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Rebuttal to Bassam Zawadi Paid Members Public
Dallas M. Roark's rebuttal to Bassam Zawadi, On the value of questioning and other things, has long moved to a new location. Bassam Zawadi was informed on 9 December 2008 that this page has moved. And I reminded him again on 11 March 2009 that his link is
Reply to Sami Zaatari Paid Members Public
Sami Zaatari replied to an article of mine that I had written for Answering-Islam.org. My article was entitled, "If I were a Muslim, I would wonder." (here). His article can be found here and is entitled "Responding to Dallas Roark's article If I were
An Answer to the usual responses to "Women in Islam" Paid Members Public
To those wishing to respond to the above material, we would like to make some comments. 1. We had a lot of emails sent to us expressing vehement disagreement or strong support. The response of those who were angry came in the form of either calling on the mercy of
A Review of the Wood/Ataie Debate Paid Members Public
Who Know Who Mo? A Review of the Debate on Muhammad's Prophethood by David Wood and Ali Ataie Wildcat Personally, I'm not a fan of live debates when it comes to determining the truth of complex issues such as this one. As I've stated
Top ten reasons why sharia is bad for all societies Paid Members Public
Top ten rules in the Quran that oppress and insult women James M. Arlandson Islam in its purest form honors and elevates women, so we are told. But does it? Truthfully, too often textual reality (the Quran) matches up with seventh-century Arabia. Gender inequality and oppression in the Quran reflect
Slave-girls as sexual objects in the Quran Paid Members Public
Slave-girls as sexual property in the Quran James M. Arlandson Would you join a religion that permitted men to have sex with their slave-girls throughout their enslavementif this religion codified this act in its holy book? Many persons in the West (and elsewhere) who convert to Islam are women. I
A strange divorce and remarriage law in the Quran Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson It may be rare that a divorced couple would like to reconcile and remarry each other, but this does happen. The Quran has a strange marriage law for the divorced couple in this situation, after they have worked out their differences. It says that a divorced couple
Polygamy in the Quran Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson The Quran is allegedly the final Testament to all humankind, so its teaching should spread around the world for the good of humanity. However, one of its clear teachings says that men may be polygamous. This Muslim feminist says that polygamy, which she relabels polygyny, is no