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Analytical studies examining the Qur’anic concept of Allah, textual issues, and theological comparisons with biblical revelation.
Shabir Ally - `The Honest Servant of Allah'? Paid Members Public
I was recently asked to take part in a debate with a Muslim speaker at Birmingham University. The date agreed was March 8th 2000. Since this was to be my first public debate, I was concerned that my opponent should be of a similar standard to me, preferably not someone
Osama Abdallah and the Hebrew Alphabet Paid Members Public
Osama Abdallah & the Hebrew Alphabet Just when you think that it cannot possibly get worse ... Osama Abdallah comes along again to show the whole world that he can certainly do worse. A couple of days ago, I found this entry on the "what's new" page
The Qur'an: Grammatical Errors Paid Members Public
Copyright 1996 by M. Rafiqul-Haqq and P. Newton. All rights reserved. Muslims believe that Allah revealed a book to each of Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus. "But the Book of the prophet Abraham was lost. The Books of David (the Psalms), Moses (the Torah), and Jesus (the Gospel) were
Explaining Away a Quranic Oversight Paid Members Public
A Response to Jalal Abualrub's ‘Exegesis’ of Surah 52:21 Sam Shamoun Abualrub tries to briefly address (that article is now also defunct) Jochen Katz’s paper regarding Allah forgetting the wives of believers (*). As has been his habit in all of his papers, Abualrub fails to provide
Responses to Bismikaallahuma: A Fancy for Fiction and Fables Paid Members Public
A Fancy for Fiction and Fables MENJ has again taken issue with our harmonization of the birth narratives of Matthew and Luke. As has been the case before, nothing stated by his sources even addresses our harmonization. They simply repeat ad nauseam that the differences within the narratives somehow prove
Does the Quran permit sexual relations outside of marriage? Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Recently, we have been engaged in some online debates with Muslims, specifically Osama Abdallah, regarding the Quran permitting a form of prostitution called Muta. Refer to these articles (*, *, *) for details. Osama had challenged us to show from the Holy Bible where divorced women were prohibited from having sexual
Rebuttal to Osama Abdallah's page "Exposed Lies of Answering Islam" Paid Members Public
Osama Abdallah's claims about Exposed Lies of Answering Islam ?? Osama Abdallah claims on this page to expose the lies of "Answering Islam". From the beginning the first priority of Answering Islam has been to present in honesty and sincerety what we are convinced to be true.
Shibli Zaman and the Abuse of Etymology Paid Members Public
"We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God." 2 Corinthians 10:5 Competing for the "Worst Etymological Fallacy" Award? Arguments from the Bottom of the Etymological Fallacies Pit My main reason for writing this article is the following outrageous