history
Historical analysis of religious developments, events, and theological movements relevant to apologetics.
The Fellows of the Cave Paid 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
Did Muhammad Plagiarize Poetry by Imrau'l Qais? Paid 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
Sources of the Qur'an : The New Text of the Kuran. By Rendel Harris Paid Members Public
THE NEW TEXT OF THE KURAN. By Rendel Harris, M.A. LITT.D. D.THEOL, ETC. IT is certainly a notable discovery to be able to show, by the aid of an early Syriac translation, that the Kuran was in the first days of its circulation a somewhat different book
Sources of the Qur'an Paid Members Public
The Murder of Abel Abstract Muhammad used several local religious sources as information for his recital of the Quran. This paper deals with his use of Judaistic material as source material. Introduction Muhammad synthesied Islam from several sources: Judaism, Christianity, Sabeanism, paganism, and his own changing personal theology. A quick
Origin of the Arabic name of God: "Allah" Paid Members Public
Where did the name "Allah" come from? There are numerous theories about the origin of term "Allah", the Arabic name for God. This page will collect some of them and each collection has to start with one item. Please inform me of other web pages, newsgroup
Globes on Ancient Coins Paid Members Public
From [email protected] (Michael Edward Marotta) Newsgroups: rec.collecting.coins Subject: Globes on Ancient Coins Date: Sat Aug 16 07:50:20 EDT 1997 Organization: Whole Earth Networks News Message-Id: <[email protected]> (111 lines) Ancient Coins Show... THEY KNEW IT WAS ROUND (C)
Discussions of fabricated Hadith Paid Members Public
Discussions of weak and fabricated Hadith These are links to Muslim sites: * Weak and fabricated Hadith (*, *) * Evaluation of some commonly quoted hadith * Greater and 'Lesser' Jihad?, Greater & lesser Jihaad * The Story of 'Umar Being Corrected by a Woman * On the Hadeeth Naming the 99 Names of
Torture in the Quran and early Islam Paid Members Public
Where is Islamic justice and human rights? James M. Arlandson Three main (twisted) purposes of torture are to punish criminals, to extract information, and to exact revenge. But torture by its nature is excess multiplied by excess, so it is wrong and unjust by its nature. It is at least