That’s one of their problems. The other is that they follow a false “prophet” who gave them some bizarre blend of Jewish law, Christian figures, and pagan practices, which were all things circulating in the Middle East at the time this camel-train-raiding “prophet” emerged. It’s irrational and idiotic, and therefore reason is actually the best challenge to Islam.
Preaching love to them is essential, but they have also got to be called to defend themselves rationally, which is something they cannot do. And this is why they are so angry at Christianity, because the Son was the Logos, the Word, and the Holy Spirit was Sophia, meaning Wisdom, and without these, they cannot understand God the Father.
I’ve watched several debates, and read some Muslim “apologetics.”
In every case, their arguments are purely circular, and they don’t seem to have ANY awareness of it.
The Quran is true because it is miraculous, because the text is perfect, and the proof that it is perfect is that the text we now have is EXACTLY THE TEXT WE NOW HAVE.
Or: No one can possibly write an imitation of a chapter, or even a line, of the Quran which is as perfect and beautiful as a line or chapter from the Quran. All imitations of the Quran are, of course, pronounced not-perfect and not-beautiful.
There are some debates with Robert Spencer and assorted Imams in which the Imams offer absolutely nothing but circular arguments. And the Imams don’t seem to anticipate ANY of Spencer’s rebuttals. It is obvious that rational argumentation is as foreign to them as the surface of Neptune. They sound like four-year-olds.