plus links to many other resources and cooperating organizations. 

Videos 

• Crescent Project video series. – A six-part series introducing the basics about Islam and how to engage Muslims in spiritual conversations. 
• Apologetics and Islam – by Dr. James White 

Articles from Jayson Casper:

• As anti-Muslim sentiment grows in the West, European evangelical consultant urges a better response than burqa bans.
  
  
• Muslim lawyer who helped Hobby Lobby and Hosanna-Tabor win at the Supreme Court details the difficulties Muslims face in securing the freedoms that US Christians demand.
  
  
• Diaspora leaders in America disagree on how to improve religious freedom back home.
  
  
• Diverse anthology of current Christian research on Islam, the Quran, and Muhammad suggests biblically-faithful paths for better engagement beyond polemics or dialogue.
  
  
• A short history of Shiite Islam explains why the pope made peace with Grand Ayatollah Sistani, yet Iranian rival and Sunni extremists don’t accept Muslim leader’s authority.
  
  
• Annual gathering of Christian scholars seeks better engagement with Islam.
  
  
• Followers of Islam admire the mother of Jesus. But can she be a bridge to Christianity?
  
  
• To acquit Asia Bibi of blasphemy, Pakistan’s Supreme Court relied on supposed seventh-century treaty by Islam’s prophet.
  
  
• Asia Bibi’s acquittal may model how to persuade Muslims of religious freedom.
  
  
• Arab theologians advise Americans not to fear Islam’s alleged “permission to lie.”
  
  
• Christians can learn from Egyptian debate over terrorism and true Islam.
  
  
• Islam and Christianity share Second Coming hopes. Can this be a bridge?
  
  
• Christians meet with Sunni Islam’s top leader, test other responses to extremists.
  
  
• As “mosque planting” and “unmosqued youth” increasingly resemble patterns in the church, evangelical experts reflect on implications for faith and witness.
  
  
• Arabic phrase invoked during presidential debate parallels James 4 and offers a window into how Christians and Muslims view God’s will.
  
  
• A 2019 survey shows how relationships curb Islamophobia and improve understanding between the two faiths.
  
  
• Does good press lead to greater gains in the Muslim world? Or merely cover a multitude of sins?
  
  
• Remembering the first missionary to Muslims, 700 years after his death.
  
  
• Films, courses, and dialogue groups invite—rather than confront—Islamic societies toward greater openness. But will accompanying “intersectionality” undercut support?
  
  
• The latest report on government restrictions and social hostilities in 198 nations follows the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.
  
  
• Three evangelicals wrestle with faithful witness in conversations with Muslims.
  
  
• ‘Same God’ controversy echoes what Mideast Christians have wrestled with for centuries.
  
  
• In the Middle East, Christians even host iftars.
  
  
• Eleven evangelical experts weigh in as death toll of New Zealand Muslims hits 50.
  
  
• Shift in human rights language could allow for greater acceptance in the Muslim world.
  
  

Jayson Casper is the Middle East correspondent for Christianity Today, reporting on news at the intersection of religion, politics, and culture. He resides with his family in Beirut, Lebanon, having relocated following nine years in Cairo, Egypt. He has lived also in Tunisia, Jordan, and Mauritania, and appreciates the ministry God has given him to be a bridge between peoples who often misunderstand each other. He speaks Arabic, and has a MA in Islamic Studies.

Amoon Sharon, is a Founder and President of Alpha Ministries International, a non-profit faith-based organization in New Jersey and South Asia. He has a passion to build relationships with people from different cultural, religious and ethnic background. He earns a degree in Religion from Liberty University, and lives with his family in Metuchen, New Jersey.  Alpha Ministries serves new immigrants through ESL program, build bridges with people from other faiths through South Asian Fellowship, take the message of hope to the inmates through Prison ministry. He speaks, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, and Persian.