This post was inspired by a few intertwined Twitter threads, such as this one. .@islam_et_media Why do you assume anyone who doesn’t share your beliefs has closed their mind? Again, this is an assumption on your part. — Reason on Faith (@ReasonOnFaith) September 5, 2016 In critiquing scripture, Islam, the claims of Ahmadiyyat, etc., I’ve […]
Jalsa Salana Numbers as a Proxy for Ahmadi Muslim Jama’at Convert Numbers
In response to a YouTube comment about the membership numbers of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, I posted the following comment. Note that this is regarding the video put out by Hani Tahir, a recent ex-Ahmadi Muslim (appears to still be a practicing Muslim of a non-denominational variety). This video talks about the saga of the […]
Hadith and Proper Chains of Transmission
This post is a follow up to a continued Twitter conversation. I post here as Twitter is often too terse to communicate effectively, and that can unnecessarily, through brevity, create an implied tone of hostility that is not intended. @ReasonOnFaith not selective, its based on chains of transmissions. This is hadith 101. — UMA1R_ MAL1K […]
Selecting and Rejecting Early Islamic Historical Accounts
This is a follow up to a Twitter conversation. My additional thoughts follow. The Qur’an doesn’t speak to many important topics, like the number of daily prayers, the method of prayer, nor the crime of rape — as a few of many, many examples. Muslims end up going to traditions and historical biographies to fill […]
No Compulsion in Religion, Apostasy and Abrogation
This post is a response to this Twitter conversation (since deleted by Ahmadi Muslim Twitter user, @UMA1R_). My concluding thoughts on the matter follow. “Disbelievers” are referenced numerous times in the Qur’an, agreed. This mention of “disbelievers” is far more frequent than the nuanced concept of apostasy from Islam. Freedom of belief can be (1) freedom […]
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