Bible Commentary: Mary from Judah or Levi? Paid Members Public
Is Mary from the tribe of Levi or Judah? Most Christians would immediately say "Judah", this is clear, they never heard anything else. But since the Qur'an speaks about Mary as the "sister of Aaron" (Sura 19:28), Muslims try to make a case
Abolishing what Satan proposes? -- A Fresh Look at the Reason for Abrogation in the Quran Paid Members Public
Abolishing what Satan proposes? A Fresh Look at the Reason for Abrogation in the Quran Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz The official position of Sunni Islam is that the Quran contains a unique feature known as abrogation. Sunni scholarship maintains, on the basis of a few Quranic passages, that the
Why I am not a Muslim Paid Members Public
My Questions to Muslims Simplicity Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert Einstein Quite a number of Muslims argue that the Islamic concept of God is true [and the Christian faith wrong] *because* the concept of God in Islam is "simpler". Let me illustrate
Qur'an Problem: Revelation given to the Tribes? Paid Members Public
Revelation given to the Tribes? Another example of the Incoherence of the Qur'an Jochen Katz Intelligence tests often use questions in a format like this one: "What does not belong? Circle the item which does not belong into this group: [spoon, knife, fork, hammer]." The Qur&
Allah, his messengers, and their language Paid Members Public
Allah, his messengers, and their language Jochen Katz The Qur'an makes the following general statement about the way Allah communicates: And We have sent no Messenger save with the tongue of his people, that he might make all clear to them; then God leads astray whomsoever He will,
Of Kings and Paupers Paid Members Public
Of Kings and Paupers More fairy-tales from the 1001 knights of tafsir Jochen Katz Bassam Zawadi wrote a rebuttal (*) to one of my articles in which I pointed out a historical error in the Qur’an (*). The reader is advised to first read my original article before proceeding to the
Haste Makes Waste Paid Members Public
Haste Makes Waste [1] Revisiting “Is half the Qur'an already fully detailed?” Jochen Katz Bassam Zawadi decided to respond to my article "Is half the Qur'an already fully detailed?" and tries to explain the problematic verses in the Qur’an with reference to a
Must learn Arabic? Paid Members Public
Answering Islam Email Dialogs Topic: Must one learn Arabic? Received: 31 October 2004 Subject: Errors in the Quran I truly believe that Mr. Katz should learn the arabic language before he endeavours to make criticisms about the Quran. This advice goes for any other book that is written in a