Category: Refuting Misconceptions About Islam
Fact Check: The Marriage of Saffiyah (s.a) to Prophet Muhammad (saw)
FACT CHECK: The Marriage of Saffiyah (s.a) to Prophet Muhammad (saw) Did the Jews of Medina get treated unfairly by the Prophet? Did the Prophet carry out unprovoked aggression against Banu Nadir, the Tribe of Safiyyah? Did the Prophet act inhumanely towards the Father of Lady Saffiyah? Was Kinana, first husband of Saffiyah tortured to…
Ijma vs ‘The Strangers’: Reforming Islam or Restoring It?
The ‘Strangers’ in Islam are those wrongly characterised by critics as ‘modernising’ Islam or ‘liberalising’ it. In fact, many of them – such as Javed Ahmad Ghamidi – are not trying to ‘reform’ Islam. Rather they are seeking to ‘restore’ Islam to its original form. Free of all the additions made due to misinterpretations over…
Arafat Mazhar – Blasphemy Law
Arafat Mazhar recently took part in a detailed discussion about the Blasphemy law. This supremely talented young man is an academic, musician and animator. However, Arafat is best known for his widely read articles that explode many of the myths on the subject of blasphemy. I highly recommend them. Perhaps you might also like reading…
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad: 10 Reasons Why He Was A False Prophet
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad: Why he was not a true Prophet.
Fact Check: Blasphemy in Islam & Pakistan
A SECOND LOOK AT BLASPHEMY IN ISLAM Last week, a young man named Khalid Faisal shot dead a man claiming Prophethood inside Peshawar High court. He instantly was lauded as a ‘ghazi’ or warrior of Islam by a large part of the population, especially those active on social media. However, other Muslims have challenged the…
The Moon Wars: Sighting vs Calculation (Fawad Chaudhary vs Mufti Muneeb)
The ongoing moon-war in the world of shows no sign of ending soon. Most recently, the battle between those who believe that a new crescent must be seen in person, and those who believe that scientific calculations are valid to begin and end Islamic months has been centred in Pakistan. The Minister of Science and…
Death for Apostasy? Dr Khalid Zaheer replies
Dr Khalid Zaheer is an eminent scholar of Islam. Here he provides a brief but powerful rebuttal to the mistaken idea prevalent amongst Muslims that those who change their faith from Islam should be sentenced to death.
The Companions of the Prophet (pbuh) – in the light of the Quran.
It is deeply unfortunate that the controversy between Shia and Sunni sects about the status of the first generation of Muslims, the Prophet Muhammad’s companions (Allah be pleased with them), continues unabated fourteen centuries later. There is barely a day in the dark and unforgiving world of social media, where much bile is not spilled…
Hamza Ali Abbasi Presents ‘Our Message’
Famous Pakistani actor Hamza Ali Abbasi has recently retreated from the world of showbusiness. He has been searching restlessly for the truth for many years. He has travelled through a journey of doubts about traditional Islam, Atheism and finally finding the answers he seeks in the writings of Pakistani exegete Javed Ahmed Ghamidi and his…