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Explorations of the Torah’s teachings, historical context, and theological foundations.
Qur'an Error: Israel's Response to the Covenant Paid Members Public
Qur'an Error: Israels Response to the Covenant The Quran erroneously states that when God made a covenant with Israel through Moses, the people responded by saying that they disobey: There came to you Moses with clear (Signs); yet ye worshipped the calf (Even) after that, and ye did
Qur'an Problem: Abraham's Progeny? How Muhammad messed up Abraham's family tree Paid Members Public
Abraham's Progeny? How the author of the Qur'an messed up Abraham's family tree After recounting how Abraham became a believer and a prophet to his own people (S. 6:74-82; cf. this article), the Qur'an states how Allah rewarded Abraham by giving
What Torah is the Quran talking about? Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun In his most recent article trying to address Muhammads blatant inconsistency and failure of applying the Qurans censuring of all poetry (*), Bassam Zawadi seeks to undermine my claim regarding the Quran confirming the Holy Bible. After citing a text to show that the Quran commands Zawadi to believe
Yet again: Unclean foods? Paid Members Public
Yet again: Unclean foods Sam Shamoun Not leaving well enough alone, Bassam Zawadi has once again decided to raise the issue of clean and unclean foods (1, 2). In the second article, he claims: Leviticus 20:25 25 " 'You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean
On Punishment for Adultery Paid Members Public
On Punishment for Adultery Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi claims that the blessed Apostle Paul contradicts Jesus regarding the issue of adultery (here). He writes: Paul makes it quite clear that adulterers will be punished... 1 Thessalonians 4:3-6 3It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that
A Contradiction regarding Clean Foods? Paid Members Public
A Contradiction regarding Clean Foods? Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz Bassam Zawadi seeks to interact with one of our answers to a question on eating pork. Basically the author tried to show that Mark 7:18-23 shows Jesus declaring all food clean. Here is the passage "Are you so
Is there an Islamic Demand for Obedience to the OT Laws? Paid Members Public
Sam Shamoun Bassam Zawadi has made an attempt to respond (*) to my article (*) regarding the issue of whether Jewish and Christian converts to Islam are required to observe the Law of Moses, even if this means that they must break specific Quranic commands to do so. We will see here
Did Muhammad Confirm the Torah? Paid Members Public
Addressing the Smokescreens of a Muslim Polemicist Sam Shamoun It seems that Zawadi never learns and just doesnt know when to give up, no matter how many times he has been refuted. He is trying so hard to disprove the fact that his own religious scripture along with specific traditions