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Polemical Issues7,519 words38 min
_ Abraham and the Child of Sacrifice - Isaac or Ishmael? _ Sam Shamoun Jews, Christians and Muslims agree; Abraham, the friend of God, is an example…
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Did the Meccans Worship Yahweh God? Revisiting the Issue of the Ishmaelites and the worship of the true God Sam Shamoun It is asserted by Muslims…
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Is "the Holy Spirit" Only Another Name for the Angel Gabriel? Sam Shamoun It is a common Muslim belief that "the Holy Spirit" is just another name…
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The Apostles of Christ: Messengers of God or Mere Disciples? Sam Shamoun According to certain Muslim expositors, there is a story in the Quran that…
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The Quran Affirms: Paul Passed On The True Gospel of Christ Sam Shamoun It may come as a surprise to some to hear that the Quran implicitly affirms…
Category: polemical-issuesPolemical Issues7,217 words36 min
Meeting the Quranic Challenge How Muhammad’s Sunna Trumps Allah’s Book Sam Shamoun According to Sunni Muslims (as well as the Shiites) Muhammad’s…
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Islam and the Sins of the Prophets Sam Shamoun Muslims often attack the Holy Bible due to its negative portrayal of the prophets. Muslims claim that…
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Adam and Eve: The First of the Polytheists and Associators? Sam Shamoun In a previous article (Islam and the Sins of the Prophets) we set out to show…
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Sunni Islam’s Real Shahadah Sam Shamoun One of the essential pillars of Sunni Islam is the _Shahadah_ (Testimony, Witness), otherwise known as the…
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Islam’s Doctrine of Substitutionary Atonement And the Ransoming of Sinners Sam Shamoun The heart and soul of Christianity is the death and…
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Islam and The Nursing of Adults Sam Shamoun The ahadith record how Muhammad permitted a rather shameful practice. Muhammad permitted women to nurse…
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Cross Dressing and Islam: An examination of Muhammad’s Dress Code Dimitrius & Sam Shamoun The Holy Bible clearly condemns cross-dressing, i.e. man…
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Exposing Some More of the Moral Problems of Islam: The Quran’s Confused Stance on Sexual Ethics Sam Shamoun Some Muslims have attacked the Bible with…
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Islam And Wine Consumption Examining Muslim Arguments against The Bible in light of Islam’s Gradual Prohibition of Wine Consumption Sam Shamoun…
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The Quran’s Use of Filial Terms A Critique of Muslim Arguments against Jesus being the Son of God Sam Shamoun & Jochen Katz The Holy Bible often…
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Jewish and Christian Converts to Islam Some Questions for Muslims to Ponder Sam Shamoun Christians are often asked why do they not observe specific…
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Allah and Nudity Addressing a Typical Muslim Polemic Sam Shamoun Muslims like to bring up passages from the Holy Bible which they feel are indecent…
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OPEN CHALLENGE TO SHABIR ALLY Recently I was contacted by a Christian regarding the possibility of debating Shabir Ally. The Christian informed me…
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Responses to Nadir Ahmed _Most recent additions on this page_ Reflections by David Wood on his debate with Nadir Ahmed: Nadir Ahmed: Taqiyya…
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Jalal Abualrub Challenges Sam Shamoun to Debate On this page, we will document the full correspondence associated with Mr. Abualrub's debate…
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SHABIR ALLY - DEBATE MATERIAL: IS THE QURAN THE WORD OF GOD? Sam Shamoun The following is an outline highlighting the difficulties in the Muslim…
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Is Islam a religion of Peace? Sam Shamoun Introduction The following is the material which I prepared for my debate with Nadir Ahmed that took place…
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Turning the Tables Pt. 1a Sam Shamoun We begin a new series of posts where we take the most oft-repeated biblical verses used by Muslims and other…
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Turning the Tables Pt. 1b Sam Shamoun We continue our response here by discussing the early Church’s practice of praying to the Lord Jesus in worship…
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Turning the Tables Pt. 1c Sam Shamoun We come to the concluding part of our rebuttal. The final problem that Muslim polemicists such as Badawi face…
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Turning the Tables Pt. 2 Sam Shamoun We continue our series where we take some of the texts that non-Christian groups and cults often cite to…
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_By Dr Maxwell Shimba — Shimba Theological Institute_ Abstract. Some modern apologists (including a number of Muslim polemicists) have argued that…
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By Dr. Maxwell Shimba, Shimba Theological Institute Opening Statement Islamic tradition, as preserved in various hadith collections, raises…
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