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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
Umar and Islamic Prostitution Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
This is the continuation of the Shia rebuttal to the Sunni claim that Muhammad abrogated the practice of Islamic prostitution called muta (/2020/08/18/umar-and-islamic-prostitution-pt-1/). Imran Bin Sawadah’s opposition to Umar Imam Ibn Jareer Tabari has reocrded the following incident in his Tarikh:
Umar and Islamic Prostitution Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
The following is a rebuttal by Shia Muslims (http://www.shiapen.com/comprehensive/mutah/umar-banned-mutah.html) proving that it was actually Umar who abrogated temporary marriages (muta), which was nothing more than prostitution. Chapter Eleven: The Truth: That Umar banned Mut’ah The word Khalifa by definition means
Does Taurat Refer Only to the Revelation Given to Moses? Paid Members Public
Refuting Another Muslim Canard An oft-repeated Islamic objection is that the Taurat which the Quran repeatedly mentions is not identical to the Old Testament Scriptures, but refers to the original revelation given to Moses. There are at least two main problems with this argument. First, the Quran nowhere claims