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islam
Articles on Islam: the Qur’an, the Prophet, worship and law, and Islam’s view of the earlier faiths. Browse the articles.
40 articles carry this tag.
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Religious law in the Abrahamic traditions: halakhah, canon law and the sharīʿah
Jewish halakhah, Christian canon law, the Islamic sharīʿah and the Mandaean rules of purity: what each is, where it comes from, and…
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Food and faith: kosher, halal and the Christian table
Why Jews and Muslims do not eat pork, why most Christians do, and what Mandaeans may not eat: the food laws of…
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Are the Abrahamic religions violent? War and peace in scripture and history
Has religion caused most wars? What the historical record shows, what the scriptures of each tradition command about war and peace, and…
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The Islamic Dilemma: the argument and the answer
If the Gospel is the word of God, Islam is false; if it is not, Islam is still false. The Islamic Dilemma…
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The Islamic Dilemma: answers for Reddit readers
Short, sourced answers to the questions people search for about the Islamic Dilemma: Surah 5:46, 5:47, 10:94, and whether the Qur’an or…
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The symbols of the four traditions
The Star of David, the Mandaean banner, the cross and the crescent: where each came from, how old each is, and why…
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Hagia Sophia: cathedral, mosque, museum and mosque again
Cathedral for nine centuries, the first mosque of the Ottoman state, a museum, and a mosque again: the history of Hagia Sophia…
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The stations of the Hajj: Minā, ʿArafāt and Muzdalifah
From Makkah to Minā, ʿArafāt and Muzdalifah and back: the stations of the Hajj, day by day, and the call to Abraham…
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Ḥirāʾ and Qubāʾ: where the revelation and the first mosque began
Where the revelation began and where the first mosque was built: the cave of Ḥirāʾ above Makkah and the mosque of Qubāʾ…
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The Sabians in classical Muslim scholarship
Three classical Muslim scholars on the Sabians, and why al-Shahrastani read Abraham’s argument with the stars as a case against them.
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The Abrahamic family tree and what the traditions share
Who descends from whom, and what the traditions hold in common: the family of Abraham and the beliefs Judaism, Christianity and Islam…
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The population of the Abrahamic religions
Pew Research projects Islam and Christianity nearing parity by 2050, and Islam becoming the largest religion by 2060 or later.