The following pages have been added newly or substantially revised during 1999 at the following dates:
December 31, 1999
Continuing to make our rebuttal pages more userfriendly... this time
it is the turn of Islamic Awareness,
which also received various new rebuttal articles: a response to the issue of
logical fallacies in the Qur'an,
a response to Refutation Of The
So-Called Contradictions In The Qur'âân vis-a-vis Earlier Revelation,
one to Is The Bible In Our Hands
The Same As During The Time Of Muhammad?, and one to
On The Transmitters Of
Isrâ'îliyyât (Judeo-Christian Material), as well as two rebuttals
regarding the grammar argument,
and other claims
in answer to their article on the Qur'an contradiction
"Will Jesus burn in Hell?".
Two new articles on further issues regarding the
Quranic view of Jesus, and the Biblical
testimony of Jesus were also added.
Samuel Green's response to Dr. Jamal Badawi's
Jesus In The Qur'an and The Bible was completely reworked and
several others of his articles slightly updated (*,
*, *)
December 13, 1999
In Quest of Truth by Dr. Deshmukh.
Three rebuttal articles to Saifullah's Islamic Awareness team
regarding The Sacrifice
of Abraham: Isaac or Ishmael, the question
Are there early Hadith?,
and the issue of The Satanic
Verses.
More reflections on Is Allah the God of the
Bible? and the issue of Muhammad's
endorsment of and participation in idolaterous practices. The
A. Meherally rebuttal pages have
been restructured and received a hopefully more userfriendly look.
December 2, 1999
The complete book The Influence of Animism
on Islam by Samuel Zwemer, fifteen
more rebuttals to Dr. Jamal Badawi (regarding his series Prophethood
and The Qur'an: Ultimate Miracle). Two more articles by Sam Shamoun:
The Days of Creation in the Quran:
Literal or Indefinite Periods of Time? and
Jesus in the Rabbinic Traditions,
and two more responses by him to A. Meherally
(*,
*).
November 19, 1999
A Word to the Wise: Being a defence of
the "Sources of Islam" by W. St. Clair Tisdall in response to two
Muslim reactions to his book. Several more parts in the online debate
between A. Meherally and Sam Shamoun
([4],
[5],
[6],
[7]) about the sacrifice
of Abraham's son, as well as a response to Shabir Ally's
Six Days of Creation or
Six Periods?
November 12, 1999
John Gilchrist's
Nuzul-I-Isa: The Second Coming of Jesus Christ,
a rebuttal to Shabir Ally's article Who
really is the Parakletos? and a comparison of the qur'anic story of
King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba with the
version from the Jewish Targums.
October 30, 1999
Two new contributers:
A study of the word "love" in the Qur'an
by Farid Mahally starts a new section on "Themes of the Qur'an". Reasons for
Why I am a Christian are given by
Warren Larson. The Quranic Witness to
Biblical Authority was updated substantially,
nine more rebuttals to Dr. Jamal Badawi
were added, two more responses to A. Meherally's deception charge
(*,
*), and
one further rebuttal to Shabir Ally (*). An addition to the
French subsite (*), and a list of 11 more
contradictions in the Qur'an (*).
Emergence of Islam in the African-American
Community and Arabs and Slave Trade
from ReachOut Magazin.
October 16, 1999
We now make available the complete book The
Original Sources of the Qur'an by Rev. W. St. Clair Tisdall.
A strong rebuttal to "Is The
Qur'an's Story Of Solomon & Sheba From The Jewish Targum?" being
Saifullah's denial of legendary
sources and personal attack on Tisdall, as well as a response to
A. Meherally's deception charge
(*).
Furthermore, the next chapter
from the French edition of Dr. Campbell's
book The Qur'an and the Bible in the Light of History
and Science was added.
October 13, 1999
A large number of updates on the Malay site,
the comprehensive A Christian Defense
of the Gospel to the Muslims, The New
Testament Documents and the Historicity of the Resurrection,
and Jesus As The Way, The Truth,
And The Life : An Examination of John 14:6 In Light Of Muslim Claims.
Eight more additions to the rebuttals
to Badawi's Radio Islam teaching series (the last eight links),
and a continuation of the discussion about angel and jinn contradiction
in the Qur'an
(1,
2,
3).
September 23, 1999
Responses to Saifullah's "rebuttals" regarding Qur'an contradictions
(*,
*), two more responses to
Shabir Ally regarding Qur'an
and science (*,
*), and
a response to an article claiming the Bible teaches a
flat earth world view.
Theological reflections on the relationship of the sinfulness
of man to the incarnation
of the Son of God, and our assurance
of salvation.
September 15, 1999
Dozens of additions and revisions in the rebuttals
to Badawi's Radio Islam teaching series. Response to the Islamic Awareness article on
"borrowing in the Qur'an", i.e.
the issue of sources to Qur'anic stories, and another response to
Shabir Ally
(*).
September 13, 1999
Added Part III of Sam Shamoun's
response to Dr. Jamal Badawi's Jesus in the Qur'an, several
rebuttals to Shabir Ally
(1,
2,
3),
and a follow up
to M. Ghoniem's reply to Sam Shamoun (a rebuttal of a rebuttal of a rebuttal?).
Furthermore, the newsgroup discussion of the article
"Mohammed claimed to be a warner only for Arabia"
led to a few more observations and entries into the section "Qur'an Versions"
(1,
2,
3,
4).
September 9, 1999
Investigation: Who was the crucified One?
An addition to the
converts testimonies. Start of a new section
on the rights of non-Muslims under Islamic law.
Several rebuttal articles to Muhammad Ghoniem of
Islamic Awareness
(1, 2),
A. Meherally
(*), and
Shabir Ally
(*).
August 9, 1999
The Cornerstone: Jesus or Muhammad,
seven new testimonies of conversion (*,
*,
*,
*,
*,
*,
*), and further additions
to the rebuttal pages responding to
Shabir Ally
(*) and
Akbarally Meherally
(*). Last but not
least, I am interested in feedback by Arab speakers on the article
Mohammed claimed to be a warner only for Arabia.
July 25, 1999
The extensively revised new edition of
Embryology in the Qur'an.
An overview page for articles on What
the Qur'an and Muslim traditions says about the Bible was added,
Samuel Green's A Reply to: Muhammad
in the Bible by Dr. Jamal Badawi was updated, and the same
author contributed the new article Jesus:
Foretold by the Prophets!, and a further
testimony of conversion.
July 22, 1999
The Crucifixion of Christ -
A Christian Critique of the Quran, two more testimonies
from The True Path
(*,
*), and ten more
rebuttals added to Dr. Jamal
Badawi's radio teaching series on Jesus.
July 15, 1999
Christian Answers to Muslim Charges
(explaining regularly misunderstood Bible passages about the deity of Christ),
Is Jesus God? (an introductory
response in dialogue form to this frequent Muslim question),
Different Methodologies for God's
Books - Muslims and Western Historical Criticism. Qur'an exegesis:
Does the Quran Teach a Local Flood?,
Sharia: Two Statements on the Punishment
of the Apostate According to Islamic Law, Malay:
Siapa Kata Al-Kitab Telah
Diubah? (Can we trust the Gospels?)
July 9, 1999
Rebuttal day... more than a dozen
new rebuttals to Islamic Awareness are a good start for
a comprehensive response to Dr. MSM Saifullah's site Islamic
Awareness site. Connected with that, an entry on interesting
translation differences on
Sura 9:30.
July 2, 1999
Rebuttal day... eight rebuttals
to Dr. Jamal Badawi added, another one responding to
Akbarally Meherally
(*), and an article
with observations on Inserting
an extra "Allah" into the Qur'an.
June 30, 1999
Four more testimonial stories of former Muslims added
(*,
*,
*,
*) and notes
from a recent Muslim-Christian dialogue on
The Character of God in Bible and Qur'an.
June 24, 1999
A Problem Regarding the Text and Transmission
of the Qur'an, A Contribution of Uthman to
the Qur'an, and comments by Ali Dashti on
The Miraculous Nature of the Qur'an.
June 21, 1999
Three more testimonies of former Muslims added
(*,
*,
*) as well as
the epilogue, the glossary and the appendices for the book
The True Path. Two new
articles on the historical event of
The Satanic Verses and
their implications for the Miracle of the Qur'an.
June 17, 1999
An article on The Claim of Muhammad's
Perfect Memory. An observation on Surah 80:23 and other passages:
YES or NO ? - corrupting
the Arabic text of the Qur'an. An addition to the rebuttal pages
responding to Akbarally Meherally
(*).
June 15, 1999
Two more testimonies of the book The
True Path were added and a documentation of the newsgroup debate
between Sam Shamoun and
MSM Saifullah.
June 11, 1999
What did the early Muslims say about
Abraham and the Child of Sacrifice?
Further addition to the rebuttal pages responding to
Shabir Ally
(*) and
Akbarally Meherally
(*), and a
short note on Sura 110.
June 7, 1999
The rebuttal pages to It is the
truth (propagating the claim of a scientific miracle in the
Qur'an) have nearly all been improved, and a response to
yet another Bible contradictions list
was added.
June 4, 1999
The introduction, and the first of seven testimonies
from the book The True Path.
A quotation by Ibn Abbas on
the corruption of Scripture, several additions to the
Shabir Ally rebuttal
page, and comments on the Muslim hoax regarding the origin of
April Fool customs.
May 31, 1999
Revised edition of The Seven Readings of
the Qur'an. More than "just semantics":
Do Muslims and Christians speak the
same language? A full month of Devotions
from the Zabur (Bahasa Melayu).
A new response page to Shabir Ally.
May 25, 1999
Seir means Jesus? - An exercise
in Muslim Geography. An addition and two updates in the Meherally
rebuttals (*,
*,
*).
May 23, 1999
Several improvements in the rebuttal to the
scientific miracle of the Qur'an,
reflections on Suras 66,
111,
112, and further
Turkish devotional.
May 17, 1999
A Turkish devotional and
updated the zip file of the complete Qur'an
contradictions section to include the various additions over
the last months, in particular some Muslim responses.
May 10, 1999
Three response pages to Misha'al al-Kadhi's "What Did Jesus Really Say?"
(*,
*,
*), a list of
hadiths about the black slaves of Muhammad
and a reference page on music in Islam.
May 7, 1999
A careful analysis of The Quranic Witness
to Biblical Authority and a new chapter
in the French section.
May 4, 1999
A new conversion testimony as
well as a rebuttal to popular Islamic
site "It Is The Truth" seeking to prove the divine origin of the
Qur'an by a claimed scientfic accuracy of its scientific statements.
A short response to Dr. Jamal Badawi on
the status of women in Islam.
May 1, 1999
Added a little humor and an article
on The Titles of Jesus in the Qur'an
and in the Bible
April 26, 1999
The Fall of the Human Race (a serious article
on the nature of sin and man, investigates both the Islamic and Christian
viewpoint). An addition to the Turkish
subsite. New rebuttal pages to Qais
Ali's "Answering Christianity".
April 24, 1999
Update on What Does The Qur'an Say
About The Jewish & Christian Scriptures?, a few new articles
in the Indonesian and Malay section and a
rebuttal to Dr. Jamal Badawi's
Muhammad in the Bible.
April 21, 1999
Reflections on different versions of
Quranic stories, a response to
Dr. Jamal Badawi's Jesus in the Qur'an and the Bible,
an update of Another Choice: The Teachings
of Ahmed Deedat and a new concise
discussion regarding the Gospel of Barnabas.
April 18, 1999
Many rebuttals were added in response to
Akbarally Meherally's writings, a detailed investigation of the
Muslim claim that Jesus was sent only
to Israel. New is also the exposition on
Muhammad and witchcraft in
the Alternative Qur'an Commentary.
April 5, 1999
An revealing article on Prophecies about
Muhammad in Hindu Scriptures? and five additions to the
Malay pages.
March 13, 1999
Christianity, Islam, and Slavery
March 3, 1999
Two Somali testimonies of conversion added
(*,*)
and the Arabic version of the testimony of Omar Al-Mahdi.
February 28, 1999
Can we trust the Gospels?
answers the Muslim charge of a corrupted Bible and traces its history.
Several new sections in the Al-Kadhi rebuttal project
(*,*,*,*) were added and a few more conversion testimonies.
February 6, 1999
Several testimonies of conversion added to the Turkish pages,
Ibrahim's testimony
of conversion in Arabic, another chapter to the
Al-Kadhi Rebuttal, a collection
of links to responses regarding the
Atlantic Monthly article, and some timely Humor.
January 23, 1999
The huge Comparative Index to Islam was incorporated
into the site and five more chapters were added to the
Al-Kadhi Rebuttal.
January 21, 1999
Links to eight more testimonies of conversion.
An overview page for a controversial discussion on the Qur'an addressing
Mary as the Sister of Aaron.
January 17, 1999
Two booklets about the names, titles and attributes of Jesus:
The Lamb of God and
The Way, the Truth, and the Life.
January 15, 1999
Seven more chapters added to the Al-Kadhi Rebuttal.
January 10, 1999
The Arabic testimony of Sheikh Mohamed
Kamel Mansour's conversion (English translation in preparation).
January 7, 1999
New material in the Malay pages.
January 4, 1999
Four more chapters added to the Al-Kadhi Rebuttal
and a link about some recent
manuscript findings of the Qur'an in the section about Qur'anic
textual variants.
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