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The Correct Islamic Greeting Members Public

More Woes for Sunnis Sunni Muslims have been taught to greet their co-religionists with the phrase as-salamu alaykum. However, this is not the greeting which is found in the Quran, which employs the word salamun instead: And when those who believe in Our revelations come unto thee, say: Peace be

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Muhammad’s Gay Companions Members Public

The narrations cited here are taken from the following YT video: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psr1AR0KvO4). All emphasis will be mine. https://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=1&tTafsirNo=4&tSoraNo=93&tAyahNo=6&tDisplay=yes&LanguageId=1 Tafsir Quran, Surah Ad-Duhaa

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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More on Muhammad’s Cross Dressing Members Public

I have written extensively on the fact of Muhammad being a cross-dresser who would dress up in women’s clothing, particularly in the dresses of his child-bride. I will provide the links to my articles/rebuttals at the conclusion of the post. Here I want to provide further corroboration for

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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AISHA’S WRATH & JEALOUSY Members Public

The sunni traditions illustrate Muhammad’s shameful failure as a husband, resulting in bitter jealousy and rivalry among his multiple wives. This is particularly true in the case of his child-bride Aisha, who was only 9 when her marriage consummated, and who was left a childless widow at the young

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Aisha: A Hypocrite According to Muhammad Members Public

Muhammad is alleged to have said that only a hypocrite would hate his paternal first cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abu Talib: 5 Musnad 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib It was narrated that ‘Ali said: The Prophet assured me: No one will love you but a believer and no one

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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RAMBAM ON MUHAMMAD & THE ARABS Members Public

The following is taken from Iggeret Teiman (https://www.sefaria.org/Iggerot_HaRambam%2C_Iggeret_Teiman.10?lang=bi), which is a letter that the Moses Maimonides wrote to the Jews living in Yemen around the 12th century AD. In it we see what Maimonides thought of Muhammad and the

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Concealing What They Don’t Have? Members Public

More Proof for the Islamic Dilemma Another way in which the Quran affirms the textual veracity and preservation of the Jewish and Christian Scriptures is by repeatedly emphasizing the point that the Jews (and even perhaps Christians) knowingly conceal or hide the truth and/or information from the Book that

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Sam Shamoun
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Allah's Uncreated Created Tablet Revisited Members Public

According to Sunni Islam, Allah wrote down in a tablet called al-Lawh al-Mahfuz everything that it would take place in creation fifty thousand years before he actually created the heavens and the earth. Note what the following prominent Salafi website states: Aspects of al-qadar You should also note that belief

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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