Category Archives: History

Official Vatican Position On Muslims

Asif Iqbal The following are scans from the offical Catholic cathechism on the position of the Church towards Muslims.

Christian Persecution Against Muslims

Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi It is unfortunate that Islam is continously being purported to be a religion of violence by the missionaries, when the reality is very much the opposite. What the majority of Christians are probably unaware is of ……Read More

Marriage with the "People of the Book" (Ahl al-Kitab)

‘Abdur Rahman I. Doi informs us of the jurisprudence of the four schools of thought in Islam regarding marriage with Jewish/Christian women….Read More

Theophanes On The Medieval Jewish Acceptance of Prophet Muhammad As The Awaited Messiah

Asif Iqbal presents a commentary of an extract from the Christian historian Theophanes’ account of a group of Jews accepting the Prophet Muhammad as their awaited Messiah….Read More

"People of The Book" & The Muslims

Emin Ergin discusses the historical relations between Muslims and the “People of the Book”, and provides evidence on how they are to be treated….Read More

Jizya in Islam

Monqiz As-Saqqar sheds light on the origins of jizya, its pre-Islamic usage and how it was practised in previous civilisations before the rise of Islam and contrasts it with the Islamic way of imposing jizya….Read More