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How the Incident of the “Satanic Verses” Exposes Muhammad as an Accursed False Prophet Pt. 1 Members Public

According to Islam’s earliest and most reliable sources the following Quranic passage, Have ye seen Lat and ‘Uzza, And another, the third (goddess), Manat? What! for you the male sex, and for Him, the female? Behold, such would be indeed a division most unfair! These are nothing but names

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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How the Incident of the “Satanic Verses” Exposes Muhammad as an Accursed False Prophet Pt. 2 Members Public

We continue from where we left off /2018/09/17/how-the-incident-of-the-satanic-verses-exposes-muhammad-as-an-accursed-false-prophet/. The Implications There are several crucial points to glean from this particular narration. First, Muhammad’s characterization of his error is astonishing to say the least. Notice his words once again: “I have obeyed Satan, and spoken his words,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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No Atonement in Islam? Responding to Another Typical Muslim Objection Members Public

In dealing with Muslim polemicists, one will often encounter the objection that, in Islam, atonement for the forgiveness of sins is not required. Allah simply forgives anyone who asks without requiring that reparation be made for the person’s transgressions. I have decided to address this oft-repeated claim in order

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Abraham as Echad: Addressing a Muslim Objection Members Public

A particular Muslim polemicist raised the following objection in response to the Christian understanding that the Hebrew word echad, which Deuteronomy 6:4 uses to describe the oneness of God, actually points to God being a complex or compound unity, as opposed to existing as a singular or absolute one:

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Islam – The Religion of Depression and Misery Members Public

Did you know that the Quran teaches that Allah has deliberately created many human beings and genies for the express purpose of condemning them to hell? Whomsoever God guides, he is rightly guided; and whom He leads astray — they are the losers. We have created for Gehenna many jinn and

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Quranic Affirmation of the Holy Bible Revisited Pt. 2 Members Public

Addressing the objections of a Muslim greenhorn We continue from where we previously left off /2018/09/01/the-quranic-affirmation-of-the-holy-bible-revisited-pt-1/. Unfortunately for this greenhorn, his very own Islamic traditions and scholars confirm that the Quran has been badly corrupted and is missing much of its contents. For instance, in the Muqaddamah

Sam Shamoun
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The Quranic Affirmation of the Holy Bible Revisited Pt. 1 Members Public

Addressing the objections of a Muslim greenhorn I am going to be responding to some of the objections that a particular Muhammadan polemicist raised in the following “rebuttal”: https://mustafasahin33.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/does-the-quran-approve-the-bible-vs-does-christians-approve-the-bible/ The neophyte writes: Point 2: If Christians want to assert that the Quran does

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More on the Islamic Witness to the Incorruptibility of the Holy Bible Members Public

The Quran is emphatically clear that there isn’t anyone or anything that can change the words of Allah: [Say (O Muhammad)] “Shall I seek a judge other than Allah while it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book (The Qur’an), explained in detail.” Those unto

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