This post is a follow on to some friendly Twitter conversation regarding Douglas Murray’s latest article, Here we go again – but this time, Je suis Berlin. What I did take from Douglas Murray’s latest article is that some elements of the liberal media do wish to present Muslims in a positive light, almost as […]
Kamal Al-Solaylee’s Review of The Atheist Muslim
Professor Kamal Al-Solaylee wrote a book review of Ali A. Rizvi’s The Atheist Muslim for the Globe and Mail. Several parts of the book review left me puzzled. You see, I too have just finished reading the book. All of it. And I was thoroughly impressed by it. I’m not going to do a full critique of Professor […]
Muhammad Smashes the Idols and the Freedom of Religion Along With It
Whether you talk to conservative Muslims or seemingly more progressive types like Ahmadi Muslims, they all agree on the fact that Muhammad returned to Mecca in 630 AD without the need for battle, but that upon arriving at the Kaaba, he smashed the idols housed within. In this post, we explore the ramifications of this act on the claim from some Islamic apologists, that Muhammad believed in secularism and the freedom of religion.
The Multiverse and Ahmadiyyat
I often come across Ahmadi Muslims in social media scoffing at the idea of a multiverse. For example: .@ReasonOnFaith If you’re agnostic anything, it means the multiverse theory could potentially appeal to you. — Bureau Francophone (@islam_et_media) April 25, 2016 Here’s another example from the July 2009 issue of the Ahmadiyya Jama’at’s publication, the Review […]
Twitter Blocked by Qasim Rashid (@MuslimIQ)
Recently blocked on Twitter by Ahmadi Muslim Qasim Rashid, he even went as far as deleting his tweets so that I wouldn’t be able to use them in the post expounding on the innocence of my responses, and his subsequent blocking of me on Twitter. So mature. I was recently blocked on Twitter by Qasim […]