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In-depth analysis of Islamic theology, scripture, tradition, and argumentation through rigorous scholarly critique.
Islam: The Religion of Perfect Submission to Muhammad Paid Members Public
In a previous post, Sunni Islam’s Shahadah: The Confession of Lying Hypocrites, I showed that the Islamic scripture proclaims that a Muslim is one that bears witness to Allah being the only god and makes an effort to completely submit to his will. As the following verse puts it:
Sunni Islam’s Shahadah: The Confession of Lying Hypocrites Paid Members Public
Unless stated otherwise, I will be quoting from the Quran: A Reformist Translation (QART), translated and annotated by Edip Yuksel, Layth Saleh al-Shaiban, Martha Schulte-Nafeh (Brainbowpress: Hundred Fourteen Books, USA 2015). Traditional Sunni Islam teaches that the first pillar of the Muslim faith is the kalima, also known as the
Responding to Muhammadan Abdullah Kunde Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
This is a continuation from the previous post: Responding to Muhammadan Abdullah Kunde Pt. 1. As I noted in a previous post, Abdullah Kunde is making the classic Muslim Debater’s Blunder. He’s tossing criticisms at Christianity without considering whether those criticisms would also apply to Islam. Sam Shamoun
Responding to Muhammadan Abdullah Kunde Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
I am posting my responses to Muslim polemicist Abdullah Kunde, which originally appeared on David Wood’s blog. Australian debater Abdullah Kunde is apparently making the same mistake virtually every Muslim debater makes: he’s so focused on raising criticisms against Christianity, he fails to see how those same criticisms
Responding to Muhammadan Abdullah Kunde Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
This is the final part in the series: Responding to Muhammadan Abdullah Kunde Pt. 2. I really wish that all Muslim debaters would spend a few semesters at the Sam Shamoun School of Religious Consistency. It would keep them from constantly attacking their own religion (without knowing it). Here’s
Adam: A Forgetful Victim or A Rebellious Transgressor? Paid Members Public
One will often find Muslim polemicists denying that Adam’s sin negatively affected the human race by causing mankind to inherit a corrupt sinful inclination/nature which makes it inevitable that humans will indeed disobey and transgress God’s laws. They further claim that Adam’s “mistake” wasn’t a
Muhammad Confirms that Jesus is the unique Divine Son of God! Paid Members Public
Muhammad, according to the Quran, came to confirm the textual veracity and inspiration of the biblical books in the possession of the Jews and Christians of his day, and testify to his belief in these sacred writings: And believe in that which I reveal, confirming that which ye possess already
Umar and Islamic Prostitution Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
We arrive at the final part of the Shia rebuttal to the Sunni belief that Muhammad put an end to Islamic prostitution (/2020/08/18/umar-and-islamic-prostitution-pt-2/). Many ‘ulama of Ahl as-Sunnah deemed Mut’ah to be Halaal We shall cite the following Sunni sources 1. Tafseer Gharaib al-Quran, part 5,