Hi Jamin, This is [name]… I am enjoying reading your articles on Islam – I just discovered them today. I have only read two of them.  The one below and the one on the complicated nature of Islam.  I was unaware that you had written on this issue.  I see the one I am interested [...]

As many of you know, James White is on the list of “Real Apologists” while Ergun Caner is on the list of “Not-so-real-Apologists.” Since many people have asked for obvious reasons “What do you mean ‘real’ apologetics?” I thought it would be helpful to use the Caner situation to provide a vivid example of this [...]

Introduction Despite the five pillars and a host of other foundational features, Islam remains a very diverse religion. Before engaging in more apologetic issues with regards to Islamic belief, it is important to at least be confronted with the complexity of Islam. It might help us Westerners to think of Islam in terms of Christianity [...]

The word “Islam” simply means to “submit.” Submit to what? To God, “Allah,” and this is manifested in the first pillar of Islam: There is no God but the one God Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of God. To list them as a whole, the five pillars of Islam are: Shahada (testimony/witness) – repetition [...]

Introduction “Four bombing attacks in Iraq killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 80 others, officials said Thursday. The deadliest attack happened before dawn in the Kurdish village of Wardek, south of Mosul, in northern Iraq. At least 20 civilians were killed and 30 wounded in a suicide truck bombing, an Interior Ministry [...]

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