Muslim Responses To Anti-Islam Polemics
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Some Notes On Sam Shamoun’s Lowly Character
Recently I came across email exchanges that took place between Jalal Abualrab and the Christian missionary Sam Shamoun. I have heard that the missionary Shamoun is a very abusive, malicious and nasty individual, constantly mocking and abusing Islam as his hobby. After reading the mail exchanges, it became clear to me that this missionary is…
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Islam and Christianity: Diatribe or Dialogue?
This is not the place to review the history of Christian-Muslim relations. This history may now be read in the erudite works of Norman Daniel. The reading is sad and agonizing. The conclusion which may be safely drawn from this history is that Christianity’s involvement with the Muslim World was so full of misunderstanding, prejudice,…
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Book Review of Bart Ehrman’s “Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why”
The book “Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed The Bible and Why” from Prof. Bart Ehrman can be described as an introduction to New Testament textual criticism for beginners, in which he explains the subject in the context of his own background, relating his journey from being an Evangelical Christian to becoming a world…
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Hans Küng On “Is Muhammad A Prophet”?
The following is an excerpt taken from “Christianity and World Religions: Dialogue with Islam”, in Leonard Swidler (ed.), Muslims in Dialogue: The Evolution of A Dialogue, vol. 3 (The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992) by the Christian philosopher Hans Kung who conveys a Christian opinion on Prophet Muhammad (P). We do not neccessarily agree with everything…
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On The Qur'an, Logic And The FTMecca
Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi Recently “Freethought Mecca”, an anti-Islamic website of atheist persuasion, came forth with an article that claimed to have found at least one error in the Qur’an. The article (and its supporters) took pleasure in pointing out the irony of the alleged error’s location: in Sura 4:82, the very verse Muslims have…
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On what day did the "House of the Lord" burn down?
Was it on the seventh day or on the tenth day? According to 2 Kings 25:8-9, the “House of the Lord” was burnt down on the seventh day of the month: “And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month … burned the house of the Lord.” Yet, we are informed in…