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Nabeel Asif Qureshi (April 13, 1983 – September 16, 2017) was a Pakistani-American evangelical Christian apologist, author of 'Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus,' and co-founder of Acts 17 Apologetics. Born in San Diego, California, to a devout Ahmadiyya Muslim family—his father a Pakistani Air Force physician—he became a practicing Muslim apologist and da'wah advocate during his early religious upbringing. While studying at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, he befriended David Wood and engaged in intense debates comparing Islam and Christianity, leading to years of personal research into the historical claims of both faiths. Qureshi converted to Christianity in 2005 after concluding that the evidence favored Jesus' resurrection and the Bible's reliability over the Quran. He pursued advanced theological training at Biola University, earning a Master of Arts in Christian Apologetics in 2010 and a Master of Divinity in 2011. Subsequently, he served as a speaker and itinerant apologist with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM), traveling globally to share his testimony and defend the Christian faith. In August 2016, Qureshi was diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer, which he publicly documented through updates on social media and his blog. Despite treatments, including experimental therapies, he succumbed to the illness at the age of 34, leaving behind his wife, Michelle, and daughter, Ayah.