Monthly Archive: October 2013

Orthodox and Radical Islam

Jon MC. Before I go any further, I must define the terms used in the title above: Orthodox: following or conforming to the traditional or generally accepted rules or beliefs...

The Khilafa Delusion

Mumin Salih As we know, the Islamic Khilafa ended by the collapse of the Ottoman empire in 1924. Not many Muslims at the time mourned the death of the Khilafa,...

Qur’an and Terrorism

10/23/2013 “Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned – everywhere is war.” – Haile Selassie Any act of terrorism...

Incest

 The question has been on my mind for quite some time now. Islam says any form of sex which is done between two people who are not married is wrong. The...

The Morality Delusion in Islam

10/17/2013 The Deluded Muslims The great Egyptian Muslim reformer, Muhammed Abdu (1849-1905), made a famous comparison between France, where he spent sometime of his life, and Egypt. He said: “In...

Hajj Duty

According to the news, this year around 1.4 million foreign pilgrims went to Mecca to perform their Hajj duty in Ka’be. Ka’be was the chief spiritual place of pre-Islamic tribes-people...

The Doctrine of Sitr

Jon MC  The word “Sitr” itself is related to the Arabic word for a curtain or a veil, and carries the meaning of drawing a blind over something that is...