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Shabir Ally's Debate Tricks : "Abdul Abu Saffiyah" vs. Jay Smith (Birmingham, February 1998) Paid Members Public
Shabir Ally's Debate Tricks "Abdul Abu Saffiyah" vs. Jay Smith (Birmingham, February 1998) * Seeking unfair Advantage by Hiding his Identity - For two years (March 1998 - March 2000) the below collected material has only been an appendix to the overview page of the rebuttal section
Umar, Gabriel and the Spirit Paid Members Public
Umar's Frustration: The spirit that refused to be an angel Sam Shamoun Umar of Answering Christianity infamy has come out of hibernation to refute (*) my rebuttal (*) regarding whether the Quran teaches that the Holy Spirit is the angel Gabriel. Umar is again trying to desperately prove that he
A Muslims Second Attempt of Addressing the Issue of the Holy Spirit Being Gabriel and why he still falls short Paid Members Public
A Muslims Second Attempt of Addressing the Issue of the Holy Spirit Being Gabriel And why he still falls short Sam Shamoun Umar has produced another response (*) to our refutation (*) to his attempt of trying to prove that the Holy Spirit is Gabriel. His comments will be displayed in red.
A Muslims Attempt of Addressing the issue of the Holy Spirit being Gabriel And Why He fell Short Paid Members Public
A Muslims Attempt of Addressing the issue of the Holy Spirit being Gabriel And Why He fell Short Sam Shamoun While surfing the net I discovered a rebuttal (*) to my response to Jalal Abualrubs attempt of proving from the Quran that the Holy Spirit is the angel Gabriel (*). The style
On Mary the Copt, Muhammad's Concubine [Part 5] Paid Members Public
More discussion on Mary the Copt, Muhammads concubine Sam Shamoun Umar has come out with round five in his series of responses to the question of whether Mariyah the Copt was Muhammads wife or his concubine. Although we had stated that our fourth response would be our final one since
On Mary the Copt, Muhammad's Concubine [Part 4] Paid Members Public
On Mary, Muhammad's Concubine (Round Four) The Contradiction Remains Sam Shamoun Umar has come back for another round (here) on the issue of Muhammad and Mariyah. This will be my final response (cf. 1, 2, 3) since Umar hasnt really provided any new material to rebut, but simply
On Mary the Copt, Muhammad's Concubine [Part 3] Paid Members Public
On Mary, Muhammad's Concubine (Round Three) Sam Shamoun Umar has followed up with yet another reply (*) to our response (*) regarding the status of Mariyah the Copt, i.e. whether she was Muhammads slave or his wife. We wont be addressing everything he says, since much of what he
On Mary the Copt, Muhammad's Concubine [Part 2] Paid Members Public
On Mary, Muhammad's Concubine (Round Two) Sam Shamoun The following is our response to Umar's rebuttal to our initial rebuttal to his response to my rebuttal to two Muslims' accusations (1; 2) against Ali Sina! Umar writes: My Response: Let us remind Sam Shamoun what