Kathy Afzali asks Jay why POLEMICS, & why the HISTORICAL CRITIQUE?

With all of the controversy surrounding Jay's YouTube videos concerning the problems of Islam's Origins, Kathy Afzali, from the YouTube channel "You CAN Handle the Truth" invited him to respond to questions of her own about Islam and Christianity. She wanted to know whether we should even engage in Polemics with Muslims, since everything that we have been taught here in the US about how to respond to Muslims starts from the paradigm of "Love and Reconciliation". In fact, everyone knows that Christians should not argue or confront the prophet Muhammad, nor their Qur'an publicly, something Jay has been doing for over 40 years now. Watch this video as Jay debates with Kathy about her notions concerning how we should engage publicly with Muslims, and then notice how the conversation changes over to the historical critique itself, and why it is so important today when confronting with Muslims about their faith. Kathy Afzali's YouTube channel can be found at:https://www.youtube.com/@YCHT_Podcast/featured (@) Intro & Why engaging Islam Matters (@) Who Is Dr. Jay Smith? Background (@) Discovering 30 Different Qur’ans (@) Polemics vs Apologetics: How to Engage Muslims (@) Growing Up Among Muslims in India (@) The Best Questions to Ask a Muslim About Faith (@) Why Christians Avoid Debate—and Why We Shouldn’t (@) Was Paul Confrontational? The Case for Boldness (@) Loving Muslims Enough to Tell the Truth (@) The Problem of Fear in Reaching Muslims (@) Saul to Paul: Why Bold Converts Matter (@) Persecution and Bold Witness in Nigeria (@) How Polemics Work: Internal, Cultural, External (@) The Historicity of Mecca—Did It Even Exist? (@) Adam, Eve, Abraham… in Mecca? (@) Patricia Crone’s Research on Mecca (@) Archeology vs Islam’s Claims (@) The Qur’an’s Claim: Perfectly Preserved? (@) Variants in the Qur’an & Why It Matters (@) Muslim Scholars Forced to Admit Problems (@) Why the Bible Stands Alone Historically (@) Closing Reflections & Call to Truth © Pfander Centre for Apologetics & Polemics - US, September 8, 2025 (123,880)