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Peace all, My name is Ryan and I am a Muslim. I have been a fan of James Randi and his philosophy on many aspects for many years, and in the spirit of learning, I'd like to invite any and all questions you may have about me and my beliefs. I'll get a few things out of the way: I'm 25, was...

It sure is easy for a Muslim man to get a divorce these days: Is there anything like alimony or child support in Sharia law?

"The Word"/Reason/Wisdom, not "Jesus" in the usual sense, is The Way to Salvation/God the real lovers of God do not belong to any particular religion, for all the religions have the same fundamental teachings on the nature of God & how one becomes like God in respect to wisdom, love, joy, etc...

Alfred Kröner was one of the scientists who were interviewed in the UAE during the 70's and 80's about the apparent scientific accuracy of the Quran. His comments were then edited, taken out of context, and used as an argument from authority that the Quran could only have come from Allah...

http://www.cracked.com/article_18911_5-ridiculous-things-you-probably-believe-about-islam.html Now before we have any flame wars, remember that cracked is near 100% accurate

It occurred to me that a test of the historicity of the Christian Scriptures that might be worth asking Chirstians on this forum to explain is to be found in Acts 2:1-6: And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound...

http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/somalia/29407/ The religion of peace strikes again.

A number of right wing politicians and commentators have recently been making the case that Islam isn't a religion, it is really a political philosophy. I'm trying to figure out why that would matter? I suppose we in the US give a lot more breadth to a person's religious belief (but probably...

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http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2010-11/muslim-advocacy-group-sues-over-okla-shariah-ban The measure passed 70% to 29%. The amendment's author, Sytate Senator Rex Duncan (R) said in June that "Oklahomans recognize that America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles," and that this...

Yes, I was surprised to learn the name Muhammed or variations of it is now the most popular name in Britain. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1324194/Mohammed-popular-baby-boys-ahead-Jack-Harry.html And this phenomenon is not only occurring in Britain but elsewhere in Europe. Yes...

Tony Blair's sister-in-law converts to Islam Guardian (UK) Isolated aberration, of beginning of a trend? I've said for a while that the last phase of British Islamification will not be demographic, but ruling class conversions.

What I mean by this question is this: Why is it that the exclamation Allahu akbar, i. e. "God is great," so often used by Muslims committing atrocious acts? Apparently, as the planes were flying into the WTC and the Pentagon, the suicidal pilots chanted this. I also remember reading back in...

What is the current research or statistics available on the proportion of "moderate" to "extremist/fundamentalist" individuals within various religions? Is there any appreciable difference in the proportions of extremist Muslims compared to say Christians? I suppose it would be a difficult...

http://bigpeace.com/pgeller/2010/08/13/obama-ramadanadingdong/

This is just one example as to why this religion is so boring. So predictable. So yesterday. So sad. And so-called "new-age muslims" should put an underwear bomb in their mouths before they even attempt to defend this farce as anything worth considering. Shut your stupid face. You're an enabler...

Hi, I currently have the below thread in the History and Literature forum. http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124603 In that thread which has over 14,000 posts I give some historical and other evidence why I believe Christianity is true. That thread has been closed...

Charles Windsor, the billionaire playboy who first in line to inherit the positions of head of state and spiritual leader of the official state religion, on how Islamic principles will save the world from environmental collapse. The article did not delve into his position on private jets for...

Just when I thought that the Middle couldn't get any nuttier...

The Koran is more tolerant than Islamofascists: NyNQ1zc-q74&

The reason why the torment of the grave is hidden from man Islam Q & A Long answer, but here are some excepts: Islam is not the only widespread religion that believes in "the torment of the grave". Would a Christian pastor give such a straightforward answer to the same question (modulo the...

A British couple arrested and tried for kissing. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/04/04/dubai.kissing.couple.appeal/index.html?hpt=Sbin They risk a month in prison, deportation and 300$ for... being a couple. Remind me to never set foot in the Middle East.

Just because other religion does similar thing doesn't necessarily make something right, just, or good. Keeping this in mind please tell me what do you think about the following argument I found in the internet. Specially the arguement number 3. Killing domesticated animals by slitting their...

When we look back on how history unfolded there are often certain patterns that indicate that things would probably have taken the same course, even had a few details of history been changed. However, there or momentous occasions when simple happenstance changes everything. One of these latter...

The absurd trial of Geert Wilders Mark Steyn in Macleans

For those who don't want to read the whole article below the jist is that certain muslim religious leaders have issued a fatwa against the use of airport scanners as it violates their modesty (the muslims not the scanners.)...

These comments were in response to the Fort Hood shootings, but Robertson has made this same statement, almost verbatim, back in 2008. I am curious as to precisely what he means. After all, here in the 21st century we allow members of the communist party to vote, to hold jobs, to publicize...

While I think that history does follow certain broad patterns, making its course potentially predictable (though more often in hindsight), we shouldn't ignore the influence of pure chance on its course. I'm thinking here of the late Stephen Jay Gould's dictum from his book Wonderful Life, that...

Ok if a woman is born into this faith then I understand why she would continue to be a muslim but if she wasn't why would she want to convert to this rather strict and repressive religion? I was reading the personals and a woman said in her ad "if you are muslim pass this ad up, I was married...

http://www.newsweek.com/id/215100/?gt1=43002 According to this story, a young, formerly Muslim girl who converted to Christianity claims to be in fear for her life from her still Muslim parents, whom she says will conduct an "honor killing" (apostasy) against her simply because she converted to...