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Analysis of the Sunnah, traditional Islamic practices, and their theological significance.

THE IMPERFECT QURAN PT. 2: BREASTFEEDING GROWN MEN Members Public

Here’s the first post in this series: THE IMPERFECT QURAN PT. 1: MISSING VERSE ON STONING. According to the Islamic sources, Muhammad permitted women to have grown men suck their bare breasts in order to make them their foster children, and therefore lawful to remain in their presence: (36)

Sam Shamoun
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ADDENDUM TO ALI ATAIE AND THE SATANIC VERSES Members Public

In this post I will wrap up the case for Satan causing Muhammad to commit shirk by praising the three goddesses whom the pagans worshiped as the daughters of Allah. Al-Tabari, one of Islam’s greatest commentators and historians, relays two versions of the story: Satan Casts a False Revelation

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The Sirah and Ahadith: The Foundation of the Quran Members Public

It is no exaggeration to say that without the sirah and hadith literature a person cannot make heads or tails out of the great bulk of the Quran. In fact, if one doesn’t have any recourse to these sources then s/he is unable to answer the who, what,

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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The Meaning and Purpose of Paying Jizyah Members Public

Jizyah is the sum of money which the Quran imposes upon the disbelievers, specifically Jews and Christians, who come under the control of Muslims but refuse to change their religion: Fight those who believe not in God and in the last day, and who forbid not what God and His

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Sam Shamoun
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THE FRAUD THAT IS ALI ATAIE: THE SATANIC VERSES PT. 3 Members Public

We now come to the final installment in the series: THE FRAUD THAT IS ALI ATAIE: THE SATANIC VERSES PT. 2. Here I will cite the various traditions on the satanic verses, many of which are based on sahih or sound chains. THE MUSLIM EXPOSITORS ON Q. 22:52 AND

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THE FRAUD THAT IS ALI ATAIE: THE SATANIC VERSES PT. 2 Members Public

I continue from where I previously left off: THE FRAUD THAT IS ALI ATAIE: THE SATANIC VERSES PT. 1. In this post I will refute Ataie’s assertion that Q. 22:52 was “sent down” eight years after Muhammad recited the verses which Satan caused him to utter. THE QURAN’

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THE FRAUD THAT IS ALI ATAIE: THE SATANIC VERSES PT. 1 Members Public

This is the material that I am preparing for my forthcoming sessions exposing the lies and misinformation of Muhammadan Ali Ataie in respect to the veracity of the “satanic verses”. In these posts I will address Ataie’s two main contentions, which are: There are no manuscripts of the Quran

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Sam Shamoun
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WINE CONSUMPTION: MUHAMMAD FINDS A LOOPHOLE! Members Public

The Quran prohibits the consumption of wine,(1) classifying it as an abomination created by Satan for the express purpose of causing division, hatred and godlessness: They will question thee concerning wine (al-khamri), and arrow-shuffling. Say: ‘In both is heinous sin; and uses for men, but the sin in them

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