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Historical analysis of religious developments, events, and theological movements relevant to apologetics.
MORE ON ISLAMIC PEDOPHILIA Paid Members Public
The following is taken from Islam Question & Answer: On acting; and the ruling on marrying young girls. All emphasis is mine. On acting; and the ruling on marrying young girls Question 1)What is the ruling of islam acting in movies? If it is allowed what type of films
Weak Hadīths in Sahīh al-Bukhārī ? Paid Members Public
by GF Haddad Ibrāhīm ibn Maqil said: I heard Muhammad ibn Ismāīl al-Bukhārī say: I was with Ishāq ibn Rāhūyah when a man said: Why don’t you compile an epitome (mukhtasar) of the prophetic ways? This stayed with me, and was the reason why I compiled this book
MUSLIMS OR MUHAMMADANS? Paid Members Public
Muslims will often bring up the objection that Islam is not named after the man or prophet that brought the message, unlike Christianity and Buddhism which are named after their founders. They will further boast that they do not serve a man but submit to the one true God, supposedly
MUHAMMAD’S “SATANIC VERSES” REVISTED Paid Members Public
The late renowned Islamic scholar Alfred Guillaume wrote a booklet on a manuscript find, which was kept in the Qarawiyun library at Fez and numbered 727. This manuscript (ms.) contains a report of a person who had heard the lecture of Ibn Ishaq on the life of Muhammad. Ibn Ishaq
MUHAMMAD: A PRE-ISLAMIC PAGAN Paid Members Public
According to Islam’s earliest and most reliable sources, Muhammad was a pagan who used to sacrifice to the pagan gods and goddesses, and only stopped doing so when he was reprimanded by a monotheist (hanif) named Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl: XVI. That which has been slaughtered on altars
REFORMERS ON THE ASSUMPTION Paid Members Public
Jan Huss on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary “… and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.” (Quoting Sirach 24) “Although the words of this epistle primarily relate to the uncreated Wisdom, they also secondarily relate to the glorious Virgin
MORE EXAMPLES OF MUHAMMAD’S FOUL MOUTH Paid Members Public
In this post I will share some more examples of the foul moth of both Muhammad and his companions, showing that neither he nor they were above insulting their opponents in the most graphic and vulgar manner. For instance, Muhammad bluntly and explicitly told people who boasted in their lineage
THE CORRUPT QURAN’S MISSING VERSES PT. 2 Paid Members Public
This post is a continuation of the following one: THE CORRUPT QURAN’S MISSING VERSES PT. 1. The proceeding snippet is taken from another Shia site: Some Ahadith of Omission | The Quran. Some Ahadith of Omission It is not possible to give detail of all the verses, sentences and phrases