Muslim Responses To Anti-Islam Polemics
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Dar Al-Islam And Dar Al-Harb: Its Definition and Significance
Ahmed Khalil In his book, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel Huntington says: People are always tempted to divide people into us and them, the in-group and the other, our civilization and those barbarians. Scholars have analyzed the world in terms of the Orient and the Occident, North and South,…
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Were There Any Influences of Christianity in the Hejaz?
Yishan Jufu & Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi The Christian missionaries and the other opponents of Islam have been trying to establish on how the Prophet(P) was able to know many stories of the past Prophets(P). They made many allegations which were only substantiated by their vain desires, such as accusing the Prophet(P) of borrowing from…
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Kantian Philosophy From An Islamic Viewpoint
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) as a philosopher not only sought his own answers to philosophical questions but was also an expert on the history of philosophy. Having a thorough grounding in the philosophical tradition of the past, he was keenly aware of the standpoints of rationalists and empiricists. He believed that both were partly right and…
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One Hundred Christian Proofs Of Islamic Falsehood
1) ARGUMENT FROM DISAGREEMENT I believe that the Bible is the word of God. The Qur’an disagrees with the Bible. Therefore, Islam is false. 2) ARGUMENT FROM ACTIONS OF PROPHETS Muhammad killed. Jesus in the Bible did not. [Christian ignores the time-period & place the Prophets lived in, as well as other Prophets who killed,…
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The Historical Development Of The Trinity: An Analysis
Introduction T. S. Elliot was quoted to have once said that “Christianity is always adapting itself into something which can be believed.”John Hick, ed., The Myth of God Incarnate, Preface And true to this statement, Christianity has digressed from the concept of the Oneness of God as stressed in the “Shema”, or the Jewish creed…
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Does the Qur’an Say About Mary In The Trinity?
The Christian missionaries have engaged in bitter polemics since the advent of Islam. One of their common allegations is that they claim that in Sura’ Al-Maiah (5):119, the Qur’an made a “mistake” in claiming that the Trinity consists of God, Jesus and Mary. The said verse is as follows: “And behold! God will say: ‘O…