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BOOKS OF SCRIPTURE
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. —George Bernard Shaw, Plays Pleasant
and Unpleasant, Vol. 2, Preface
The common theme that runs through all religions is that if we believe in God and
submit to His decree—obeying the commanded and avoiding the forbidden, and
repenting our transgressions to Him—we will achieve salvation. The difference is in
defining God’s decree. Jews consider the Old Testament the endpoint of revelation at
present, whereas Christians and Muslims alike contend that if the Jews followed their
scripture, they would accept Jesus as a prophet and embrace his teachings. Muslims carry the thought a step further by asserting that anybody (Jewish,
Christian, or otherwise) who does embrace Jesus’ teachings...
Praise be to Allaah.
We thank Allaah for making the KiriKiri Maximum and Female Prison Visitation a huge success, may Allaah accept it as an act of Ibadah.
Around 11:20am, we got to the KiriKiri Prison Facility and we met various...
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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...
what were you doing in an empty room, the first question to ask a rape victim?
how true is it that it takes a considerable ton of knowledge for one to know just how ignorant he is.
A vast majority of...
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Crucifixion
The report of my death was an exaggeration. —Mark Twain, Letter to the New York Journal, in
response to rumors of his death while in Europe
If there is a keystone to orthodox Christianity, it is the doctrine of the crucifixion.
However, if Christians expect others to adopt their belief, they have to satisfy the demand
for supporting evidence. Everyone knows the story. Everyone knows the biblical record.
But everyone also knows that other myths have been propagated over longer periods of
religious history, and the duration and popularity of a deception in no way validates it. So
while many accept the crucifixion unquestioningly, many others are not...
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(What is the punishment) for the Picture-makers
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) narrated that Allah's Messenger (May the peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah said: 'Who would be more...
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Slaughtering for other than Allah
Allah the Exalted said: "Say: Verily my prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the
worlds. He has no partner. And of this I...
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An Explanation of Tauhid and the Testimony: La ilaha illa-Allah
Allah the Almighty said:
"Those whom they call upon (like Jesus- son of Mary, Ezra, angels, etc.) desire (for
themselves) means of access to their Lord (Allah) as...
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The Protection of Allah's Covenant and
the Protection of His Prophet's Covenant
Allah Almighty said: "And fulfill the Covenant of Allah (Bai'a : pledge for Islam) when you have covenanted, and break not the oaths after...
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Other elevate Paul to sainthood. Joel Carmichael very clearly is not one of them:
We are a universe away from Jesus. If Jesus came “only to fulfill”
the Law and the Prophets; If he thought that “not an iota, not a dot” would
“pass from the Law,” that the cardinal commandment was “Hear, O Israel,
the Lord Our God, the Lord is one,” and that “no one was good but God.” … What would he have thought of Paul’s handiwork!
Paul’s triumph meant the final obliteration of the historic Jesus; he
comes to us embalmed in Christianity like a fly in amber.
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While many authors have pointed out the...
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