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Orthodox and Radical Islam

Jon MC. Before I go any further, I must define the terms used in the title above: Orthodox: following or conforming to the traditional or generally accepted rules or beliefs...

The Khilafa Delusion

Mumin Salih As we know, the Islamic Khilafa ended by the collapse of the Ottoman empire in 1924. Not many Muslims at the time mourned the death of the Khilafa,...

Qur’an and Terrorism

10/23/2013 “Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned – everywhere is war.” – Haile Selassie Any act of terrorism...

Incest

 The question has been on my mind for quite some time now. Islam says any form of sex which is done between two people who are not married is wrong. The...

The Morality Delusion in Islam

10/17/2013 The Deluded Muslims The great Egyptian Muslim reformer, Muhammed Abdu (1849-1905), made a famous comparison between France, where he spent sometime of his life, and Egypt. He said: “In...

Hajj Duty

According to the news, this year around 1.4 million foreign pilgrims went to Mecca to perform their Hajj duty in Ka’be. Ka’be was the chief spiritual place of pre-Islamic tribes-people...

The Doctrine of Sitr

Jon MC  The word “Sitr” itself is related to the Arabic word for a curtain or a veil, and carries the meaning of drawing a blind over something that is...

Dictatorship Through Democracy

Simon Hughes case was not an isolated incident, it is increasingly common to see politicians who are prepared to bend over backwards to accommodate the endless list of Muslims’ demands. It is a bad sign and unfortunate that an increasing number of those who join the political parties are ‘career politicians’, who are only motivated by their wish to make good living at any cost. They are keen to win the elections, not to serve their country, but to acquire power and financial gains.

WHAT’S A MUSLIM TO DO??

Jake Neumann You are a good, moral, moderate Muslim living in the land of the kafirs and decide to go to the mall to shop. You enter the mall and...

Al-Ghazali: Muslim Destroyer of Philosophy

Paul Austin Murphy Introduction Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (c. 1058–1111) is often referred to – by both Muslims and non-Muslims – as ‘the greatest Muslim after Muhammad’. Avicenna...

Story of Uqba’s Mockery of Muhammad and Muhammad’s Cruel Revenge

On their way back to Madinah, at a large sand hill, the Prophet [pbuh] divided the spoils equally among the fighters after he had taken Al-Khums (one-fifth). When they reached As-Safra’, he ordered that two of the prisoners should be killed. They were An-Nadr bin Al-Harith and ‘Uqbah bin Abi Muait, because they had persecuted the Muslims in Makkah, and harboured deep hatred towards Allâh and His Messenger [pbuh]. In a nutshell, they were criminals of war in modern terminology, and their execution was an awesome lesson to oppressors. ‘Uqbah forgot his pride and cried out, “Who will look after my children O Messenger of Allâh?” The Prophet [pbuh] answered, “The fire (of Hell).

The Death of Rawan – An Eight-Year Old Yemeni Bride

9/17/2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/arabic/middleeast/2013/09/130911_yemen_child_mariage.shtml It has been my custom since the beginning of the “Arab Spring,” to visit the Arabic-language division of the British Broadcasting Corporation, for the latest news coming from...

The Qur’an: Jesus is God

9/11/2013 Introductory Background Note: This article looks at Jesus from the Islamic perspective. Therefore, and for the sake of arguments, Allah will be considered as God, which is believed by...

THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON

9/7/2013 PAX ISLAM Eternal True Peace From The Religion of True Peace THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON ARTICLES OF SURRENDER These Articles of Surrender duly drawn up between the democratic peoples of...

Submission: Islamic Economics

9/7/2013 Jizya   There have to be reasons why most – nearly all – Muslim countries are in such an economic mess. (Those few that aren’t in such a mess,...

Islam’s Jesus

8/31/2013 The thing about Islam’s Jesus is that he’s not the same Jesus Christians know and love. He is not the Jesus of Christians. Just about the only thing Islam’s...

The War on Syria

8/28/2013 Introductory Background What is happening in Syria is not a revolution against the Assad regime, it is an invasion of the country. From the beginning, the Islamist rebels were...

“Islam” means Peace

8/28/2013 Want to hear a perfect and popular example of Islamic taqiyya? Well, what about, ‘Islam means [is] peace’? Or, as above, ‘Muslims for Peace’? In a sense, Islam does...

The Most Peaceful Verse

8/26/2013 …whoever kills a person, it is as if he had killed all mankind. And whoever saves one it is as if he had saved all mankind… Introductory Background This...

What Muslims mean by “Knowledge”

Many scientists may rejoinder that if Muslims reject science, or evolutionary theory, when it comes to man or the Big Bang, or to anything which conflicts with Islam, then they are not truly scientific at all.

Semantics: What Muslims Mean By ‘Defensive Jihad’

8/23/2013 Throughout history Muslims have justified and rationalised every single act of Islamic murder and violence as ‘defensive’. Indeed Muslims, not long after the death of Muhammad, conquered almost one...

Hats off to Egypt

8/20/2013 The Egyptian people made the call loud and clear Egypt is making history again. The events taking place in that country are of extra ordinary significance. The events, which...