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In-depth analysis of Islamic theology, scripture, tradition, and argumentation through rigorous scholarly critique.

WATT & THE SATANIC VERSES Members Public

The late William Montgomery Watt was considered one of the greatest scholars of Islam of the 20th century. Watt wasn’t only a professor but a prolific author who wrote some outstanding books on Muhammad and Islam. Moreover, Watt wasn’t a polemicist that sought to discredit Muhammad, but was

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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ISLAM & ARABIC MASCULINE PRONOUNS Members Public

According to Muslims authorities, masculine Arabic words often include both males and females, unless the context suggests otherwise. For instance, here’s what the translator of Imam Nawai’s commentary on Sahih Muslim states: 1. The pronouns in this hadith apply generally, which means they include men and women. If

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AL-NAWAWI ON JESUS BEING GOD’S WORD & SPIRIT Members Public

The medieval Muslim commentator Imam al-Nawawi wrote a massive commentary on the sahih collection of Imam Muslim. Al-Nawawi will cite and explain the hadiths where Muhammad describes Jesus as God’s own Word and Spirit, which I will now quote. All emphasis will be mine: 108. The hadith says, ‘Whoever

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ABU HANIFA: THE MUSLIM INFIDEL Members Public

In this post I will be citing this online article published by a group of Quran alone Muslims: Abu Hanifa: The Heretic Who Became a Sunni Icon. It’s aim is to show how one of Sunni’s Islam’s greatest scholars Abu Hanifa, a figure who even has a

Sam Shamoun
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YASIR QADHI’S GOD UNVEILED! Members Public

In this post I will be quoting from notable Muslim scholar Yasir Qadhi’s biography on Muhammad in order to prove that Muslims are really Muhammadans who have deified their prophet to the level of divine status. Qadhi mentions some of the names given to his messenger, two of which

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Sam Shamoun
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YASIR QADHI & HIS GOD BAAL Members Public

In his book on Muhammad’s life, notable Muslim scholar Yasir Qadhi mentions how paganism supposedly began in Arabia. He states that a man from the tribe of Khuza’a had imported an idol of the god Hubal, which was given to him by the Amalekites. He further acknowledges that

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YASIR QADHI, MUHAMMAD & TABUK Members Public

In this post I will be quoting from the sirah produced by noted Muslim scholar Yasir Qadhi in respect to Muhammad’s expedition against Tabuk. I do so since Qadhi does a fine job of refuting the oft-repeated lie that the reason why Muhammad sent his jihadis to kill this

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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INVOKING MUHAMMAD: MAN IN NEED & THE BLIND MAN Members Public

The following lengthy extract is taken from ENGLISH BOOK: Counter refutation on topic of Waseela By Aamir Ibrahim, pp. 41-77. The author provides a thorough refutation to the attempt by Salafi Muslims to weaken the narrations where a blind man and a man in need prayed to Muhammad directly, with

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