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Praying Not to Be Jewish or Christian Paid Members Public
Unfortunately, many people are unaware of the fact (including Muslims) that Surah al-Fatihah, the chapter that Muslims are required to recite at the start of each and every one of their daily prayers, actually contains an invocation asking Allah to never allow them to become a Jew or a Christian.
One Muhammadan Polemicist’s War against Allah and his “messenger” Paid Members Public
In the cross-fire section of his debate with Dr. James R. White on the status of the Lord Jesus, dawagandist Sami Zaatari responded to White’s challenge to explain how can a mere human rasul (messenger) be given an eternal kingdom if he himself isn’t eternal: “And then the
Even More Proof for the Quran’s Textual Corruption Paid Members Public
The following lengthy quotation is taken from the Blackwell’s Companion to the Quran, pp. 165-171, edited by Andrew Rippin. Not only does this scholarly source cite traditions confirming that the Quran in the possession of Muslims’ today is imperfect and flawed, it further quotes sources affirming that the codex
A Muhammadan Polemicist Disproves the Divine Origin of the Quran Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
THE CHALLENGE In the cross-fire section of his debate with Dr. James R. White on the status of the Lord Jesus, Muhammadan dawagandist Sami Zaatari challenged White’s assertion that some of the stories of Jesus in the Quran were obviously borrowed from Gnostic fables and legends: “Show me the
Allah and Muhammad: Will the Real Servant Please Stand Up! Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
We come to the final part of our discussion /2017/01/04/allah-and-muhammad-will-the-real-servant-please-stand-up-pt-2/. The Dilemma The fact that the Quran has so much to say about Muhammad’s personal issues, whether the struggles he had with his wives, his lusting after his son’s spouse, his annoyance with people overstaying
A Muhammadan Polemicist Disproves the Divine Origin of the Quran Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Continuing from where we left off /2017/01/06/a-muhammadan-polemicist-disproves-the-divine-origin-of-the-quran-pt-1/, here is another quotation where the unbelievers accuse the Quran of being nothing more than a lie that Muhammad concocted by writing down some of the ancient fables circulating during that time with the help of others, and then passing
Allah and Muhammad: Will the Real Servant Please Stand Up! Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
The Claim The Quran makes itself out to be the revelation of Allah written in what is called the preserved tablet: We verily, have made it a Qur’an in Arabic, that you may be able to understand (its meanings and its admonitions). And Verily, it (this Qur’an) is
Allah and Muhammad: Will the Real Servant Please Stand Up! Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
We continue from where we left off /2017/01/04/allah-and-muhammad-will-the-real-servant-please-stand-up-pt-1/. The Proof In this part we are going to present some of the many places in the Quran that speak directly to the needs and concerns of Muhammad. And instead of reinventing the wheel I have chosen to reproduce