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Bassam Zawadi on Muhammad's Treaty of Hudaibiyah [Part 2] Paid Members Public
Bassam Zawadi on Muhammad's Treaty of Hudaibiyah [2nd round] Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi has written a brief response to my rebuttal to his article regarding the claim that Muhammad had broken his treaty with the Quraysh at Hudaibiyah (original article). Since there really wasnt much to rebut we
Bassam Zawadi on Muhammad's Treaty of Hudaibiyah Paid Members Public
Bassam Zawadi on Muhammad's Treaty of Hudaibiyah Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi attempts to do some damage control by justifying Muhammads breaking of treaties and oaths. Zawadi responds to Silas claim that Muhammad broke the treaty of Hudaibiyah by refusing to return a woman from Mecca back to her
Jesus is Holy because He is God Paid Members Public
Correcting one Muslims's Mistaken Logic Sam Shamoun Similar to another of his articles (see here), Bassam Zawadi has produced a short piece whereby he seeks to once again deny the biblical basis for the absolute Deity of the Lord Jesus. He writes: There are Christians who tend to
Muhammads Cruelty Reexamined Paid Members Public
Muhammads Cruelty Reexamined Being a Challenge to a Muslim Polemicist Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi was very troubled at the fact that his prophet tortured a man for some treasure: My Response: Many anti Islamics have used this incident of the torture of Kinana to attack the integrity of the Prophet.
Prostration as evidence of corruption? Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi has produced a rather lengthy paper (*) attempting to disprove the claim that the Quran and the so-called authentic Islamic narratives confirm the authority and textual reliability of the Holy Bible. {Side note: It is rather amusing to see that the title that Zawadi chose for his
Who Broke the Covenant: Paul or Muhammad? Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi claims (1, 2) that Paul broke the covenant of God: Paul broke the covenant of God regarding circumcision. God of the Old Testament says about circumcision... Genesis 17:14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his
Barra: Juwayriyyahs Original Name or Nickname? Paid Members Public
More Groans for Zawadi Sam Shamoun In an earlier article we referred to Muhammad taking a Jewish captive woman as his wife and then cited this report: Ibn Abbas reported that the name of Juwairiya (the wife of the Holy Prophet) was Barra (Pious). Allah's Messenger (may peace
Banu Qurayza A Tribe Betrayed Paid Members Public
Refuting a Muslim Propagandists Defense of Muhammads Brutality and Treachery Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi "replied" (*) to one of our articles which documents from Islamic sources that, contrary to the oft-repeated Muslim assertion, the Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayza did not betray the Muslims and therefore did not deserve