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Detailed responses to Islamic assertions, critiques, and controversies, offering thorough scriptural and historical counter-arguments.
Correspondence with Dina Zoubi on Gramar Errors Paid Members Public
This is in response to Dina Zoubi / Arabi Bin Qahtan's letter at the end of the first part of this correspondence. Date: Tue, 4 Mar 97 From: [email protected] (Newton) To: [email protected] Subject: *in* or *inna* ? Dear 'Arabi bn Qahtan Thank you for your
Rebuttal to Bassam Zawadi Paid Members Public
Dallas M. Roark's rebuttal to Bassam Zawadi, On the value of questioning and other things, has long moved to a new location. Bassam Zawadi was informed on 9 December 2008 that this page has moved. And I reminded him again on 11 March 2009 that his link is
Reply to Sami Zaatari Paid Members Public
Sami Zaatari replied to an article of mine that I had written for Answering-Islam.org. My article was entitled, "If I were a Muslim, I would wonder." (here). His article can be found here and is entitled "Responding to Dallas Roark's article If I were
An Answer to the usual responses to "Women in Islam" Paid Members Public
To those wishing to respond to the above material, we would like to make some comments. 1. We had a lot of emails sent to us expressing vehement disagreement or strong support. The response of those who were angry came in the form of either calling on the mercy of
A strange divorce and remarriage law in the Quran Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson It may be rare that a divorced couple would like to reconcile and remarry each other, but this does happen. The Quran has a strange marriage law for the divorced couple in this situation, after they have worked out their differences. It says that a divorced couple
Polygamy in the Quran Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson The Quran is allegedly the final Testament to all humankind, so its teaching should spread around the world for the good of humanity. However, one of its clear teachings says that men may be polygamous. This Muslim feminist says that polygamy, which she relabels polygyny, is no
Women are inferior to men in the Quran Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson Muslim expositors and preachers tell the world that Islam elevates women, so this proves their religion’s truthfulness. They imply that the entire world, especially women, should therefore warmly embrace Islam. Here is only one typical example among many. Dr. Jamal A. Badawi is a Muslim scholar
"Plowing fields" and marrying little girls in the Quran Paid Members Public
James M. Arlandson You may have heard the claim that Muhammad married a little girl. Is this only a false rumor? Shortly after Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolution in Iran (1979), he lowered the marriage age for girls from eighteen years old down to nine years old. Why would these devout