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Historical analysis of religious developments, events, and theological movements relevant to apologetics.
Muhammad and Safiyyah Revisited: Addressing the Polemics of A Muslim Dawagandist Paid Members Public
Muhammad and Safiyyah Revisited Addressing the Polemics of A Muslim Dawagandist Sam Shamoun This is a second rebuttal to Bassam Zawadis recent response (*) regarding Muhammads marriage with Safiyyah (*). Before we begin analyzing his claims we want to first address Zawadis complaint: Unfortunately, the topic is not even about Safiyyah anymore!
Muhammad's Marriage to Safiyyah Revisited Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi has written a response (*) to my analysis of Muhammads marriage to Safiyyah (*). Zawadi will attempt to point out my so-called inconsistent method of argumentation, i.e. that I pick and choose narrations that support my argument (a case of the pot calling the kettle black!), and
Muhammad's Marriage to a Minor: Examining the actual arguments Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Readers Discretion Advised As we explained in the first of our rebuttal, at times it is necessary to mock and ridicule those who consistently blaspheme the true God and his true Word, the Holy Bible. In this response I will be adopting the rather harsh and direct language
Muhammad Literate Still! [Round 2] Paid Members Public
Muhammad Literate Still! Round 2 Sam Shamoun This will be a reply to Zawadis recent attempt (*) of defending Muhammads illiteracy, or the assertion that his prophet was illiterate for most of his life. I will address his salient points and omit most of the comments that were already refuted in
Muhammad's Integrity : How His Opponents Viewed Him Paid Members Public
Muhammad The Doubter Still! Being Another Reply To A Dawagandist Sam Shamoun This is a partial response to Zawadi’s rebuttal (*) concerning Muhammad being a doubter and sinner who was often rebuked by his deity (*). The Quran says that Muhammad had doubts concerning whether he was really receiving revelations: And
Muhammad's Integrity : How His Opponents Viewed Him Paid Members Public
Muhammad and the Meccans How his Opponents viewed him Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi has written a response (*) to my article regarding Muhammads integrity (*). Zawadi claims that the hadiths I cited regarding the testimony of the unbelievers that Muhammad never told a lie refers to the period before his prophethood, which
Muhammad and the Murder of Kinana Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi seeks to refute (*) the story of Muhammad torturing and killing Kinana, the Jew, for refusing to inform Muhammad about the whereabouts of the treasures of al-Nadir (*). He says that: Many anti Islamics have used this incident of the torture of Kinana to attack the integrity of
Bassam Zawadi on Muhammad's Treaty of Hudaibiyah [Part 2] Paid Members Public
Bassam Zawadi on Muhammad's Treaty of Hudaibiyah [2nd round] Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi has written a brief response to my rebuttal to his article regarding the claim that Muhammad had broken his treaty with the Quraysh at Hudaibiyah (original article). Since there really wasnt much to rebut we