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Words of peace in the Koran

Jon MC We are continuously assured that “Islam is (the) religion of peace” by many people, both Muslim and non-Muslim. In particular, this happens every time there is some atrocity...

The Pact of Umar

Jon MC This is another of my previously published articles (2011). Again I have taken the opportunity to up-date it (Mar.2013). The Status of Non-Muslims Under Muslim Rule. From the...

Jihad – the four forms and the West

Jon MC This article was originally published several years ago. Following a request for it’s re-publication I have taken the opportunity to update it and correct a few minor errors....

Bribery in Islam

There is also the fact that Allah, in the Koran, supports the use of bribery (K.9:60) rather than denouncing it as immoral…

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions, Objections and Comments 1. Some of Islam’s teachings may not be applicable today. But Islam played an important part in human civilization 2. What about the great...

Islam is What Muslims Do

With the changing times and the inevitable changes in life style and circumstances, Muslims encounter new problems that never existed in Mohammed’s time.

Islamic Slavery

Another extremely cruel, dehumanizing and degrading aspect of Islamic slavery was the large-scale castration of male captives.

The Dhimma’s Return

When the Ayatollah Khomeini ushered in the Iranian Islamic revolution in 1979, Muslims all over the world greeted this event with enthusiasm. At last, so it was thought, Islam would...

Politics Behind the Hijab

Contrary to what most people think, hijab is a fairly recent innovation in Muslims’ societies; it started gaining popularity only in the 1990s.

Quran: The Paradox Within

Muhammad, the prophet of Islam; was getting revelations from his lord and what Quran about is the sum total of words he obtained through divine route.

Heil Hitler, Heil Muhammad

During the Third Reich (from 1933 to 1945, the prime time of the Nazis in Germany), it was a strict law to greet the Fuehrer with ‘Heil Hitler’. People were...

Destination: Allah’s Brothel

But for a commoner, it is really incomprehensible why the all knowing Allah took so much time to separate light and darkness and compelled the human race wait for centuries to enlighten them with the wisdom of Koran.

Maulana Ajmal Qadri vs Ali Sina

Maulana Ajmal Qadri is a Senior religious scholar of the Deobandi school and the president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (The Society of Islamic Scholars). The Maulana is regarded as a pir...

Sina’s Challenge

I receive many emails from angry Muslims, who sometimes beg, and sometimes order me to remove this site. I consider both, pleading and bullying as signs of psychopathology. Argumentum ad baculum...

Medicine Made Easy

More and more Muslims are becoming aware of Mohammed as a medical doctor and tend to follow him blindly, as they have always done.

Is Wahhabism Real Islam?

Moderate Muslims have a utopian idea of a perfect Islamic country that does not exist and never can be pursued based on Islamic teachings.

Allah in a Tomato… and in e-Colie?

These Muslim intellectuals with questionable intellect also find scientific miracles in the Quran and smell spirituality in the horrific Quranic verses that sponsor the killing of non-Muslims.

Hush-Hush Cartoons

If freedom of speech carries any value to the media, if they feel the responsibility to seek the truth, they should start digging into Islamic books.

Treaty or Trickery?

Mohammed, the cunning and shrewd warlord of the seventh century, made many treaties when he was weak but conveniently broke them,

A Contract with Allah

Good Muslims are carriers of a deadly virus of cult; they feel healthy and appear healthy but are always vulnerable to develop the full blown disease.

‘Buraq’ Ride in London

Quran and Ahadith have so much material for making a theme park that if Walt Disney was alive today, he would have planned many more rides based on these books.

“Who let the dogs out?”

In a remote village of the Indian Subcontinent, lived a wise man who was well versed in science, politics and history. Above all he knew English very well. In many...

Islamic Circus

Once upon a time there was an elephant and four blind men. They were not born blind and they have seen most of the things of this world but an...