Tag: Abrahamic religions
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Response To “Muhammad as Al-Amin (the Trustworthy): How His Enemies Really Viewed Him” And The Christian Missionaries
It has become a habit for some to publish responses to any paper dealing with the issue of Islam, its truthfulness and the falsehood of other religions. This is particularly true of the Christian missionaries as such people do not care whether they provide an efficient responses or not; all they care about is to…
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Splitting Hairs, The “Jochen Katz” Way
Answering Islam has posted an early reaction in objection to our publishing of Han Kung on the Prophet Muhammad (P). There are several issues in this reaction by Jochen Katz, the de facto dictator of Answering Islam, that needs to be corrected. We shall briefly respond to each of the allegations.
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The Position of Jerusalem and al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf in Islam
During the Mi'raj, the Prophet(P) is reported to have received from God the command of five daily prayers (salah) that all Muslims must perform. Upon his return to Mecca, the Prophet instituted these prayers. It is significant to note that he made Jerusalem the direction (al-Qiblah) which Muslims must face while doing their prayers (narrated…
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Theophanes On The Medieval Jewish Acceptance of 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.