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Apologetic articles addressing common Muslim objections, challenges, and misunderstandings about the Bible, Christian doctrine, and the Christian response to Islamic claims.

Variants of the Qur'an Texts Members Public

The short list of textual variants below is nearly obsolete now, since recently much more extensive and thorough documentation has been published elsewhere, e.g. Samuel Green's article The Seven Readings of the Qur'an and in chapter six of Brother Mark's monumental work A

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Quran Contradiction: Warners Sent to All Mankind Before Muhammad? Members Public

Quran Contradiction Warners Sent to All Mankind Before Muhammad? The Quran claims that Allah has sent Warners to every nation. In fact, some of these verses imply that even prior to the coming of Muhammad, Allah had sent Warners to the Arabs: To every people (was sent) a messenger: when

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Qur'an or Qur'ans?! Members Public

by Khaled النسخة العربية This material is taken from: The reading ways of Quran dictionary: (moa'agim alqera'at alqura'nia): This is an Arabic book written by Islamic scholars and published by Kuwait University in 8 volumes, first edition 1982 (Arabic) the authors: Dr. Abdal'

Khaled
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The Qur'an Attacks ... Christianity? Members Public

In this short article I discuss a consistent theme in the Qur'an. On the one hand, it appears to be something important based on the number of times it is mentioned. Yet it is not obvious how to find a convincing interpretation for these verses in the Qur&

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Contradictions in the Qur'an: Good News About Painful Torture? Members Public

Qur'an Contradiction: Good News About Painful Torture? Sura 84:20-24 states (in the translation by Arthur J. Arberry) : Then what ails them, that they believe not, and when the Koran is recited to them they do not bow? Nay, but the unbelievers are crying lies, and God knows

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Islam and the Setting of the Sun Members Public

Islam and the Setting of the Sun: Examining the traditional Muslim View of the Sun’s Orbit Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz In one of our papers (here), we mentioned that the Quran teaches that the sun sets in a muddy spring. In this article, we would like to expand

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun / Jochen Katz
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Is the Qur'an Miraculous? Members Public

Do I love you because you're beautiful or are you beautiful because I love you? -- Joe Aldridge My wife is the most beautiful women in the world! Bring me any woman like it! If you can't, then you have to accept that everything she says

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Contradictions in the Qur'an: Sexy Fruits? Members Public

Sexy Fruits? It needs a miracle to believe in this ... Recently, I discoved another "scientific miracle" in the Qur'an. At least that is what Khalid Baig claims it to be in an article titled "Quran: Witness the Miracle": Science found that fruit has sexual

Jochen Katz
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