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Historical analysis of religious developments, events, and theological movements relevant to apologetics.
A Salafi Defense of Muhammad’s Marriage to a Minor Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Continuing from my previous post (/2019/10/25/a-salafi-defense-of-muhammads-marriage-to-a-minor-pt-1/), I now publish a further refutation by the same Salafi website (https://islamqa.info/en/answers/122534/refutation-of-the-lie-that-the-prophet-blessings-and-peace-of-allah-be-upon-
A Salafi Defense of Muhammad’s Marriage to a Minor Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this post, I am republishing a Salafi refutation (https://islamqa.info/en/answers/124483/age-of-the-mother-of-the-believers-aaishah-may-allah-be-pleased-with-her-when-the-prophet-blessings-and-peace-of-allah-be-upon-him-married-her) to the desperate attempts by some Muhammadans to
A Muslim Defense of Muhammad’s Marrying A Prebuscent Minor Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
The following is a post (https://www.abc.se/home/m9783/ir/d/aam2_e.pdf) written by a Muslim scholar who refutes the attempt by his fellow Muslims to undermine the overwhelming testimony of the Islamic tradition that Aisha was a 9-year-old minor when a 54 year
The Quran’s Geographical Errors Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
This is a continuation from the previous segment (/2019/10/13/the-qurans-geographical-errors-pt-1/). 8. The Valley of Towa Question 8: We read in Sura Ta Ha 20:12: “I am thy Lord; put off thy shoes; thou art in the holy valley, Towa.” Muslim scholars agree
The Quran’s Geographical Errors Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
The following is taken from ‘Abdallah ‘Abd al-Fadi’s monumental work, Is the Qur’an Infallible?, Part One: Geographical Questions, pp. 15-32, published by Light of Life, P.O. Box 13, A-9503, Villach, Austria. 1. The Sun Sets in a Spring Question 1: We read in Sura
Muhammad’s Sexual Privileges Paid Members Public
This will be a very short post. Muhammad’s god granted his messenger certain sexual favors which he did not permit for anyone else, such as taking another’s man’s wife and forcing himself on women against their will! وَأَمَّا مَا أُحِلَّ لَ
Another Verse That Exposes Muhammad as a Fraud: The Nonexistent Temple Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
I arrive at the final part of my discussion (/2019/06/30/another-verse-that-exposes-muhammad-as-a-fraud-the-nonexistent-temple-pt-2/). A Muslim Neophyte Helps Expose Muhammad’s Fraud In this section, I am going to address some of the arguments raised in the following post
Another Verse That Exposes Muhammad as a Fraud: The Nonexistent Temple Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
I continue my analysis of Q. 17:1, a text that exposes Muhammad as a false prophet (/2019/06/30/another-verse-that-exposes-muhammad-as-a-fraud-the-nonexistent-temple-pt-1/). The Ahadith to the Rescue? Turning to the hadiths won’t help the Muslims since these are