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In-depth analysis of Islamic theology, scripture, tradition, and argumentation through rigorous scholarly critique.
Why I am not a Muslim Paid Members Public
My Questions to Muslims When I am talking about theology in the next couple of questions, then this will not be in contradiction to my announcement in the introduction where I stated that I will focus on the "earthly things" over against the "heavenly realities". The
Bible Commentary: Luke 24:47 & 1 Cor. 15:3-4 - Rise on the third day Paid Members Public
Sadly more and more Muslims seem to take over atheist attacks on the Bible without carefully thinking over if these assumptions and principles of approaching scripture are even acceptable. One such piece is the following from Mr. Farrell Till from the Internet Infidels. This prophecy will very likely come up
COMPARISON Paid Members Public
MUHAMMAD AND THE FEMALE CAPTIVES by Silas INTRODUCTION Muhammad and his followers fought many battles. Some were offensive some were defensive. Following a victory the Muslims would take captives, or prisoners of war. Muhammad would usually distribute the captives, both male and female, as slaves to his soldiers. Islam provides
The Pagan Religious Sources of Islam Paid Members Public
THE PAGAN SOURCES OF ISLAM by Silas GENERAL As Muhammad developed Islam he borrowed from the other regional religions present in the Mideast.These religions include Judaism, Christianity, Sabeanism, Zoroastrianism, and forms of paganism.Judaism is the largest contributor to Islam, followed by Christianity, then followed by the various pagan
Muslim tradition on Heraclius' response to Muhammad's invitation Paid Members Public
An examination of Muslim tradition on Heraclius' response to Muhammad's invitation This account is regularly included in Muslim sites and books [1, 2, 3, 4]. This account is rather impressive especially that such a recognition of Muhammad's prophethood should be given so early in the
Islam & Peace Paid Members Public
In Semitic languages many words are created by inserting different vowels between the three root consonants, e.g. "iSLaM" and "SaLaM" are two derivations from SLM. Does that mean they are related in meaning also? In Romanic and Germanic languages it is not so much by
Must learn Arabic? Paid Members Public
Answering Islam Email Dialogs Topic: Must one learn Arabic? Received: 31 October 2004 Subject: Errors in the Quran I truly believe that Mr. Katz should learn the arabic language before he endeavours to make criticisms about the Quran. This advice goes for any other book that is written in a
Muslim Desparation Leads to E-Mail Fraud Paid Members Public
Muslim Desparation Leads to E-Mail Fraud Most people will know, that is very easy to forge the sender address of an email, making the message appear to originate from any valid or invalid address. Nearly all commercial spam messages have an invalid sender address. On May 20, 2003 we