Tulsa Pastor to Debate Muslims

Tulsa Pastor Reza Safa, a converted Muslim, will debate representatives from the Islamic Society of Tulsa at 7 p.m Jan. 25 at the Tulsa Convention Center.

Several Muslims became upset with Safa after he said in a published interview that Christians could not be friends with Muslims.


“A group of Muslims from the Islamic Society of Tulsa interrupted our service on September 11 at our church demanding a debate within 30 days,” Safa said in a press release. “They were furious because in a local newspaper I declared that Muslims could not be friends with Christians.

“I agreed to a debate and although I gave them a date in October, they were not able to keep their pledge. Now after four months we have reached an agreement for a date.

“The Islamic Society of Tulsa claims strongly that they are a peaceful organization, yet the person that they have invited, all the way from Canada, to debate me is Dr. Jamal Badawi, a member of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Fiqh Council.”

Steven Emerson in his book, American Jihad, has an extensive report on ISNA activities and their support of radical Islamic groups throughout the world, Safa said. Badawi is a Muslim scholar who has frequently debated Christians refuting the authenticity of the Bible, the divinity of Christ and the salvation of God through Jesus Christ.

Safa was born and raised a devout Shiite Muslim in the country of Iran. His father was a poet and Muslim scholar. While in Sweden, Reza heard the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the first time from Swedish missionaries. After months of struggle and fear of Islam, he committed his life to Jesus Christ and accepted Him as his Lord and Savior.

Reza founded The Harvesters World Outreach, a worldwide evangelistic and healing ministry. For the past 20 years, he has held crusades and pastors conferences in nearly 50 countries, reaching thousands of people in India, Africa, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union for Christianity.

Reza is also the founder and president of TBN Nejat TV, the first full-time Christian satellite network in the Persian language, and he pastors Fishermen’s House Church in Tulsa.

(Source: The Tulsa Beacon)