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Qur'an Contradiction: Were Believers Called Muslims Before the Time of Muhammad? Members Public

Confusion and/or Errors in the Qur'an? Were Believers Really Called Muslims Before the Time of Muhammad? The following article is a work in progress. My thoughts are not yet finalized on every issue that I am going to raise. I want to invite the feedback and thoughts

Jochen Katz
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A Sura by Musaylima Members Public

... Then he began to utter rhymes in saj` and speak in imitation of the style of the Quran: "God has been gracious to the pregnant woman; He has brought forth from her a living being that can move; from her very midst." Quoted from Sirat Ar-Rasool by Ibn

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Contradiction Regarding Muhammads Fatherhood: An Examination of The Quran and Islamic Tradition Members Public

Contradiction Regarding Muhammads Fatherhood An Examination of The Quran and Islamic Tradition Sam Shamoun The Quran claims that: The prophet is closer to the believers than their own selves, and his wives are their mothers. S. 33:6 The late Muslim translator Abdullah Yusuf Ali records that Ubayy b. Kab,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Qur'an Contradiction: A Flood in the time of Moses? Members Public

Qur'an Contradiction A Flood in the time of Moses? The Quran, in several places, refers to the flood which took place at the time of Noah: Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, and he tarried among them a thousand years, all but fifty; so the Flood (alttoofanu)

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Qur'an Contradiction: Which Prophets Did the Jews Kill? Members Public

Which Prophets Did the Jews Kill? Examining One Element of Quranic Hate Speech Are all Muslims terrorists because a substantial number of Muslim terrorists explode bombs and commit other atrocities on a regular basis? (*) Are all Muslims guilty of genocide because Muhammad eradicated the Banu Qurayza? (*) Would it be justified

Jochen Katz
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Qur'an Contradiction: Israel, the Quran and the Promised Land Members Public

Qur'an Contradiction: Israel, the Quran and the Promised Land Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz The Holy Bible in many places speaks of God giving Israel the land of Canaan as their everlasting and cherished possession: "The whole land of Canaan, where you are now an alien, I

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun / Jochen Katz
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On the Integrity of the Qur'an Members Public

On the Integrity of the Qur'an (2) The text of the Glorious Qur'an has been perfectly preserved from the time of Muhammad to the present. The Qur'an is completely free from error. Nothing has been added and nothing has been taken away." So

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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On the Integrity of tbe Qur'an Members Public

On the Integrity of the Qur'an (1) "So well has it (the Qur'an) been preserved both in memory and in writing, that the Arabic text we have today is identical to the text as it was revealed to the Prophet. Not even a single letter

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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