Author Archives
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The Origins of Suicidal Terrorism
Bombing Without Moonlight By Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad (Tim Winter) (This was first published in 2004) 1. Amnesia Attention deficit disorder seems to flourish under conditions of late modernity. The past becomes itself more quickly. Memories, individual as well as… Read More ›
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Necessary qualities of the Lord’s servant according to the Bible
And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth 2 Timothy 2: 24-25
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The Qur’an’s critical – and corrective – view of the Christian scriptures
(Part 3) This article is the third of a series of articles (see the first and second) that are in part a refutation of Christian polemics and in part a discussion of recent academic articles by top experts in the… Read More ›
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And now for something completely different..
Traveling on the London Underground in the 1930’s
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Letters Written in Paul’s Name
Originally posted on The Jesus Memoirs:
The Disputed Pauline Epistles and the Pastorals Initial Questions: Pseudonymity: literally means “false name.”What possible motivations might an anonymous individual have to write in the name of a prophet or an apostle? Here is… -
Oh dear Hillary.
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How I found Islam
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Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad explains why the Perennial Philosophy is false
After recent controversy surrounding the Perennialist bias of the new Study Quran it is refreshing to hear a Muslim scholar explain why this ideology is false.
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Abdal Hakim Murad – Reverse Causality
Timothy Winter (Professor of Theology at Cambridge) discusses the concept of reverse causality. This excerpt is taken from his commentary on Mevlana Rumi’s Mathnavi. Relativity: There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light; She… Read More ›
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The Plain Meaning of the Text
Internet Monk shared this wonderful example of the problems with claims about the “plain meaning” of a text. The sign above is from the UK. And so, while an American will understand it to be prohibiting people who serve as coaches of… Read More ›
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Israel – created by terrorism
Each year on 15th May, Palestinians commemorate Nakba Day (‘catastrophe’ in Arabic). Shockingly, you will hear little if anything about it in the Western media. Our governments will remain silent about this catastrophe. Here is a brief article explaining the history… Read More ›
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As if we didn’t know lol
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Markan Christology: Blasphemy, I Am, John’s Gospel, and the Rhetoric of Parallelomania
Published on the Jesus Blog…”a weblog dedicated to historical Jesus research and New Testament studies”. An interesting piece by James Crossley, Professor of Bible, Society and Politics at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London The Markan Christology debate continues. I will repeat… Read More ›
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Why stop at 3? Why not 30 or 300?
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A must read: ‘The Canonization of al-Bukhrari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon’
The book is a published edition of his PhD thesis and like all of Professor Brown’s work is readable and accessible to the layman. Read it for free by clicking on the cover.
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Jay Smith teaches Paul contradicted Jesus at Speakers Corner
Another brilliant offering from Yahya Snow exposing the duplicitous and shallow propaganda of American missionary Jay Smith. An example of New Testament teaching ignored/rejected by Jay Smith: Titus 2:9-10 Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try… Read More ›
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“In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph”
Holy Qur’an surah 5 verse 116 When God says, ‘Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to people, “Take me and my mother as two gods alongside God”?’ he will say, ‘May You be exalted! I would never say what… Read More ›
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Understanding the Qurʾan’s creative use of rhetorical strategies against orthodox Christianity and a refutation of ‘Do Christians Believe Allah is really Jesus?’ by Sam Shamoun
(Part 2) This article is the second of a series of articles (the first can be read here) that are in part a refutation of Christian polemics, and in part a discussion of recent academic articles by top experts in… Read More ›
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Avoiding extremes concerning the corruption of the scriptures
The View of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728 A.H.) Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: With regard to the Gospels that the Christians have, there are four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They are agreed that Luke and Mark did… Read More ›
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Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth
“The road from Jesus to the Christian religion that finally emerged in the fourth century, with its myth of Jesus as the son of God solidly in place, is a very long and twisty path. Christianity was not born of… Read More ›
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Jonathan Brown sets the record straight about his ‘error’
In a previous post I suggested that Jonathan Brown had made an error in his latest book Misquoting Muhammad. I contacted him about this and here is his reply. He admits that his statement was ‘ambiguous’ but he does not… Read More ›
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Interview with Emanuel Tov on the Septuagint
Originally posted on Biblical Studies Online:
William A. Ross interviews Professor Emanuel Tov (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) about the Septuagint (published May 6, 2016). 0:00-3:18 Describe how you became interested in LXX studies and your training? 3:19-7:04 … -
Christians at the time of Papias believed the Paraclete to be a human being (a prophet) not the Holy Spirit – UPDATE!
Christians at the time of Papias believed the Paraclete to be a human being (a prophet) not the Holy Spirit: ‘Church Fathers like Papias heard of wandering prophets who drew crowds from Europe to Asia Minor, claiming to be the… Read More ›
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Some Christians ‘get it’ – sadly most do not
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Understanding the Qurʾan’s creative use of rhetorical strategies against orthodox Christianity and a refutation of ‘Let The Study Quran Speak! Pt. 1’ by Sam Shamoun.
(Part 1) This article, inshallah, will be the first of a series of articles that are in part a refutation of Christian polemics, and in part a discussion of recent academic articles by top experts in the field of Quranic… Read More ›
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When somebody comes into Islam…
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Karl Barth: One of the greatest 20th century Christian theologians
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Fishing
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The Folly of Atheism
In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Why, of course. There has to be something after delivery. Maybe we are here to prepare ourselves for what… Read More ›
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Among the Sufis, the Qur’an is read as a love letter from the Beloved.
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