This short open-letter is an extended response to a tweet from Aymann Ismail, whose work I generally admire. I believe he’s mistaken about The Masked Arab, following the expected negative reactions from Muslims to Islamic theological critique. Here, I hope to suggest a closer look, and fact-checking first hand. Aymann, I’ve found your work to be […]
Responding to Asadullah Ali on His Charges and Respectful Dialogue
This is a response to Asadullah Ali’s comment on Facebook, directed at me. I’m also going to provide some additional context for other readers, where relevant. While I could be far more biting and insulting in my assessment and responses here, I’m actually going to refrain. My goal with this post is not to “destroy” you or to “take you down”. It is to offer some constructive criticism and insights. Perhaps provide you with another perspective to consider.
Modern Ahmadiyya Literature Avoids Using the Word ‘Divorce’ in Regards to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s First Marriage
On February 1, 2018, Ahmadi Muslim Khalid Nawaz, who is active on social media and claims to be one of the editors or the wikipedia entry for ‘Mirza Ghulam Ahmad‘, decided to challenge me on my claim that modern Ahmadiyya literature downplays and avoids calling out that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s first marriage ended in a divorce.
Advanced Gymnastics: Metaphorical Speaking Ants Depicted in Dreams
A Twitter conversation with Ahmadi Muslim Zubair Ahmed (@Zubair7) made for some interesting Islamic apologetics. Unable to offer a cogent rebuttal to my discussion of the Ant-Men of Qur’an 27:17-18, Zubair began to invent novel explanations that defy credulity. The section of my treatise discussing the Ant-Men of the Qur’an, begins as follows: The very […]
The 17th Century Donkey Transportation Hadith
Growing up Ahmadi Muslim, we were often told about very impressive sounding hadith foreshadowing modern transportation in the age of the Dajjal (anti-Christ) and the Latter Days. What follows is my response comment to seeing such hadith cited again (page 3), but as is often the case, missing any literal sourcing. These hadith come from Bihar […]
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