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  1. Sep 24, 2019 · Christian apologist Andy Bannister says there are three questions he commonly receives from Muslims when preaching to the growing Islamic community in the U.K.

  2. What this approach does is merely perpetuate the trope of the unthinking, radical, fundamentalist Muslim – one who has no history and politics, but only zealotry that cannot be rationalised....

  3. Zainab bint Jahsh reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) got up from sleep saying: There is no being worthy of worship except Allah; there is a destruction in store for Arabia because of turmoil which is at hand, the barrier of Gog and Magog has opened so much. And Sufyan made a sign of ten with the

  4. Jun 16, 2023 · Students explore Islamophobic tropes, their troubled history, their evolution and their present manifestation in further depth, and consider the harm that their circulation can cause.

    • Islam's Relationship with Judaism and Christianity
    • The Qur'an and The Abrogation of The Torah and The Gospel
    • The Hebrew Bible and The Gospel Compared with The Medinan and Meccan Qur'an
    • Abrogation and Postponement in The Monotheistic Religions
    • Conclusion
    • Notes

    Allah (God) revealed the Gospel as a vertical extension of the Torah-meaning it was a higher, deeper, and clearer expression of heavenly law. This led to a horizontal extension by which Christianity spread all over the world. The Qur'an was revealed as a horizontal extension of the Torah and the Gospel. This resulted in a vertical progress within I...

    Here we want to set out some new ideas that may surprise some people: First, the Torah is not really distorted, nor is the Gospel. Rather, it was the interpretation of the texts which was distorted. Second, the Qur'an did not abrogate the Torah and the Gospel. Let us look at some verses from the Qur'an: This verse is commonly interpreted to say tha...

    Let us consider Isa (Jesus) as he related to the Mosaic Laws (the Shari'aof the Torah) that the Jews of his time were following. These Jews saw Isa as deviant in his deeds and sayings and as contradicting the tradition of Musa (Moses) and the legacy of their ancestors. But actually that was not the case. Rather, when they misunderstood Isa they als...

    The Providence of Allah is much aware of man's fallen state and his weak faith. Allah always wishes for goodness and the betterment of man. However, man is the one who does injustice to himself. Providence, while pursuing man's guidance, treats man according to his degree of faith. This has led to abrogation and postponement in the Abrahamic religi...

    Today many Muslims believe that Qur'an had abrogated the Bible. This belief is an obstacle for interfaith relations and reconciliation between Islam and Judeo-Christianity. Muslims need to reread the Qur'an and the history of Islam in order to understand the original spirit of Islam. The fact is that Old Testament Islam abrogated the New Testament ...

    The relevant verses of the Qur'an include: "They do blaspheme who say: '(Allah) is Christ the son of Mary.' But said Christ: 'O Children of Israel! worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.'" (5:72) "They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three in a Trinity: for there is no god except One Allah" (5:73) "Christ the son of Mary was no more than an ap...

  5. Interpretation. Ninth century Islamic commentators who invoked significant sections of the Bible in their writings include Ibn Qutaybah ( d. 889) and his translation of Genesis 1–3, and Al-Qasim al-Rassi (d. 860) who included a large portion of the Book of Matthew in his Refutation of Christians.

  6. The trope alleging that Islam and Muslims are culturally incompatible with Western society has been circulating for one thousand years. It is rooted in religious conflict and the divisive language use to encourage Christians to fight against Muslim during the Crusades (1096–1291).