hadith
Critical examinations of hadith literature, transmission, contradictions, reliability, and theological implications in Islam.
Top ten reasons why Islam is not a religion of peace Paid Members Public
Top ten reasons why Islam is NOT the religion of peace Violence in Muhammad's life and the Quran James M. Arlandson Ever since 9/11, Muslim leaders who have access to the national media have told us that Islam is the religion of peace and that violence does
Were Jesus and Muhammad sinless? Paid Members Public
Appendix: Other persons in the Quran who suffer from dh-n-b James M. Arlandson In order to provide the references and supporting evidence for the conclusions drawn in the article Were Jesus and Muhammad sinless?, this section tracks the use of dh-n-b throughout the Quran, but only in verses that shed
Were Jesus and Muhammad sinless? Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson It is a cherished doctrine among devout Muslims that Muhammad had achieved sinlessness or (even more) was always sinless after his birth. Some believe that Muhammad had merely negligible faults, brief forgetfulness, small errors, or superficial weaknesses, but this does not mean that he should be classified
Theological and Apologetical Dimensions of Muslim Evangelization Paid Members Public
Sam Schlorff One of the challenges facing those engaged in Muslim Evangelization is to initiate the development of what Harvie Conn has called "a new kind of apologetic for reaching Islam."1 For far too long evangelical missions have been limping along without an effective apologetic to Islam.
A Dialogue with a Saudi Muslim (8) Paid Members Public
* Part One, which has a brief Introduction * Part Two * Part Three * Part Four * Part Five * Part Six * Part Seven This part concludes the discussion begun in Part Seven. The Open Letter to Congress defining jihad is repeated here. Open Letter to Congress (repeated): Misconceptions on Jihad The scholars of the
A Dialogue with a Saudi Muslim (5) Paid Members Public
* Part One, which has a brief Introduction * Part Two * Part Three * Part Four Soliman al-Buthe (or al-Buthi) wrote an Open Letter to Congress in 2005. Then he initiated a dialogue with me, so we decided on this sequence. 1. In 2005, I commented and asked questions about the Open Letter
A Dialogue with a Saudi Muslim (4) Paid Members Public
* Part One, which has a brief Introduction * Part Two * Part Three By way of reminder, Soliman al-Buthe (or al-Buthi) wrote an Open Letter to Congress in 2005. Then he initiated a dialogue with me, so we decided on this sequence. 1. In 2005, I commented and asked questions about the
A Dialogue with a Saudi Muslim (3) Paid Members Public
* Part One, which has a brief Introduction * Part Two Open Letter to Congress (continued): History Muslims believe that Islam is Gods final revelation to all of mankind sent via the Prophet Muhammad. The Prophet was born in 570 CE in Mecca in what is now Saudi Arabia. This message of