Comparative Index to Islam : PARAN Paid Members Public
PARAN Heb: Pa'ran ( ), meaning "place of caverns". Name of the place where Hagar and Ishmael went to when they were sent away by Abraham (Genesis 21:21), and where Ishmael continued to grow. Muslims argue that Paran refers to the Arabian desert and that Mt. Paran
"How Neil Armstrong became a Muslim" Paid Members Public
How Neil Armstrong "became" a Muslim Among the many rumors circulating in the Islamic world, the claim that Neil Armstrong, the famous Astronaut, has become a Muslim seems to be one that will never die. Hopefully, the following statement will help to put this claim at rest. Neil
Response to Misha'al Al-Kadhi: Seir means Jesus? Paid Members Public
Seir means Jesus? - An exercise in Muslim Geography Al-Kadhi claims in section 6.10 that "Seir is a reference to Jesus." This is not a new suggestion. Yaqut made this association of Seir with Jesus already in the early 13th century when his entry on Faran contains
Was Christ crucified? Paid Members Public
THE DEBATE took place in August, 1981, in Durban, South Africa. THE TOPIC was the question: Was Christ crucified? THE PARTICIPANTS were Josh McDowell and Ahmed Deedat, the president of the Islamic Propagation Centre in Durban, South Africa. The debate, a transcript of which appears on the following pages, was
The Quran as a Confirmation of the Holy Bible Paid Members Public
The Quran as a Confirmation of the Holy Bible A List of References Compiled by Sam Shamoun We have already presented substantial amounts of information on the Quran's view of the Holy Bible in this section. We have written a number of articles, and have engaged in several
Tema and Teman Paid Members Public
Tema and Teman For some reason the confusion between Tema and Teman has gotten a strong foothold in various Muslim writings ([1], [2]). Some even go so far as to identify Medinah and Tema which are 400 km apart. Here therefore some reliable information from the "Baker Encyclopedia of
Muhammad's letter to the Julanda Brothers of Oman Paid Members Public
THE MESSAGE OF THE PROPHET TO THE OMANI PEOPLE Here is the text of the message the Prophet Mohammad sent to the Julanda brothers through the intermediary of his Messengers, 'Amr bin al-'As al-Sahmi and Abu Zaid al-Ansari. "Peace be upon the one who
Qur'anic Language and Grammatical Mistakes Paid Members Public
Chapter Eight Qur'anic Language and Grammatical Mistakes Our Muslim brethren say that the eloquence of the Qur'an, the supremacy of its language and the beauty of its expression are conclusive evidence that the Qur'an is the Word of God because the inimitability of the