This is bittersweet news. I always enjoyed brother Paul Williams' blog, but the recent feud with brother Ijaz Ahmad has left the original "BloggingTheology" a ghost town. Well, in the mean time, brother Paul has opened a new version of the blog, "BloggingTheology2", which is now active: https://bloggingtheology2.com/
Month: November 2018
False Claim: Error in Qur’an Surah 112 – “Ahadun”
It’s amazing how some Christians are so quick to embarrass themselves by making crackpot arguments. And imagine the arrogance in presuming to teach Muslims about Arabic grammar when one doesn’t even have any clue about the subject.
The following is a guest post by Br. Sharif Randhawa, co-author of the illuminating book, “Divine Speech” which was written alongside Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan. Br. Sharif also runs a wonderfully informative blog called Quranic Musings which I highly recommend!
I was sent the following video clips in which an individual named Anthony Rogers claims that that Quran 112:1 (qul huwa ’llāhu aḥadun) contains a grammatical error, and that, moreover, Muslims mis-recite the verse in order to avoid the error:
Both of the above claims are patently false, as anyone with knowledge of even the most basic rules of Arabic grammar will recognize. It is deeply presumptuous of someone who shows ignorance of such basic rules of Arabic grammar to claim to have a better grasp of it than the premier work of Arabic literature, the Quran, and the entire Muslim tradition of Arabic grammar, not to mention…
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Did Jesus Predict Muhammad? A Biblical Portal Between Christianity and Islam | Ian Mevorach, Huffington Post
This is an interesting and insightful discussion by a Christian theologian about Biblical references to Muhammad (peace be upon him). While I am not a fan of using the Bible to prove that Muhammad (peace be upon him) was a true prophet (there are other ways to do that; see the first link below under …
New Report: The “War on Terror” Has Killed 500,000 people in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan
This should, but probably will not, cause outrage across the world. A new report from Brown University, entitled "Human Cost of the Post-9/11 Wars: Lethality and the Need for Transparency" has found that the so-called "War on Terror" has killed almost half a million people in just 3 countries: Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. Not only …
The Origin of the Qur’an: Demonic or Divine? | Many Prophets-One Message
A popular attack against the Qur’an is the claim that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was inspired by occult forces such as the Devil or demons. This claim is typically put forward by Christian apologists and missionaries. Now the obvious response is to point out that such an argument is self-defeating, as Muslims can …
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Jesus the Nazarene – Matthew’s Fake Prophecy and Allan Ruhl’s Worst Nightmare
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْم Jesus the Nazarene – Matthew’s Fake Prophecy And Allan Ruhl’s Worst Nightmare Read as PDF “So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.” - The Gospel of Matthew, 2:23 After much stalling, Allan Ruhl has finally written a formal explanation of the …
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