hadith
Critical examinations of hadith literature, transmission, contradictions, reliability, and theological implications in Islam.
"Anwering Islam" : Policy and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Paid Members Public
Principles and Policies of "Answering Islam" Correction of Errors We are human beings, and as such we are prone to error of oversight and to error of ignorance. As stated at the bottom of the Answering Islam Home Page, we want to correct factual errors of any kind,
The "Mystery" of PBUH Revealed [Part 2] Paid Members Public
The "Mystery" of PBUH Revealed: Part 2 Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz After we published our response, MENJ quickly updated his article regarding Allah praying for Muhammad (*). In this updated version, MENJ makes several points which we will address here. In relation to an alleged pre-Islamic poem invoking
The "Mystery" of PBUH Revealed: A Christian Response Paid Members Public
The "Mystery" of PBUH Revealed: Allah's Prayers For Muhammad Examined A Christian Critique of a Muslim's Denial Sam Shamoun Muslim dawagandist MENJ of Bismikaallahuma website has critiqued my paper, as well as Christian Evangelist and debater Dr. Anis Shorrosh's book, Islam Revealed:
Rebuttals to "Islamic Information" : You Were Born Without Sin Paid Members Public
Responses to "Islamic Information" You Were Born Without Sin ( Would God Blame You For Someone Else's Mistake? ) I am sure you must have heard it said that we were born in sin - and perhaps you even believe that. But let's think about that
Response to Islamic Awareness: Orientalism, Misinformation and Islam Paid Members Public
Responses to Islamic Awareness Orientalism, Misinformation and Islam Mr Squires begins by saying: Any open-minded person embarking on a study of Islam, especially if using books written in European languages, should be aware of the seemingly inherent distortions that permeate almost all non-Muslim writings on Islam. At least since the
Open Letter to Ahmed Deedat Paid Members Public
Ahmed Deedat received a correction to his Combat Kit in a private letter, delivered personally to his office on 25 November 1993. He did not reply to the letter, nor did he take any corrective steps, therefore, a group of concerned Christians deliberated at length and decided to make this
Did King Offa Become a Muslim? Paid Members Public
It has recently been suggested by some Muslim sources[1] that Offa, a well-known Anglo-Saxon king, was a convert to Islam. This claim is obviously an attractive one for Muslims, as it would certainly be a great achievement to have a "Christian" king publically acknowledge Islam as the
Revisiting the Issue of Islam and the Nursing of Adults Paid Members Public
EXPOSING THE MISINFORMATION OF MUSLIM CRITICS Sam Shamoun Some months ago, I published a paper discussing a number of Islamic traditions speaking about the breast-feeding of adults. In response the Muslim critics/polemicists Hesham Azmy and Usman Sheikh (a.k.a. Johnny Bravo) have written a very scathing personal attack