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In recent years, many have found their doubts strengthened by a trail of engaging
theories in books of critical Christian challenge. One such work, The Jesus Conspiracy
by Holger Kersten and Elmar R. Gruber, is of particular interest with regard to the subject
of this chapter, for the authors present powerful evidence that whoever was wrapped in
the Shroud of Turin did not die. Kersten and Gruber proposed that the Catholic Church
realized the devastating impact this theory, if true, could have. After all, if the evidence
suggested that Jesus had been wrapped in the shroud but did not die, the church would be
left without a death, without an atoning sacrifice, without a resurrection and, in short, the
church would...
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Important issues of the Chapter
1) Wisdom of Allah in creating jinn and mankind.
2) Worship is Tauhid, as, in this issue there had always been dispute (between the Prophets and the polytheists).
3) Those who have not...
MONOTHEISM
Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. —Blaise Pascal, Pensées
Judaism, Christianity and Islam constitute the three Abrahamic Faiths. Although familiar by name, Judaism and Christianity prove surprisingly difficult to define. But define then we must, if we are to engage in...
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Ruqa (incantation), Talismans and Amulets
Narrated Abu Bashir Al-Ansari (May Allah be pleased with him): He was in the company of Allah's Messenger (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon
him) on one of...
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The forbiddance of taking Oaths frequently
Allah the Most Exalted said: "And protect your oaths." (5:89)
It is narrated from Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) that he heard Allah's
Messenger (May the peace and blessing...
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In a chapter entitled “Theologically Motivated Alterations of the Text” in his
book, Misquoting Jesus, Professor Ehrman elaborates on the corruption of 1 Timothy
3:16, which was detected not only by Sir Isaac Newton, but also by the eighteenth
century scholar, Johann J. Wettstein. In Ehrman’s words, “A later scribe had altered the
original reading, so that it no longer read “who” but “God” (made manifest in the flesh).
In other words, this later corrector changed the text in such a way as to stress Christ’s
divinity…. Our earliest and best manuscripts, however, speak of Christ ‘who’ was made
manifest in the flesh, without calling Jesus, explicitly, God.”
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Ehrman stresses that this corruption is evident in five early Greek manuscripts.
All the same it was...
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What is said about the One who is not satisfied with an Oath taken by Allah's Name
Ibn Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated that Allah's Messenger (May the peace and blessing of...
Christianity
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. —Will Rogers
If the term Jewish is difficult to define, the term Christian is even more fraught
with problems. One stumbling block is that early...
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Make no Animal Sacrifice for Allah in a place where Sacrifice is made for other than Allah
The Statement of Allah the Exalted: "Never stand you there in. Verily, the mosque whose foundation was laid...
Ramadan Abedi, father of the suicide bomber, gestures as he speaks in Tripoli, Libya on Wednesday
Police made arrests in the UK and Libya as the investigation into a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a Manchester concert...
