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Historical analysis of religious developments, events, and theological movements relevant to apologetics.

Why Zul-Qarnain of the Qur’an is not Alexander the great Members Public

Why Zul-Qarnain of the Qur’an is not Alexander the great? By Khalid Jan Popular opinion amongst the Muslims and quite recently, within the mainstream evangelical Christians identify Zul-Qarnian (of the Qur’an) with Alexander the great. This claim, in the light of history needs to be analysed while keeping

P. Newton
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Abdullah bin Sa'd Members Public

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Abdullah bin Sa'd Members Public

Arabic original of the below article Abdullah bin Sa'd Before we get into what the author of the response to our article (see here) said in detail, there are some things that should be clarified: 1. All sources used in this article are Islamic, the ones on our

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Waraqa bin Nawfal Members Public

Many Muslims have argued that Muhammad only met Jews or Christians only on very few occasions, by far too short to be sufficient to gain any real knowledge of the earlier scriptures. In particular, they were not translated into Arabic at this time. The content of the Qur'an

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Sources of the Qur'an: Saul, Gideon, David and Goliath Members Public

The Story of Talut Saul, Gideon, David and Goliath Jochen Katz In Surat al-Baqara we find the Qur'anic version of the story of King Saul. 2:246 Hast thou not turned thy vision to the Chiefs of the Children of Israel after (the time of) Moses? They said

Jochen Katz
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King Solomon & the Queen of Sheba - a comparison between Targum and Qur'an Members Public

King Solomon & the Queen of Sheba A comparison between Targum and Qur'an By Jameel (http://members.aol.com/crossfires/messiah/frontdoor.htm) INTRODUCTION In a Court of Law the prosecution is required to present evidence for a connection between the criminal and the crime. Should sufficient evidence

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
islamquranjudaism

The Fellows of the Cave Members Public

The Fellows of the Cave The cave would be a nasty place to spend a night, not to mention a few hundred or more years. If the Lord commanded me to do so however, I would, as I am sure all those who seek to do His will would. Some

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Did Muhammad Plagiarize Poetry by Imrau'l Qais? Members Public

Did Muhammad Plagiarize Imrau'l Qais? Some might have heard the above questioned claim, repeated by some Christian authors who do not know better (and then also by those who read their books). The following article will show that this claim is not substantiated by sufficient evidence. This result

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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