Ukraine doesn’t need chanting, flag flying or applause. They need friends who want to save their lives and minimise their suffering. Not those who egg them on with flag-waving and empty gestures. The Putin regime will utterly decimate the country, the West cannot stop it or will not do so. Ukraine can fight valiantly and…
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Hell for Non- Worship of God: Is It Just?
Why does God send people to hell If they don’t worship Him?… If God is self-sufficient, and not needy, why does he care who believes or disbelieves in him?… Why would a loving God torture people? … Rational answers to these common questions from an Islamic perspective. Islam – together with the other great Abrahamic…
Why I am a Muslim: The Rational Basis for belief in the Existence of God, Monotheism and Islam
This article brings together some key reasons, why I am convinced by the rational truth of (a) Existence of God over Atheism or Deism (b) Monotheism over Polytheism (c) Islam over other religious traditions. WHY I AM NOT AN ATHEIST I have written in considerable detail about some of the best arguments for God’s existence…
Douglas Adams’ Muddle of the Puddle Analogy
Refuting the ‘Muddle’ of the Puddle analogy… Famous Sci-Fi Author Douglas Adams attempted to parody the fine-tuning argument for God. This argues that the Universe is fine-tuned so life such as ours, could emerge here. He gave the example of puddle that wrongly concludes the hole it is in, is formed for it, specifically for…
Who Created God?
Who Created God? : Answering Common Atheist Objections Firstly it logically fallacious to deny something is created/designed/made, because one cannot explain where the designer came from. An Astronaut would be justified in attributing to Aliens or Intelligent Beings, a stitched and sewn garment found on a remote planet with designs and patterns upon it. Not…
Why Atheist Morality Fails
Atheistic attempts at establishing a basis for objective morality fall foul to a number of issues. For instance, what possible basis do you have to condemn someone who has a totally separate set of morals from you?How can your subjective feelings be the measure of what others should and should not do? This provides a…
Homosexuality in Islam: Darkness in the LGBT Rainbow
Homosexuality In Islam: A detailed look at the hidden harms of same-sex relationships and the rationale behind the prohibition of homosexual sex in Islam. NOTE: No disrespect is intended by this post to people with attractions towards others of the same sex. As human beings such people deserve our respect and compassion, not hatred and…
Slavery & Concubines in Islam: A Fact Check
Slavery & Concubines in Islam: A Fact Check One of the greatest misconceptions about Islam, is that it tolerates and permits keeping humans as slaves, and having sex with one’s female slaves i.e concubines. In fact Islam was the first anti-slavery ideology, predating Western abolitionists by over 1000 years. In this article we will fact-check common claims made about slavery…
TALIBAN RETURN TO POWER: Refuting common online apologetics
There has much online jubilation amongst some Muslims, at the successful return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan. To my mind, this attitude is unwarranted, and in many cases goes against the teachings of Islam. It is based on some serious misunderstandings of both Islam and history. We need to ensure that we don’t…
Debunking 5 Islamic ‘Scientific Errors’
‘SCIENTIFIC ERRORS‘ Refuted Critics often cherry pick verses of the Qur’an as well as Hadith to create the misleading impression of errors within them. In this post we will refute 5 common allegations regarding ‘scientific errors’ in Islamic sources. Islamic ‘Scientific Error’ 1: A Sahih Hadith (Ibn Dawud 4002) has the Prophet (pbuh) saying the…