Tag: Religion_Belief
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Christians Killed Apostates Too
The saga of Abdul Rehman’s conversion to Christianity may be over but the aftermath is far from settled. Like a clockwork of hate, the episode has brought upon yet another wave of criticisms against Islam and its record for religious tolerance. But what few would realise is that the West has a history of religious…
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Religious Scripture and Science, Conflict or Conciliation? A Muslim Perspective
Transcript of speech at Interfaith Dialogue 4, organised by MMU Melaka PART 1 Bismillahir Rohmanir Rohim. In the name of Almighty God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Alhamdulillahi Robbil ?Alamin. All praise is due to Him alone, The Lord, Cherisher and Sustainer of the Universe. The Chairperson, Distinguished Guests, Learned Speakers, Brothers and Sisters, I welcome…
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Answering Islam: Preaching What They Do Not Practise?
In one of their pages, Answering Islam had made the following claim with the clear intention of “poisoning the well” where Muslim sites are concerned. The rest of the page goes on to either debase or discredit Muslim websites for their dependency on “atheist” material and preaching about the lack of “conscience” on the part…
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They Say: “Your Bible Has Not Been Corrupted”. Really?
What do the differences between Bible manuscripts reveal? This paper is divided into the following sections: 1. They require you to produce evidence on: WHEN, HOW and WHY was the Bible corrupted 2. Once upon a time, there was a myth about Bible manuscripts 3. Evidence: more than 50 verses either omitted or added, hundreds…
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Myths and Facts About the Banu Qurayzah
The Christian missionaries have been making a lot of noise about the circumstances surrounding the Banu Qurayzah. It is a wonder that even after countless of explanations on the matter, they still want to play on this old, tired polemic. Regardless, it is about time that an answer is given to checkmate the nonsense surrounding…
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Did Abd al-Malik Build the Dome of the Rock to Shift the Hajj from Makkah to Jerusalem?
The Jewish Orientalist Ignaz Goldziher claimed that the Umayyad Caliph ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan had built the Dome of the Rock to prevent the people of Syria and Iraq from the Hajj (pilgrimage) to Makkah and in order to religiously justify this act, his friend Al-Zuhri fabricated the hadith of “Do not set out on…