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Quran: Difficulty Allah Tempts People To Sin Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
We continue from where we left off /2017/01/03/quran-difficulty-allah-tempts-people-to-sin-pt-1/. A Muslim cannot explain away these events of Allah tempting Israel to sin by arguing that the Islamic deity was using these temptations to simply expose the evil desires of their hearts, since the Quran and ahadith make it
Quran Difficulty: Allah Tempts People To Sin Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
According to the inspired Scriptures, the true God cannot be enticed to act wickedly or corruptly, and neither does he tempt or entice anyone to sin: “When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me.’ For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each
The Prophet of Terror and Mayhem Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
We come to the final part of our analysis https://answeringislam.blog/the-prophet-of-terror-and-mayhem-pt-2/. FIGHTING THE “IDOLATERS” Another manner that Muslims try to explain away this hadith is by quoting a differing, varying form of this narration, one that has Muhammad saying that he had been ordered to fight the idolaters:
The Prophet of Terror and Mayhem Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
In this part The Prophet of Terror and Mayhem Pt. 1 I am going to address a couple of responses that Muslims raise to explain away the plain statements of the Quran and ahadith that Muhammad was a terrorist sent to murder and plunder all the unbelievers unless and until
The Prophet of Terror and Mayhem Pt. 1 Paid Members Public
In this article I am going to show that Muhammad was a terrorist who was sent by his god to terrorize and slay all unbelievers unless and until they submitted to his demands and desires. THE QURAN We shall cast terror (al-rruAAba) into the hearts of those who disbelieve, BECAUSE
The Garbled Up Quran Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
We continue from where we previously left off https://answeringislam.blog/the-garbled-up-quran-pt-1/. Muslim scholar Farid Esack mentions the problem that Muhammad’s community faced in trying to explain the appearance of non-Arabic words in a text claiming to be written in clear Arabic: The Qur’an itself repeatedly asserts that
Revisiting the issue of Muhammad and Epilepsy Pt. 3 Paid Members Public
Exposing More of Jamal Badawi’s Misinformation The Cause of Muhammad’s Epilepsy We come to the conclusion of our examination https://answeringislam.blog/revisiting-the-issue-of-muhammad-and-epilepsy-pt-2/ Our analysis has shown that this is another instance where Jamal Badawi was less than honest and forthright about what the sources he named stated
Revisiting the issue of Muhammad and Epilepsy Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
Exposing More of Jamal Badawi’s Misinformation We continue from where we previously left off https://answeringislam.blog/revisiting-the-issue-of-muhammad-and-epilepsy-pt-1/. Here is what Britannica says regarding the issue of epilepsy: epilepsy, sudden and recurrent disturbances in mental function, state of consciousness, sensory activity, or movements of the body, caused by paroxysmal