Crucifixion and mutilation? An analysis of Sura 5:33 Paid Members Public
Crucifixion and mutilation? Just say NO to Islamic law! James M. Arlandson Traditional Muslims who understand the Quran and the hadith (reports of Muhammads words and actions outside of the Quran) believe that Islamic law or sharia expresses the highest and best goals for all societies. It is the will
Jesus and Muhammad: Fifteen major differences Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson Aggressive Islam is on the march. 9/11; violent protests over cartoons; many pushes to establish Islamic courts in Europe and Canada; demands to silence free speech, to criminalize criticism of the messenger of Allah; the President of Iran threatening to wipe Israel off the map, and
How Jesus and Muhammad confronted Satan Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson Few people know that Muhammad says in the Quran that he takes refuge in Allah from evil witches who may cast spells on him Sura 113:4. Few people know that early reliable Islamic sources reveal that before Muhammads ministry went public in Mecca, he nearly committed
How Christians benefit from the Old Testament Paid Members Public
An Analysis of 2 Timothy 3:15-17 James M. Arlandson One day, I got an email from a Christian who seemed genuinely concerned that jihad in the Quran was analogous to hunting down and killing mediums in the Old Testament (Leviticus 20:27 and 1 Samuel 28:3-9). (It is
Domestic violence in Islam : The Quran on wife-beating Paid Members Public
Domestic violence in Islam The Quran on beating wives James M. Arlandson Does the Quran permit husbands to hit their wives, or not? Summer Hathout is a prosecutor in Los Angeles, an activist for womens rights, and a Muslim. She denies that Islam promotes domestic violence, concluding in her short
M. Cherif Bassiouni and the Islamic Apostasy Laws Paid Members Public
Undistinguished nonsense from a distinguished professor Bassiouni and the non-reform of non-Islamic non-apostasy laws James M. Arlandson On April 2, 2006, M. Cherif Bassiouni, a professor and the president of the International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul University College of Law, wrote an editorial in the Chicago Tribune on
Apocryphal gospels in the Quran: Fictional revelations must yield to the truth Paid Members Public
Apocryphal gospels in the Quran Fictional revelations must yield to the truth James M. Arlandson Muhammad lived six hundred or so years after Mary and Jesus. What were his sources for their life? Devout Muslims say that over time Allah sent Gabriel down to reveal the entire Quran to his
Allahs Wars Paid Members Public
Allah and God at war: Worlds apart James M. Arlandson Muslim polemicists sometimes assert that Allah commanded Muhammad to fight polytheists in the same way that God commanded Moses and Joshua to fight Canaanites (Sura 2:246-251). The two situations are similar, so why would Christians and Jews complain about