history
Historical analysis of religious developments, events, and theological movements relevant to apologetics.
The Quran’s Manifold Blunders Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
I proceed from where I previously left off: The Quran’s Manifold Blunders Pt. 1. FABLES AND INCONSISTENCIES Inconsistencies Throughout the Quran and Hadith we find fables reported as actual historical events and allegations brought up against prophets that would seem unbefitting to their characters. The latter part is interesting
Is the Jihad of Q. 9:29 Defensive in Nature? Paid Members Public
Muslims have attempted to explain away Q. 9:29, which exhorts Muhammad’s followers to fight the disbelievers until they have been subdued, by arguing that the historical context of the passage shows that the fighting which is prescribed here is solely defensive in nature. They claim that the Byzantine
The Sirah and Ahadith: The Foundation of the Quran Paid Members Public
It is no exaggeration to say that without the sirah and hadith literature a person cannot make heads or tails out of the great bulk of the Quran. In fact, if one doesn’t have any recourse to these sources then s/he is unable to answer the who, what,
THE FRAUD THAT IS ALI ATAIE: THE SATANIC VERSES PT. 1 Paid Members Public
This is the material that I am preparing for my forthcoming sessions exposing the lies and misinformation of Muhammadan Ali Ataie in respect to the veracity of the “satanic verses”. In these posts I will address Ataie’s two main contentions, which are: There are no manuscripts of the Quran
MUHAMMAD DIVORCING AND REMARRYING HAFSAH Paid Members Public
ANOTHER CASE OF MUHAMMAD’S HYPOCRISY AND INCONSISTENCIES The Quran states that when an irrevocable divorce occurs the only way for a man to eligibly take back his wife is if she marries someone else and has sex with him: The divorce is twice, after that, either you retain her
Is there Archeological Support for the Reliability of the Gospels? Paid Members Public
Gregory Boyd January 8, 2008 One of the many tests historians typically submit documents to in accessing their historical reliability concerns the extent to which archeology supports or undermines the historic claims the document makes. So we need to investigate the extent to which archeology confirms, or refutes, aspects of
Ibrahim and the Wives of the Prophet Paid Members Public
The Life of Muhammad by Muhammad Husayn Haykal Translated by Isma’il Razi A. al-Faruqi Effect of the Conquest of Makkah upon the Peninsula Muhammad returned to Madinah after his conquest of Makkah, his victory at Hunayn, and his siege of al Ta‘if. He had convinced all that
THE BURNING OF APOSTATES AND HOMOSEXUALS Paid Members Public
According to the so-called authentic sources of Sunni Islam, Muhammad’s first cousin, son-in-law and the fourth caliph, Ali ibn Abu Talib would burn apostates alive. Ibn Abbas, who happened to be the cousin of both Muhammad and Ali, objected claiming that killing apostates is the punishment