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In-depth analysis of Islamic theology, scripture, tradition, and argumentation through rigorous scholarly critique.
Muhammad and Wife Beating: Paid Members Public
Catching Muslims In Another Lie Pt. 1 Sam Shamoun The Quran gives men the permission to discipline their wives whom they fear are being rebellious by beating or striking them: Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because
Allah’s Violation of His Own Teachings Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun In this new series I will be documenting how Allah is an inconsistent and hypocritical deity, one who breaks his own rules and goes against his very own directives. Allah orders the angels to worship Adam According to the Quran Allah actually commanded all of his angels to
Turning the Tables Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue our series where we take some of the texts that non-Christian groups and cults often cite to undermine core, essential biblical doctrines and turn these same passages against them. We will again look at a verse that Muslims often quote to disprove the Deity of Christ
Turning the Tables Pt. 1c Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We come to the concluding part of our rebuttal. The final problem that Muslim polemicists such as Badawi face is that their own religious sources teach that Allah himself actually prays just like his creatures do! Note, for instance, the following reference which refers to both Allah and
Turning the Tables Pt. 1b Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We continue our response here by discussing the early Church’s practice of praying to the Lord Jesus in worship immediately after his physical ascension into heaven. The NT documents indicate that the first Christians were known for their habit of calling upon the name of the risen
Turning the Tables Pt. 1a Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun We begin a new series of posts where we take the most oft-repeated biblical verses used by Muslims and other non-Christian groups to undermine key essential Christian doctrines and turn them around against them. Our aim is to show how the very texts that these individuals cite actually
The ANGELS of Allah – Paid Members Public
The Honored GUEST of Abraham and Lot Sam Shamoun It is time to highlight another grammatical blunder of the Quran. According to the Quran, Allah sent at least three angels to both Abraham and Lot in order to announce to them what was to soon take place: And tell them
Tauhid versus I’jaz al-Quran – Paid Members Public
How the text and structure of the Quran violates Islamic Monotheism Sam Shamoun Muslims believe that the Quran is miraculous in its structure and that Islam is the purest and strictest form of monotheism on the basis that it affirms unitarianism, i.e. the belief that Allah is a singular