hadith
Critical examinations of hadith literature, transmission, contradictions, reliability, and theological implications in Islam.
Tolerance in Islam Paid Members Public
Copyright 1996 by M. Rafiqul-Haqq and P. Newton. All rights reserved. by M. Rafiqul-Haqq and P. Newton "There is no compulsion in religion." (The Qur'an 2:256) This Qur'anic verse is used by Muslims to defend themselves against the charge that Islam
An Intellectual and Spiritual Journey from Islam to Christianity Paid Members Public
CROSSING OVER An Intellectual and Spiritual Journey from Islam to Christianity By Nabeel Qureshi ". . . and the truth will set you free." Dear Seeker, I thank God Almighty for your devotion to the truth and your desire to lay aside personal comfort for His sake, for He is Truth.
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
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