Category Archives: Islam

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Book Review: The Price to Pay by Joseph Fadelle

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Several months ago, I reviewed Derya Little’s book From Islam to Christ.  Little is Turkish and she goes through the struggles that she had being a Christian in a Muslim country like Turkey.  In her book she references another book which contains a conversion story.  The book is The Price to Pay by Joseph Fadelle.  Little mentions that after reading this book, she was thankful that she was from a more liberal Muslim country.  Joseph Fadelle is from Iraq.  While in Turkey you’ll only face social consequences for conversion, Iraq is a whole new ball game.

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Canadian Muslims: An Analysis

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Canada is one of the most secular countries in the world.  I’ve often referred to it as a swamp of secularism.  I was recently talking to a Polish lady.  She had been born and raised in Poland and had gone to church all of her life.  She came to Canada and she stopped going to church while she lived here.  She later moved to Ireland and resumed going to Church.  Canada had that affect on her like it does on many people.

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How the Church Went From Being Greek to Latin Centered

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Pope Gregory VII

In the early church the two biggest players were the Greek Church and the Latin Church.  The Greek Church was larger but the Latin Church was clearly second.  I’m aware that there were other churches such as Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, Armenian and others.  However, these churches were quite small and by the end of the sixth century, most of them had fallen into Monophysitism.

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If I Could Give Fr. James Martin One Book

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I’ve always wondered what book I would give to a liberal heretic if I ever met them.  Obviously Fr. James Martin is the most famous one in the English speaking world so he occupies the heretic slot in the question.  What book would I give to Fr. Martin?  Of course, Fr. Martin could be replaced with Ted McCarrick, Cardinal Wuerl, or any of the pseudo-theologians who composed the Instrumemtum Laboris for the upcoming Amazon Synod.

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My Interview With Sam Shamoun

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I have long planned on doing YouTube videos.  I kept putting it off and off and off until I realized I just needed to start.  I kept on planning but then I just decided to contact someone to get an initial interview in.  I called Sam Shamoun who I’ve talked to before.  I wanted to talk to Shamoun because he’s a pioneer in the field of Islamic apologetics.  He’s been arguing against Islam for over 20 years.

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Is Justinian to Blame For Islam?

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The Secret History by Procopius

I’ve made it one of my goals to read all of the available sources on the Romans, Persians, Arabs, and Muslims between 500 and 900 AD.  I’ve also made it my goal to read the primary sources and stay away from what modern historians say.  What was the relationship between the Roman Christians and the Arabs before and after Muhammad?  There is certainly a lot to say.

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A Formula For Islamic Apologetics

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Two nights ago Jeff Kran did a live stream and I thought up a formula.  I actually thought up a formula for Islamic apologetics.  My degree is in Engineering.  Spending four years on that degree exposed me hundreds of formulas.  I remember one time when I was in second year doing an assignment with my friend, a friend of mine in fourth year came over and told me a dirty little secret.  He mentioned that every single formula learned in an engineering textbook has a computer program that can calculate it for you.  Of course they don’t tell you this in these classes.

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What Did 11th Century Islamic Apologetics Look Like?

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Abd Al-Jabbar

What does 21st century Islamic apologetics look like?  It’s essentially just quoting liberals.  There’s nothing Islamic about it.  Now, what did Islamic apologetics look like in the 11th century?  What type of apologetics would St. Peter Damian or St. Anselm of Canterbury have to deal with?  The answer might surprise you.

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When Muslim Apologists Were Actually Muslim

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Critique of Christian Origins by Abd Al-Jabbar

I’ve got to give credit to Brigham Young University.  They have a good Arabic program and from this program they have something called the Islamic Translation Series.  Medieval Islamic Arabic works are translated into English.  The publication produces a parallel Arabic text and much commentary.  It’s actually a very well done set of books.  I certainly plan on buying more though they’re not the cheapest books around.

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Muhammad vs. The Romans

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After Mecca had fallen to the Muslims, Allah “revealed” Surah 9:29 to Muhammad.  What does Muhammad do at this point?  He rallies 30,000 men and marches them north of Medina to Tabuk in an attempt to engage the Romans.  The Romans didn’t send an army to engage Muhammad.  According to Ibn Kathir, they stayed there 20 days then went back to Medina.  Ibn Kathir actually has a good summary of his events in his section on Surah 9:29.