This tweet from the Ahmadiyya Muslim run Voice of Islam (VOI) Radio caught my attention. This short post elaborates on some friendly twitter conversation on the subject. My first tweet opening up this question was as follows: Do you feel the ‘Love for All, Hatred for None’ slogan can be reconciled with MGA’s own verdict […]
The “Disbelievers trying to Lead you Astray” Argument
Most religions have warnings to the net effect of “the disbelievers are trying to get you to abandon your faith, but if you do, the Merciful God will throw you in Hell, so don’t even consider it!”. Now if these religions are not all “true” in their current form, then picking one religion’s warnings means […]
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 […]