The first time I heard about Khalid bin al-Walid—the 7th century Muslim jihadi affectionately known in Islamic history as “The Sword of Allah”—was when I was in college researching for my MA thesis on the Battle of Yarmuk, when the Muslims, under Khalid’s generalship, defeated the Byzantines in 636, opening the way for the historic […]
Islamic Jihad and the Doctrine of Abrogation
While other scriptures contain contradictions, the Koran is the only holy book whose commentators have evolved a doctrine to account for the very visible shifts which occur from one injunction to another. No careful reader will remain unaware of the many contradictory verses in the Koran, most specifically the way in which peaceful and tolerant […]
Islamic Teaching: Non-Muslims Equal to Dogs
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Was Marco Polo an ‘Islamophobe’?
If the same exact criticisms being made against Islam today were also made centuries ago, is it reasonable to dismiss them all as “Islamophobic”— that is, as “unfounded fear of and hostility towards Islam,” as theCouncil on American Islamic Relations would have it?
Nidal Hasan und Fort Hood
Eine Studie über Islamische Doktrin Englischer Originaltext: Nidal Hasan and Fort Hood Übersetzung: derprophet.info Eine der Schwierigkeiten, welche sich ergibt wenn man die besorgniserregenderen Lehren des Islam diskutiert, ist, daß sie einen Charakter haben, der aus einer anderen Zeit und einer anderen Welt stammt. Wenn diese islamische Doktrin nicht aktiv und freimütig von den Muslimen selbst […]
Nidal Hasan and Fort Hood: A Study in Muslim Doctrine
One of the difficulties in discussing Islam’s more troubling doctrines is that they have an anachronistic, even otherworldly, feel to them; that is, unless actively and openly upheld by Muslims, non-Muslims, particularly of the Western variety, tend to see them as abstract theory, not standard practice for today. In fact, some Westerners have difficulties acknowledging even those problematic doctrines that are openly upheld by Muslims — such as jihad. How much more when the doctrines in question are subtle, or stealthy, in nature?
Was Muhammad a Messenger from God or Satan?
Father Zakaria Botros recently ran a show dedicated to answering the question, “Was Muhammad a messenger from God or Satan?” As usual with these shows, viewers were asked to call in and respond to this question, with poll results revealed at the end of the show
When Will Westerners Stop Westernizing Islamic Concepts?
Middle East Forum Translations of this item: German Italian Recently, Cathy Lynn Grossman of USA Today wrote an article about Muslim zakat, wherein I was referenced as a “critic of Islam.” She then followed up with another article titled “Critic questions the aims and ends of Islamic charity,” dedicated to examining my views on zakat. While I appreciate Ms. […]
The History Channel’s Distortions of the Crusades
Jihad Watch I recently taped and am watching a documentary, “The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross,” on the History Channel. While it is more or less historically accurate—names, dates, figures—it suffers from two weaknesses, weaknesses that often take center stage whenever Islam is discussed in the West: 1) biases and apologetics on behalf of Islam, […]
The Perverse Sexual Habits of the Prophet
An Account by Fr. Zakaria Botros Jihad Watch. Danish; Indonesian Part 1 Father Zakaria Botros recently ran a show dedicated to discussing the question of morality and how it is—or should be—one of the hallmarks of “prophethood.” At the start, he posed the focal question of the show: “Was Muhammad the prophet a moral man—the most upright […]