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MUHAMMAD AND THE FEMALE CAPTIVES by Silas INTRODUCTION Muhammad and his followers fought many battles. Some were offensive some were defensive. Following a victory the Muslims would take captives, or prisoners of war. Muhammad would usually distribute the captives, both male and female, as slaves to his soldiers. Islam provides
Muhammad the Borrower Paid Members Public
MUHAMMAD THE BORROWER by Silas INTRODUCTION Since Islam began people have charged Muhammad with borrowing stories and religious material from other religions and repeating them as the Quran. Muhammad's contemporaries had heard those stories before and voiced that Muhammad was repeating them. The exposure of Muhammad's
MY RESPONSE Paid Members Public
MUHAMMAD THE BORROWER – DEBATE 1 WITH SAIFULLAH This is the compilation of a debate that took place on USENET newsgroup soc.religion.islam between Silas, author of the articles on Islam Unveiled (see also his originally posted material) and Saifullah, the driving force behind the website Islamic Awareness. NOTE: Saifullah’
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MUHAMMAD THE BORROWER – DEBATE 2 WITH SAIFULLAH NOTE: Saifullah’s post writings are in blue. When he quotes me, my words are in red. My post writings are in black. When I quote Saifullah, his words will be in blue. Quotes from various authors will be in green. NOTE: I
The Pagan Religious Sources of Islam Paid Members Public
THE PAGAN SOURCES OF ISLAM by Silas GENERAL As Muhammad developed Islam he borrowed from the other regional religions present in the Mideast. These religions include Judaism, Christianity, Sabeanism, Zoroastrianism, and forms of paganism. Judaism is the largest contributor to Islam, followed by Christianity, then followed by the various pagan
Muslim tradition on Heraclius' response to Muhammad's invitation Paid Members Public
An examination of Muslim tradition on Heraclius' response to Muhammad's invitation This account is regularly included in Muslim sites and books [1, 2, 3, 4]. This account is rather impressive especially that such a recognition of Muhammad's prophethood should be given so early in the
The Verse of the Sword: Sura 9:5 and Jihad Paid Members Public
THE VERSE OF THE SWORD: SURA 9:5 AND JIHAD by Silas INTRODUCTION One of the most frequently quoted Quranic verses is chapter 9 verse 5. This verse is known as "The Verse of the Sword." Muslim terrorists cite it to justify their violent jihad. Correspondingly, critics of
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In Semitic languages many words are created by inserting different vowels between the three root consonants, e.g. "iSLaM" and "SaLaM" are two derivations from SLM. Does that mean they are related in meaning also? In Romanic and Germanic languages it is not so much by