Young Professionals – The Fascinating Similarities Between Islam and “Jewish Christianity”
About The Event
The Islamic Jesus not only tells the story of Jesus, and his mother Mary, as narrated in the Qur’an, it also explores how this Islamic picture of the Nazarene resonates with pre-existing Christian sources, especially Apocrypha. In particular, it unveils the fascinating similarity between Islam and “Jewish Christianity,” a strain in the early church that got branded as a heresy.
***Light appetizers included.***
MidInMod has graciously provided the venue for this event. 
Click here to read a recent New York Times article by Mustafa Akyol titled “A Proposal for Islam.”
Learn more about Akyol’s book, The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of Muslims, here:
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About The Speaker
Mustafa Akyol is a turkish journalist and author. He studied political science and history at Bogazici University. Since early 2000’s, he has been writing regular opinion columns for Turkish publications like Hurriyet Daily News, and recently for the Middle-East focused Al-Monitor.com. Since fall 2013, he is also a regular contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and Al-Monitor.com.
He has published six books in Turkish, including “Rethinking the Kurdish Question: What Went Wrong, What Next?” (2005). His 2011 book, “Islam Without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty” an argument for Islamic liberalism, was published in the W.W. Norton. The book was long-listed for the Lionel Gelber Prize, a literary prize awarded by the University of Toronto for the best nonfiction book in English that seeks to deepen public debate on significant international issues, and praised by The Financial Times as “a forthright and elegant Muslim defense of freedom.” The book has been published also in Turkish, Malay and Indonesian.
Mr. Akyol is also a public speaker who has given hundreds of lectures and talks on numerous platforms, including TED, where he spoke on “Faith vs. Tradition in Islam.” He has also been a commentator on public affairs programs, including the BBC’s “Hardtalk” and CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.” Since Jan 2017, Mr. Akyol is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Freedom Project at Wellesley College, based in Massachusetts, USA.
Akyol’s book, The Islamic Jesus: How the King of the Jews Became a Prophet of Muslims, will be available for purchase and signing at the event.