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Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 3 Members Public

We continue from where we previously left off (/2018/05/07/revisiting-the-age-of-aisha-pt-2/). A Role Model for All Times Even though Brown appeals to cultural norms to justify Muhammad’s marriage to a premature minor, he forgets to mention that fact that his prophet is

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Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 2 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

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Revisiting the Age of Aisha Pt. 1 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.

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Revisiting the Age of Aisha: Postscript 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

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Muhammad’s Marriage to a Prepubescent Minor 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

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More Quranic Proofs for the Deity of Christ 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

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Allah’s Names and the Deity of Christ Pt. 2 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

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Allah’s Names and the Deity of Christ 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

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