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Inhuman Slavery in Islam
This article examines slavery in Islam through the Quran, hadith, prophetic biographies and the classical jurisprudence of the four Sunni schools. It analyses the legal framework governing enslavement through warfare, the trade in human beings, and sexual access to enslaved…
Metal: Dissecting a Noisy Art Form
Metal is far more than distorted guitars, pounding drums, and aggressive vocals. This article dissects the history, evolution, musical anatomy, subgenres, philosophy, culture, and controversies of metal—tracing how an art form often dismissed as mere noise became one of the…
The Conflict between Islam, Philosophy, and Logic: Does Islam Permit Critical Inquiry?
This article examines whether Islam genuinely allows its claims to be tested through independent reason, philosophical inquiry, comparative religion, and freedom of conscience. Drawing on the Quran, hadith, classical Islamic creed, scholarly fatwas, and rulings on apostasy, it argues that…
Was Prophet Muhammad the greatest man of all time?
This article offers a critical, source-based examination of Prophet Muhammad’s character and actions, highlighting contradictions between popular myths and authentic Islamic texts. Using direct references from the Quran, hadith, and historical sources, it raises questions about Muhammad’s claim to moral…
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Gnosticism: A Narrative of a Lost Universe
Gnosticism is an ancient and revolutionary religious-philosophical movement that challenges the foundations of conventional belief. It holds that the visible world was not created by a benevolent and merciful God, but is a defective prison fashioned by an ignorant craftsman…
Sumerian religion and mythology: outline of the earliest beliefs of human civilization
The Sumerian civilization developed in the fertile valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates River in Mesopotamia was the first well-organized society in human history. After leaving the nomadic life behind, people attaining stability through agriculture and animal husbandry, realize their…
The massacre of Banu Qurayza: The bloodiest chapter in early Islamic history
A critical examination of the Banu Qurayza incident through Islamic primary sources, analyzing the allegations of treaty violation, the siege, the mass execution, enslavement, and the moral and legal questions surrounding collective punishment.
Drama: The Deposition of Satan (ﷺ)
If we cannot do justice to the Satan or devil, do not allow him to speak, then the devil within us will win
The Conflict between Islam, Philosophy, and Logic: Does Islam Permit Critical Inquiry?
This article examines whether Islam genuinely allows its claims to be tested through independent reason, philosophical inquiry, comparative religion, and freedom of conscience. Drawing on the Quran, hadith, classical Islamic creed, scholarly fatwas, and rulings on apostasy, it argues that…
The tragic death of Prophet Muhammad
An evidence-based examination of Prophet Muhammad’s final illness and death, drawing on hadith, sira, tafsir, and early Islamic historical sources. The article explores the Khaybar poisoning, his prolonged suffering, deathbed events, and the difficult questions these accounts raise about prophethood,…
Religion
Inhuman Slavery in Islam
This article examines slavery in Islam through the Quran, hadith, prophetic biographies and the classical jurisprudence of the four Sunni schools. It analyses the legal framework governing enslavement through warfare, the trade in human beings, and sexual access to enslaved…
Gnosticism: A Narrative of a Lost Universe
Gnosticism is an ancient and revolutionary religious-philosophical movement that challenges the foundations of conventional belief. It holds that the visible world was not created by a benevolent and merciful God, but is a defective prison fashioned by an ignorant craftsman…
Abrahamic Mythology: From Creation to the Great Deluge—An Eternal Narrative
Abrahamic mythology is the combined epics of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This article analyzes this vast narrative not from a religious point of view, but rather in the light of literature, history and anthropology. From cosmology, the fall of Adam,…
Islam and Women: Claims of Women’s “Highest Status” versus the Qur’an, Hadith, and Classical Fiqh
The claim that Islam gave women the highest status and unprecedented rights does not withstand examination of the Qur’an, sahih hadith, and classical fiqh. The familiar portrayal of pre-Islamic Arabia as a society in which all women were completely rightless,…
Classification of Religion: A Human Map of Belief and Disbelief
This article presents a detailed theoretical classification of religions. In addition to analyzing the various forms of faith on the basis of the number and nature of God (monotheism, polytheism, pantheism), its organizational structure (Church, Sect, Cult) has also been…
Sumerian religion and mythology: outline of the earliest beliefs of human civilization
The Sumerian civilization developed in the fertile valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates River in Mesopotamia was the first well-organized society in human history. After leaving the nomadic life behind, people attaining stability through agriculture and animal husbandry, realize their…