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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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DEBATE: THE BIBLE OR THE QUR’AN? – SADAT ANWAR VS DR TONY COSTA
Calling Christians: ‘One of favourite Muslim debaters, Br. Sadat Anwar (may Allah preserve him) recently debated Dr. Tony Costa. Today the debate video has been released and suffice it to say, Br. Sadat is simply mesmerizing. He’s previously debated Alex… Read More ›
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Judaism and Christianity on Sin and Atonement: Why do We Differ? Rabbi Tovia Singer Explains
The foundation of the Church stands on its core doctrine that the blood sacrifice alone expiates iniquity and reconciles man with God. In this intriguing broadcast, Rabbi Tovia Singer illustrates that the doctrine of substitutionary atonement—the notion that only the… Read More ›
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Palestinians
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The Jesus Blog Interviews Donald Trump on the Synoptic Problem
Sensational Jesus Blog interview I am a strong believer that blog posts are great entry points into complex topics. To this end, the Jesus Blog will be conducting a series of short interviews on complex topics in biblical studies. We hope… Read More ›
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Trinity, 14th Century
People of the Book, go not beyond the bounds in your religion, and say not as to God but the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only the Messenger of God, and His Word that He committed to… Read More ›
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Peter Hitchens: Think extremism’s a crime? You’ll change your mind when they come for YOU
An excellent article by Peter Hitchens, a traditional Christian, in today’s Mail on Sunday As an extremist, I am very worried about the planned Extremism Bill, which our Prime Minister is about to ram through Parliament. So should you be. You… Read More ›
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and the Word was inverted…
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