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Der Alte
Abdus Salam (died 1996), was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. A major figure in 20th century theoretical physics, he shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory. He… Read More ›
Does Islam Permit Muslim Men to Rape Their Slave Girls?
By Bassam Zawadi. Reblogged from Call to Monotheism There are those who argue that since Islam permits Muslim men to have sexual intercourse with their slave girls, this then means that they also have the right to rape them. This is… Read More ›
The historical value of John’s Gospel: ‘one of the biggest gulfs between New Testament scholarship and the ‘man in the pew’
On the question of the historical value of John’s Gospel there is probably one of the biggest gulfs between New Testament scholarship and the ‘man in the pew’. In preaching and devotional Bible study the assumption is regularly made that all… Read More ›
The inevitable personal bias in historical Jesus studies
‘Who doubts that authors who themselves have a high christology tend to write books in which the historical Jesus himself has a high christology? Or that those who are uncomfortable with Nicea and Chalcedon more often than not unearth a… Read More ›
April 23rd 1616: William Shakespeare dies.
On this day in 1616, exactly 400 years ago, English playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-Avon. To honour the memory of this greatest of Englishmen it seems fitting to rejoice in the Bard’s (perhaps unwitting) Islamic understanding of God and… Read More ›
Just saying..
Zionism. Islamism. Two of the most used, abused, misused, misunderstood, loaded terms in our political and media discourse today
The God of Jesus vs the missionary Jesus
John 20:17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and… Read More ›
“Meet the British Muslim who wants to lead an Islamic reformation” – Adam Deen
The Middle East Eye has just published an interview it recently carried out with Adam Deen from the Quilliam Foundation. Deen is not a scholar of Islam and as far as I am aware has no qualifications in Islamic subjects. But… Read More ›
Missionary James White denounced by top Biblical scholar
One of the world’s most distinguished Biblical scholars has denounced ‘Dr’ James White in no uncertain terms as lacking in any scholarly credentials and for never having published any works of scholarship. The serious allegations come from Dr Bart Ehrman who… Read More ›
A revealing comment – Dr Jonathan Brown and white privilege
Asalam-u-Alaikum Dr. Brown, May Allah (swt) reward you immensely for all your work. I enjoy listening to your lectures and talks. Being a Caucasian person in a field that historically has seen more, brown, black, Arab scholars. How are you… Read More ›
If you’re ever in the wrong place at the wrong time and get shot by a Christian, don’t worry…
Muslims make up 1% of United States, commit 0.5% of mass shootings, and make up 10% of American doctors. So if you’re ever in the wrong place at the wrong time and get shot by a Christian, don’t worry. There’s… Read More ›
Life in the West
“For some time, a good part of Western humanity has considered it a natural thing for existence to lack any real meaning, and for it to not be ordered by any higher principle, arranging their lives in the most bearable… Read More ›
Forgiveness, not Vengeance.
Ibn Taymiyyah said, “Verily, the matter of benevolence and forgiveness towards people takes precedence over the matter of vengeance and revenge.” Source: Minhaj As-Sunnah 4/372 قال ابن تيمية فَإِنَّ بَابَ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَى النَّاسِ وَالْعَفْوِ عَنْهُمْ مُقَدَّمٌ عَلَى بَابِ الْإِسَاءَةِ وَالِانْتِقَامِ… Read More ›
The truth about Hudud punishments
Extract from Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy by Jonathan A.C. Brown In the Shariah, offenses were divided into those against God and those against man. Crimes against God violated His Hudud, or ‘boundaries,’ and were offenses… Read More ›
The hyperbolic language of the hadiths
Extract from Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy by Jonathan A.C. Brown The prophetic language of the Hadiths is consistently hyperbolic. We often find the phrase that someone who commits a certain sin or holds some incorrect… Read More ›
Abraham’s children
Judaism: inscription. Christianity: incarnation. Islam: inlibration.
