This article is about two people: Ahmed Deedat and John Gilchrist - both looking to the death of Jesus Christ (who is the Lord and Saviour of us Christians, Him who according to the Bible report, died on the Cross of Calvery)
First, a few remarks about Ahmed Deedat: This Islamic hero Apologists Sheikh Ahmed Deedat (although he died long ago in tragic circumstances), in life was part of the Islamic Propagation Centre in Durban (but today, just as his prophet Muhammad - both are in their graves.
To read more about Deedat you are directed to the following article as well as an invitation where you can visit and join this WhatsApp Group where we discuss this Islamic Apologist in more detail. https://chat.whatsapp.com/EdWVGq1lT3I88NnX3VChmZ
What amaze me is the many arguments that Muslims still use today in debates that are directly taken out of Deedat's books or debates that they copied without thinking about the contents or truth themselves.
Deedat once made little headway with his booklet "Was Christ Crucified?" even though over a hundred thousand copies were eventually distributed.
Instead of abandoning this project he afterwards published another attack on the Christian faith in the form of his booklet "Crucifixion or Cruci-fiction?"
During my time away this week, I read this booklet - and can't believe my eyes - for the absolute unethical 'methods' and 'tricks' he used to play all sorts of games with his Muslim readers and made Jesus look like a sad example of a guy that totally lost it in his plotting with His disciples and the Jews.
The Second Person I want to mention is John Gilchrist. As a world class Muslim Apologist, Evangelist and author of many books in answer to Islam's claims.
In answer to the second book of Deedat: "Crucifixion or Cruci-fiction?" Gilchrist wrote this professionally researched book: The Crucifixion: Fact, not Fiction.
Gilchrist summarized Deedat's book as follows: The whole theme of this publication is that Jesus was a man of weak temperament and character who plotted an unsuccessful coup in Jerusalem and who fortuitously survived the cross.
Gilchrist wrote that this theory has no Biblical foundation and is contradicted by the Qur'an which teaches that Jesus was never put on a cross (Surah 4.157). It is promoted only by the Ahmadiyya cult of Pakistan which has been declared a non-Muslim minority sect. Only Deedat knows why he continues to espouse the cause of a discredited cult and why he advocates a theory that is anathema to true Christians and Muslims alike.
Gilchrist's Book can be download and read at the link underneath as a free ebook:
The Crucifixion: Fact, not Fiction.
The book covers the following chapters:1. Did Jesus Plan an Attempted Coup?
2. The Image of Jesus in Deedat's Booklets
3. Did Jesus Defend Himself at His Trial?
4. The Theory that Jesus Survived the Cross
5. Wild Statements in Deedat's Booklet
6. Gospel Truths Deliberately Suppressed by Deedat
