The Prophet of Chaos and Idolatry Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We arrive at the final part of our analysis of Muhammad’s teaching regarding the issue of supplication. As we saw, the Islamic sources transmit two different and contradictory teachings from Muhammad concerning the permissibility of invoking someone other than Allah for help. On the one hand, there
The Prophet of Chaos and Idolatry Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue from where we left off. The same exact hadith corpus claim that Muhammad informed his followers that supplications/invocations are the very essence of worship: 296. The excellence of supplication 712. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet said, "Nothing is dearer to Allah than supplication.
The Prophet of Chaos and Idolatry Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun One of the criteria that the Quran gives to test whether it is from God is to see if it contains any contradictions: Do they not then consider the Quran carefully? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much contradictions. S. 4:
Carmen Christi Paid Members Public
Worshiping Christ as God Sam Shamoun Pliny the Younger, a Gentile governor of the Bithynia, in his correspondence with the emperor Trajan written around 106 AD included a report concerning his proceedings against Christians. Pliny mentioned that he tried to force Christians to “curse Christ, which a genuine Christian cannot
To Burn or not to Burn? Paid Members Public
That is the Question! Sam Shamoun It is time again to highlight some of the gross contradictions and inconsistencies that are found all throughout the Quran and sunna of Muhammad. Here we are going to revisit an issue which we have already examined in some depth in several articles and
Does the Quran really deny Paid Members Public
That a person can bear the sins of another? – Part 2 Sam Shamoun We continue our discussion. Jesus is absolutely sinless and holy According to the Islamic sources, Jesus was perfectly righteous and pure even from conception: He said: I am only a messenger of thy Lord, that I may
Does the Quran really deny Paid Members Public
That a person can bear the sins of another? – Part 1 Sam Shamoun One of the many reasons why Muslims reject the crucifixion of Christ (besides the fact that the Quran explicitly denies that he was crucified [Q. 4:157]) is that, according to the Islamic scripture, no person can
The Quran on the Preservation of Pharaoh’s Body Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Certain Muslims think that the Quran foretold the preservation of the body of the Pharaoh of the Exodus as a sign for those who come afterwards: “We took the Children of Israel across the sea: Pharaoh and his hosts followed them in insolence and spite. At length, when