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

Rebuttals to Jamal Badawi's "Radio Al-Islam Channel RA 200" [Source of the Qur'an V - Religious Illusions?] Members Public

Responses to Jamal Badawi's "Radio Al-Islam Channel RA 200" "Source of the Qur'an V - Religious Illusions?" Introduction In this segment, Dr. Badawi attempts to dismiss the idea that Muhammad's purported revelations were religious illusions and not the Word of

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Rebuttals to Jamal Badawi's "Radio Al-Islam Channel RA 200" [Source of the Qur'an II - Impossibility of Muhammad's Authorship] Members Public

Responses to Jamal Badawi's "Radio Al-Islam Channel RA 200" "Source of the Qur'an II - Impossibility of Muhammad's Authorship" Introduction Dr. Badawi attempts to convince us that Muhammad did not write the Qur'an because he gained no material

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
islamqurantheology

Rebuttals to Jamal Badawi's "Radio Al-Islam Channel RA 200" [Spread of Islam] Members Public

Responses to Jamal Badawi's "Radio Al-Islam Channel RA 200" "Spread of Islam" Introduction In this segment, Dr. Badawi attempts to dispel the notion that Islam was ever spread by the sword. He selectively provides us with one passage from the Qur'an while

Andrew Vargo
islamhistorypolitics

Other Qur'anic Origins and Sources Members Public

The Collection and Sources of the Qur'an C. OTHER QUR'ANIC ORIGINS AND SOURCES . 1. The Story of the "Seven Sleepers ". In a previous chapter we saw that, apart from the prevalence of Jewish materials in the Qur'an, Muhammad also made use of

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Rebuttals to Jonathan Brown Members Public

* Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 1 * Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 2 * Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 3 * Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 4 * Revisiting the Age of Aisha: Postscript * A Muslim Scholar’s Incriminating Statements on Islam Pt. 1 * A Muslim Scholar’s Incriminating Statements

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
islamhadithsunnah

Muhammad and the Splitting of the Moon Members Public

Exposing More of Jamal Badawi’s Distortions Sam Shamoun In his debate with Dr. Robert Morey that took place on November 9, 1996, at around the 26 minute makr Dr. Jamal Badawi accused Morey of basically fabricating a story about Muhammad: “The sun and moon are created by Allah also…

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
islamquranhadith

Exposing Islam’s Unholy Alliance Members Public

More Groans for Greenhorn Sam Shamoun It is now time to give greenhorn a taste of his own medicine by showing him what happens when we take his very criticisms and twisted interpretations of the Holy Bible and apply them to his own religious sources. The Quran states in many

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
islampoliticshistory

Did Muhammad Contemplate Suicide? Members Public

Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi has come out of hibernation once again in order to defend the indefensible. He has posted a translation by a Muslim scholar who tries to call into question the report from al-Bukhari where it is stated that Muhammad tried to kill himself on more than one

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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