So which is the correct Gospel account concerning the choice of Jesus’ first apostles ? Between Mt. 4, 12 – 22 ; Mk. 1, 14 – 20 ; Lk. 5, 1 – 11 ; Jn. 1, 35 – 42, which is the correct Gospel account regarding the call of the first disciples of Jesus ?
Was Sarah really Abraham’s sister ? Ibn Hazm questions the status of Sarah as being Abraham’s sister, as accepting that viz., from the Biblical perspective would result in various disagreements with other passages in the Old Testament concerning moral and theological issues. This is in reference to the stories of Sarah’s seizure by Pharaoh and Abime’elech which was narrated in Genesis 12:10 – 18 and Genesis 20, Genesis 17:17 and Genesis 20:1 – 18. We cite the related passages on the story of the seizure of Sarah as follows.
Apart from the claim that “Allah” is the name of the moon god, the Christian missionaries also tend assert this claim by questioning why do Muslims use the crescent symbol as a symbol for their religion, or why is the moon being used in Islam to mark a new month. They engage into the logical fallacy of equivocation, that since Muslims use the crescent as the symbol of Islam, therefore it follows that Muslims worship some kind of “moon deity”. This is no more truer than claiming that since Judaism adopts the Star of David symbol, it follows that the Jews considers it as an object for worship, or that Christians worship the Crucifix since it is used as its symbol. This paper would attempt to explain the significance of the moon in Islam, insha’allah.
The purpose of this brief article is to show that Paul, the self-acclaimed “apostle” whom the Christians follow, has no…
