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Critical examinations of hadith literature, transmission, contradictions, reliability, and theological implications in Islam.

Mary, the Mother of Jesus and Sister of Aaron and Moses Members Public

Quran Contradiction Mary, the Mother of Jesus and Sister of Aaron Sam Shamoun The Quran confuses Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus, with Miriam the sister of Moses. The Quran identifies Mary as the sister of Aaron, the daughter of Imran, whose mother was the wife of Imran: When

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Sinlessness of Jesus in Islam Members Public

The Islamic Teaching on the Sinlessness of Jesus On 10 April 2004, Osama Abdallah published yet another silly little polemic against us on this page. He opens his attack on us with these words: Lies posted by the Answering Islam team against Islam without providing references: The following was sent

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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An Examination of Muhammads Sins In Light of the Teachings of the Quran and Hadiths Members Public

A Sinner Still Responding to a Muslims Examination of Muhammads Sins In Light of the Teachings of the Quran and Hadiths Sam Shamoun Muslim missionary Omar Alhabeshi has written a critique (*) of James Arlandsons excellent contrast between Jesus sinlessness and Muhammads sinfulness (*). (It can be accurately stated that Alhabeshi is

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Sam Shamoun
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Shabir Ally's Shifting Links Members Public

Shabir Ally's Guerilla Warfare Tactics March 7, 2003: A few days ago, I realized again, that nearly every link to Shabir Ally's articles listed on our Shabir Ally Rebuttal Index page was currently broken. The team of Answering Islam usually seeks to discuss the relevant Muslim

Jochen Katz
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Responses to Bismikaallahuma : The Stoning of the She-Monkey Members Public

MENJ and the Stoning of the She-Monkey Responding to MENJ’s Attempt of Monkeying with the Hadith Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz Introduction: An Army of Straw Men It is no secret that the Islamic traditions contain many strange elements. One of these traditions, speaking about a group of monkeys

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun / Jochen Katz
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Searching on Answering Islam Members Public

In the future, we may perhaps construct our own search engine for Answering Islam. For now, you may use the service of Google or other search engines: Use the Google Search Engine and after your search words add site:answering-islam.org into the search field. This works quite well. (Use

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Qur'an contains words by `Abdullah ibn Sa`d Ibn Abi Sarh Members Public

The below article was based on very incomplete information. It rightfully received a Muslim response which however was not giving all the sources either. We will at some time rework this article in the light of this further information. For now, please also read two follow up articles: * Muslim team

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Salvation According to Islam: By good works, faith alone, vicarious punishment, and/or Muhammads intercession Members Public

Salvation According to Islam: By good works, faith alone, vicarious punishment, and/or Muhammads intercession? A follow up reply to MENJ Sam Shamoun Now that we have addressed MENJs criticism of what the Holy Bible teaches regarding salvation (see Part 1), whether it comes by good works or through the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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