Tag: Comparative Religion

  • Was Sarah The Sis­ter Of Abraham ?

    Was Sarah The Sis­ter Of Abraham ?

    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…

  • Do Mus­lims Wor­ship The Black Stone of the Kaaba ?

    Do Mus­lims Wor­ship The Black Stone of the Kaaba ?

    I believe that it is time that a response to this rather annoying polemic about the nature of the Black Stone (al-Hajar al-Aswad) and its significance in Islam by those who have an axe to grind about Islam (or otherwise known tenderly as the "Islamophobics") is finally needed. We will look at the common allegations…

  • Mis­con­cep­tion Addressed : What is the Sig­nif­i­cance of the Cres­cent Moon in Islam ?

    Mis­con­cep­tion Addressed : What is the Sig­nif­i­cance of the Cres­cent Moon in Islam ?

    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…

  • The False Apos­tle : Paul Of Tar­sus In Islam

    The False Apos­tle : Paul Of Tar­sus In Islam

    The pur­pose of this brief arti­cle is to show that Paul, the self-acclaimed ​“apos­tle” whom the Chris­tians fol­low, has no place in Islam at all. Mus­lims believe that between the time peri­ods of the Prophet Jesus(P) and the Prophet Muham­mad(P), no Mes­sen­ger of God had come between them, whether to the Gen­tiles or the Jews.…