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Quranic Issues5,008 words25 min
The Quran as Guardian of the Bible Revisiting the Meaning of _Muhaymin_ Sam Shamoun The Quran claims to confirm and bear witness to the authority of…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues2,630 words13 min
The Challenge of the Quran Its Implications for the Muslim Corruption Charges In several places the Quran challenges the unbelievers to produce…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues6,993 words35 min
The Quran and the Unlettered Prophet: Jesus or Muhammad? Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz The Quran contains a speech of the prophet Moses where he…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues9,120 words46 min
The Crucifixion of Christ - A Christian Critique of the Quran Sam Shamoun The crucifixion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the heart of…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues7,417 words37 min
The Quran and the Holy Trinity Islam’s Mistaken Views of Basic Christian Doctrines Sam Shamoun Introduction As the readers may already know, a…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues12,558 words63 min
Muhammad's attempt of damage control How Sura 3:7 suddenly makes sense Sam Shamoun For the sake of convenience and to facilitate easier reading we…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues5,000 words25 min
The Quran on Jesus as the Preexistent Spirit of Allah Sam Shamoun The Spirit as Creator and Life-giver The Quran testifies that Allah imparts life…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues8,940 words45 min
The Quranic View of Christians - Fellow Believers or Unbelieving Polytheists? Sam Shamoun The focus of this study will be to briefly examine the…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues11,320 words57 min
The Quran on Christians Those Who Have Strayed or the Guided Ones? Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz The Quran opens with an invocation, which Muslims recite…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues5,717 words29 min
Does Q. 29:46 confirm the veracity of the Holy Bible? Responding to one Muslim writer’s denials Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz The Quran commands the…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues8,787 words44 min
Are Jews and Christians _Mushriks_ according to the Quran? Responding to One Muslim Scholar’s Denials Sam Shamoun In order to assist the readers in…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues12,773 words64 min
The Myth of Islamic Tolerance Addressing A Common Muslim Polemic Sam Shamoun Oftentimes, Muslims present specific Quranic citations in order to…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues14,043 words70 min
Answering Dr. Jamal Badawi: A Christian Response to Dr. Jamal Badawi's "Seven Wonders of The Quran" Sam Shamoun Considered to be North America's…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues14,179 words71 min
The Quran on Muslims Entering Hell Sam Shamoun According to surah 19:70-72, everyone will enter into hell, including Muslims. Allah will then bring…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues3,291 words16 min
DOES THE QURAN TEACH A LOCAL FLOOD? Sam Shamoun An area of criticism applied by Muslim apologists against the Holy Bible and in support of the Quran…
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Some Questions On Noah's Flood Answered Sam Shamoun Some Muslim critics attempt to debunk the universality of the Flood by suggesting that the ark's…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues3,212 words16 min
THE DAYS OF CREATION IN THE QURAN: LITERAL OR INDEFINITE PERIODS OF TIME? Sam Shamoun Introduction Muslim apologists often claim that Genesis is…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues8,393 words42 min
The Quran and the Shape of the Earth Sam Shamoun The Quran teaches that Allah made the earth a bed or a carpet which he spread out and placed on it…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues6,588 words33 min
This Rocks! / Impersonating Solomon? Even More Quranic Fables and Islamic Myths Sam Shamoun It is time, once again, to examine some more of the…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues12,321 words62 min
Muhammad and the Daughters of Allah: A Summation of the Evidence for the Satanic Verses Sam Shamoun There are a number of articles on our website…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues8,200 words41 min
The Message of the Qur'an: Worship of Allah Alone? Sam Shamoun The Quran states: "Say: 'O People of the Book! come to common terms as between us and…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues1,979 words10 min
Surat Ar-Rum Revisited Sam Shamoun Previously, I had written an article documenting Muhammad's false prophecies. One of the failed prophecies which I…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues4,478 words22 min
Abraham, Mecca and the Qibla Revisiting the Incompleteness and Incoherence of the Quran Sam Shamoun The Questions This article is a continuation of…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues4,722 words24 min
The Quran’s Mistakes regarding the Biblical Patriarchs One formula that is used in the Scriptures to identify the specific God worshiped by Israel,…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues1,399 words7 min
Qur'an Contradiction: Fully Detailed Or Incomplete? E.g., The Statements On Wine The Quran claims to be completely comprehensive in its instructions,…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues7,923 words40 min
The Composition of the Quran in Stages And How the Wives of Muhammad Helped Shape the Muslim Scripture Sam Shamoun The Quran asserts that it was…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues3,596 words18 min
Islamic Scholarship on the Issue of Incest and Sodomy Dimitrius & Sam Shamoun There are certain teachings found within Islamic tradition and/or…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues1,653 words8 min
Muhammad and the Unbelievers: Worshipping the Same or a Different God? More Evidence for the Incoherence and Incompleteness of the Qur’an According…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues6,013 words30 min
Qur'an Contradiction: To Intercede or Not To Intercede? That is the Question! The Quran has much to say about intercession on the Day of Judgment. In…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues3,132 words16 min
Qur'an Contradiction: Pharaoh's Magicians - Muslims or Rejectors of Faith? The Muslims claim that the Quran is divinely dictated and contains no real…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues1,872 words9 min
Qur'an Contradiction: Who Suffers the Consequence of Sins according to the Qur'an? The Qur'an states that a person will only be responsible for…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues5,096 words25 min
Islam’s Unjust Punishments Examining the Quran’s Ruling on the Consequence of Premeditated Murder Sam Shamoun The Holy Bible speaks out against the…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues2,050 words10 min
Qur'an Contradiction: What about Jonah? The Quran claims that messengers were sent to their own people proclaiming the Message in their native…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues8,547 words43 min
Qur'an Contradiction: Messengers Amongst the Jinns and Angels? The Quran claims that Allah sent messengers from among the Jinn and men: "O ye…
Category: quranic-issuesQuranic Issues3,817 words19 min
Qur'an Incoherence and Contradiction Is Satan an Angel or a Jinn? Analyzing the Quran’s Confusing Statements Sam Shamoun The Quran, in many…
Category: quranic-issuesAnalysis of Muhammad8,203 words41 min
Answering Dr. Jamal Badawi: _Muhammad in the Bible_ Sam Shamoun For centuries Muslim scholars have objected to the Christian notion of the Lordship…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad4,560 words23 min
Is Muhammad predicted in the Gospel of John? Sam Shamoun A Muslim sent me the following article via email. It concerns Jesus’ prophecy of the…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad8,007 words40 min
Muhammad's False Prophecies Sam Shamoun The Holy Bible gives us a test to determine a true prophet from a false one: > "But a prophet who presumes to…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad5,951 words30 min
Muhammad and Miracles Analyzing Muslim Arguments for Muhammad’s Supernatural Feats Sam Shamoun It is the rather explicit teaching of the Quran that…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad2,536 words13 min
Muhammad and Poison Sam Shamoun Muhammad is reported to have given the following medicinal advice: > Narrated AbuHurayrah > > Allah's Messenger…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad4,468 words22 min
Jews, the Messiah, and the Prophet of Islam Analyzing Another Muslim Dilemma Sam Shamoun Summary This article will develop the following thesis. The…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad6,066 words30 min
Muhammad and Idolatry Sam Shamoun A prominent feature of Islam is that most of its rites and practices were adopted from the pagan Arabian rituals of…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad3,355 words17 min
Muhammad — The Prophet of Shirk Sam Shamoun In a previous article ([](https://answeringislam.info/Muhammad/Inconsistent/oath_making.htm)) we…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad2,293 words11 min
Did the religion of Islam completely eradicate Arab paganism? Sam Shamoun Muslims claim that they are expressly forbidden from joining partners with…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad3,999 words20 min
Muhammad's Changing of the Qiblah Sam Shamoun Introduction Throughout Muhammad’s ministry he often tried to appease Jews and Christians in the hope…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad6,639 words33 min
Examining Some More Evidence for Muhammad Being Deceived Sam Shamoun In several articles and responses, we have presented the biblical and Islamic…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad6,912 words35 min
Muhammad and the Mosaic Law Sam Shamoun The writing of this article was prompted by the claims of Muslim polemicist Jalal Abualrub and is an integral…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad9,070 words45 min
Muhammad and the Meccans: Who Antagonized Whom? Examining Muslims’ Justification for Muhammad’s Atrocities Sam Shamoun INTRODUCTION Oftentimes, when…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad3,632 words18 min
Muhammad's Excessive Cruelty Sam Shamoun One of the most vile and cruel acts ever performed by Muhammad was his bloody torture and murder of the men…
Category: analysis-of-muhammadAnalysis of Muhammad4,373 words22 min
The Death of Asma and Abu Afak Examining the Historical Basis for these Murders Sam Shamoun _Introduction_ Muhammad didn’t like people to mock or…
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