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Historical analysis of religious developments, events, and theological movements relevant to apologetics.
Did King Offa Become a Muslim? Paid Members Public
It has recently been suggested by some Muslim sources[1] that Offa, a well-known Anglo-Saxon king, was a convert to Islam. This claim is obviously an attractive one for Muslims, as it would certainly be a great achievement to have a "Christian" king publically acknowledge Islam as the
New Testament Textual Criticism and the True Significance of the Variants Paid Members Public
Wildcat OUTLINE I. General Text-Critical Issues A. The Living Text B. Between Autograph and Earliest MSS C. Conjectural Emendation & The Tenacity of Textual Variants D. Playing the Percentages II. Variants that Affect Crucial Christian Doctrines A. Mark 16:9-20 B. Luke 22:17-20 C. John 1:18 D. I
What Really is the "Near Eastern and Semitic Studies Institute of America"? Paid Members Public
Responses to Shibli Zaman Who or What is NESSIA really? In April 2003 at the latest, Shibli Zaman gave his personal website (shibli.zaman.net) not only a thorough face-lift, but he also renamed it the "Near Eastern and Semitic Studies Institute of America" (NESSIA, www.nessia.org)
Of Myths and Women: A Response to "Women in Islam versus Women in the Judeo-Christian Tradition" Paid Members Public
OF MYTHS AND WOMEN A RESPONSE TO MUSLIM APOLOGISTS ON THE HISTORICAL STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE WEST AND CHRISTIANITY By Martel Lull Introduction In 1995 Dr. Sherif Abdel Azeem wrote an essay entitled Women in Islam versus Women in the Judeo-Christian Tradition: The Myth & The Reality (see, e.
Answering Islam and the "Allah is a pre-islamic moon-god" hypothesis Paid Members Public
In May/June 2006, Islamic Awareness published a rebuttal to Dr. Robert Morey's hypothesis that Allah is the pre-islamic moon-god. The introduction to their paper contains these statements: One of the favourite arguments of the Christian missionaries over many years had been that Allah of the Qur'
Response to Islamic Awareness: Joseph(P), Moses(P) & The Rulers Of Egypt Paid Members Public
Responses to Islamic Awareness Joseph(P), Moses(P) & The Rulers Of Egypt M S M Saifullah and Elias Kareem attempt to legitimize the Qur'an and discredit the Bible based on the fact that the early Kings of Egypt were not given the title of Pharaoh. The authors
Hubal and Allah Paid Members Public
Hubal and Allah Revisited Addressing one Muslim Polemicist’s Denials Sam Shamoun Muslim writer and polemicist MENJ has undertaken the task of responding to my article regarding the identity of Allah as Hubal in pre-Islamic Arabia. The readers can see our discussion of this issue here, and MENJ’s response
Response to Islamic Awareness: Pseudo-Callisthenes, Dhul-Qarnayn & Alexander The Great Paid Members Public
Responses to Islamic Awareness Pseudo-Callisthenes, Dhul-Qarnayn & Alexander The Great Dr. Saifullah begins this article with his usual tirade of name-calling and insults, which are most inappropriate for a man of his education and purported dedication to God. He then makes an interesting accusation: We will be using book of