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Muhammad and the Death of Kinana Paid Members Public
MUHAMMAD AND THE DEATH OF KINANA by Silas ABSTRACT Muhammad aggressively attacked several groups of people around him. One of these groups were the Jews of Khaibar. Muhammad believed God led him to attack Khaibar. After Khaibar was conquered, the Jews were either enslaved, executed, or allowed to live there
Saul and Gideon: Revelation or Confusion? Paid Members Public
Saul and Gideon: revelation or error? An analysis of Sura 2:249 James M. Arlandson What happens when a passage in the Quran is erroneous, which can be compared with another sacred text? How do you clarify the mistake? Do you retreat to revelations no matter what? (The Quran comes
The name "Allah" Paid Members Public
The Origin of the name "Allah" Two contributions, both having been written in response to the debatable "Allah the moon god" theory. It seems unlikely that the name Allah comes from al-ilaah "the God", but rather from the Aramaic/Syriac alaha, meaning 'God&
The name "Allah" Paid Members Public
The Origin of the name "Allah" From: [email protected] (Dr. Christoph Heger) Subject: "Allah" from "alaha" or: How to understand surah 4:125? Date: 1998/12/26 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam Greetings to
The True State Of The Qur'an : 'Uthman's Text Had Discrepancies Paid Members Public
Part 2: The True State Of The Qur'an Back To Main Index Back To Part 2 Index CHAPTER V: ‘UTHMAN’S TEXTS HAD DISCREPANCIES a/ The Reason For Making ‘One’ Text Islam’s ‘history’ claims that in 30 AH, some 18 years after Muhammad’s death, during Caliph
Meherally and the Bible - Revisited [Part 2] Paid Members Public
Meherally and the Bible - Revisited [Part 2] Here is our response to Meherally's latest "response" posted on February 2, 2003. We omit material which appear both in Meherally's original article, as well as my initial response. Read [Part 1] first, before you continue
Response to Misha'al Al-Kadhi: What about 'Unto us a child is born'? Paid Members Public
A response to section 1.2.3.11 What about 'Unto us a child is born'? I will not accept anything that is not permitted to exist. My mind is made up, don't confuse me with the facts. This could be the leading objective of Al-Kadhi
Meherally and the Bible - Revisited Paid Members Public
Meherally and the Bible - Revisited Meherally has decided to publish a reaction to our response in answer to his critique of Silas' article, "Muhammad and the Bible", by appending some additional comments to his original article. I will be omitting material which appears in both Meherally&