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Regulations on Divorce: Biblical Perspectives vs. the Qur’anic Program (2)

WE CONTINUE LAYING out how the Quran directs us to deal with a situation heading for divorce and how the couple are to proceed righteously in exploring whether they really need to break up their marriage, and if so, how this is…

Abraham’s “Son of Sacrifice? The Bible Vs. the Quran

The Bible vs. the Quran: Who was Abraham’s “Son of Sacrifice”? (1) | Aataai Gazi Mahbub

ALTHOUGH SOME JEWS, some Christians, and some Muslims—across the religious divide—can claim to be sons [=descendants] of Abraham in a biological sense, only Muslims annually celebrate the event (ʿEîd Al-Aḍḥa) commemorating Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his only son to God in the…

Regulations on Divorce: Biblical Perspectives vs. the Qur’anic Program (1) | Aataai Gazi Mahbub

AS RELIGION IS considered a code of life, believers try to find the solution to their problems in human life from their religious scriptures. Divorce is one kind of problem for which religious people take resort to their religious laws and rules.…

MONOTHEISM IN INTERFAITH EXCHANGE – 12| Linda Thayer

We continue studying the making of [Pauline] Christianity as “Christians” departed from the teaching of Jesus. In this installment we complete our reading of Richard E. Rubenstein’s insightful treatment of our subject in his book, When Jesus Became God, the Struggle to…

MONOTHEISM IN INTERFAITH EXCHANGE – 11 | Linda Thayer

THE CONVERSATION OF Constantine to the Christian camp—and his subsequent military victory on his way to taking Rome—is a milestone in world history. From then on, Constantine and his imperial successors took a controlling interest in the matter of establishing a unified…

Biblical Question, Qur’anic Answer (2): Did Aaron Facilitate the Golden-Calf Affair?

IN PART 1 we examined the biblical account of Moses and the Golden Calf affair. In this account, room was left for Aaron’s guilt in failing to prevent the People of Israel from falling into idolatry during the absence of Moses on…

Islam 101 For Western Judaeo-Christians (5)

IN THE PREVIOUS segment, in appraising Dr. Dirks’ 400-page book, Understanding Islam: A Guide for the Judaeo-Christian Reader, we summarized his 72-page presentation of the sources and content of Islamic Faith. We enlarged upon his material regarding Gabriel as the angel of…

Islam 101 For Western Judaeo-Christians (4)

HAVING SURVEYED THE life and times of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (Part 3), Dr. Dirks, in his 400 page Understanding Islam: A Guide for the Judaeo-Christian Reader, moves on to deal, in greater depth (than in his 64-page Concise Introduction) with the sources…

Islam 101 For Western Judaeu-Christians (3)

FOR THE MODERN, non-Muslim reader who has already read the 64-page Concise Introduction to Islam (2014) by Dr. Jerald F. Dirks, I suggest, as a second step, the same author’s handling of the same subject in his nearly 400-page Understanding Islam: A…

Islam 101 For Western Judaeo-Christians (2) | Munira al-Mawdi

JERALD F. DIRKS’ slim 64-page volume, A Concise Introduction to Islam (Amana Publications, 2014) makes available a quick appetizer for the busy modern non-Muslim who knows about Islam only what is being propagated in the mainstream media. In Part 1 we appraised…