Anis Shorrosh

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| birth_place = Nazareth, British Mandate Palestine

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| death_place = Mobile, Alabama

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| known_for = the view that armed Jihad and violence are central to Islam

| notable_works = The True Furqan (translator)

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Anis Shorrosh ({{langx|ar|أنيس شروش}}; January 6, 1933 – May 13, 2018{{Cite web|url=http://obits.al.com/obituaries/mobile/obituary.aspx?n=anis-shorrosh&pid=189016503&fhid=18121|title=Dr. Anis Shorrosh|date=May 16, 2018|website=Press-Register Obituaries}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thealabamabaptist.org/shorrosh-anis-a/|title=Shorrosh, Anis A.|date=2018-05-23|work=The Alabama Baptist|access-date=2019-01-27|language=en-US}}) was a Palestinian Evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor who wrote many books and participated in debates with Muslim author Ahmad Deedat.{{Cite web|url=https://koleksiceramahterbaikdunia.flixsterz.com/watch/ahmad-deedat-vs-anis-shorrosh-debate-quran-or-the-bible-which-is-god-039-s-word-q-a-session_WTslCoGqYjZMJ8Z.html|title=Ahmad Deedat vs Anis Shorrosh Debate Quran or the Bible Which Is God's Word Q A Session|via=flixsterz.com}}{{Cite journal|last=Westerlund|first=David|date=August 2003|title=Ahmed Deedat's Theology of Religion: Apologetics through Polemics|journal=Journal of Religion in Africa|volume=33|issue=3|pages=263–278|jstor=1581850|doi=10.1163/157006603322663505}}

Biography

Born in Nazareth, he became a refugee in Jordan during the Arab-Israeli War, and later immigrated to the United States with the assistance of missionaries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1982/february-5/how-one-arab-came-to-love-jews.html|title=How One Arab Came to Love Jews|first=James C.|last=Hefley|date=February 5, 1982|website=Christianity Today}} He earned two degrees from Baptist seminaries, including a doctorate.{{cite news|last=Sutton|first=Dorothy|title=Shorrosh to speak at 'encounter' people to people|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kzVUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rIwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5529,7294778&dq=anis+shorrosh&hl=en|access-date=21 April 2012|newspaper=Boca Raton News|date=August 26, 1983}} Shorrosh graduated from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1959 and later received a Doctorate of Ministries from Luther Rice Seminary and a Doctorate of Philosophy from Oxford Graduate School. He served as a pastor and evangelist in the Middle East from 1959 to 1966.

In his 1988 book, Islam Revealed, Shorrosh presented "armed Jihad and violence as central to Islam".{{Cite journal|last=Cimino|first=Richard|date=December 2005|title="No God in Common:" American Evangelical Discourse on Islam after 9/11|journal=Review of Religious Research|volume=47|issue=2|pages=162–174|doi=10.2307/3512048|issn=0034-673X|jstor=3512048}} He authored ten books, including The Liberated Palestinian, The True Furqan; Jesus, Prophecy, and The Middle East; and Islam; A Threat or A Challenge. Shorrosh translated The True Furqan from Arabic to English, intending to challenge the Quran.

In September 1995, he was a guest lecturer at NCI Bible College, Auckland, New Zealand. Between 2004 and 2005, he embarked on a worldwide tour, delivering lectures and engaging in debates.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Where-Jesus-Walked-Today-Throughout/dp/B00ECEH15M|title=Where Jesus Walked Today: 2 Thirty Minutes, Best of the Holy Land - A Visit Throughout the Holy Land with Dr. Anis A. Shorrosh|via=Amazon}} In 2001, he lived in Fairhope, Alabama.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/koran-like-book-puts-forth-challenge-witness-to-muslims/|title=Koran-like book puts forth challenge & witness to Muslims |date=June 12, 2001|website=Baptist Press |first1=Matt |last1=Sanders |first2=Debbie |last2=Moore}}

On Friday, May 2, 2008, he was arrested and charged with first degree attempted arson for allegedly burning tax records of his religious organization in an attempt to set his building on fire.{{Cite news |date=2008-05-02 |title=Evangelist minister and Islam critic charged with arson in Alabama |url=https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Evangelist_minister_and_Islam_critic_charged_with_arson_in_Alabama |newspaper=Wikinews}}

Shorrosh, age 85, passed away peacefully on May 13, 2018 at Providence Hospital in Mobile, Alabama.