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Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
We proceed with our response to Brown’s assertions (/2018/05/07/revisiting-the-age-of-aisha-pt-1/). Here is what Brown further wrote in an attempt to defend Muhammad’s marriage to a minor: “The reason that no pre-modern critics paid attention to the Prophet’s marriage to a ten-year-old was because marrying girls
Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this rebuttal we are going to be addressing another shameful attempt to justify Muhammad’s marriage to a 9-year-old minor. The following comments and interaction are taken from the website of Muslim apologist and Georgetown professor Jonathan A. C. Brown: bigdumbbear 7 points 6 months ago Dr. Brown if
Revisiting the Age of Aisha: Postscript Paid Members Public
In this section (/2018/05/07/revisiting-the-age-of-aisha-pt-4/) we are going to cite some of the narrations concerning the second caliph Umar’s marriage proposal to Ali’s daughter in order to highlight the people’s reaction to a 47 year old man desiring to marry a 10-12 year old girl.
Muhammad’s Marriage to a Prepubescent Minor Paid Members Public
A Quick Response to a Common Muslim Objection There are some internet dawagandists who quote the following English rendering of al-Bukhari in order to prove that Aisha was past the age of puberty when she married and had sex with Muhammad, who was approximately 54 years old at that time:
More Quranic Proofs for the Deity of Christ Paid Members Public
Jesus as the Bearer of Divine Names and Functions In this article I am going to be examining some of the specific names and qualities, which Islamic theology ascribes to Allah and show how these very same characteristics are attributed to Jesus in the Quran itself. This in turn will
Allah’s Names and the Deity of Christ Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
How Islamic Theology Confirms Jesus’ Divine Claims We continue from where we left off https://answeringislam.blog/allahs-names-and-the-deity-of-christ-pt-1/. ALLAH Al-Qadîm: The Timelessly Eternal The Timelessly or Beginninglessly Eternal, the opposite of muhdath or hâdith (that which came into existence after not having been). Al-Qadîm has no beginning or is before
Allah’s Names and the Deity of Christ Paid Members Public
How Islamic Theology Confirms Jesus’ Divine Claims Pt. 1 According to Islamic theology, Allah possesses specific names and qualities which cannot be ascribed to any created being, no matter how exalted that creature may be. As such, we are going to look at some of these names in order to
NT Critic Bart Ehrman’s Favorite Bible Translation Proves That Jesus is God Almighty in the Flesh! Paid Members Public
Muslim polemicist Paul Bilal Williams shared a post by NT scholar Bart D. Ehrman concerning Bible translations: https://bloggingtheology.net/2017/09/04/problems-with-some-bible-translations-including-the-king-james/. Ehrman states that he prefers the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) since he views it as the most accurate and faithful to what the original languages