Why did Apostate Prophet leave Islam—and why did he eventually become Christian? In this episode of Theological, Shabbos Kestenbaum sits down with Ridvan Aydemir, known online as Apostate Prophet, for a direct conversation about Islam, the Quran, Muhammad, Jesus, Judaism, Christianity, antisemitism, terrorism, and Ridvan’s personal journey from Islam to atheism to Christianity. Ridvan explains why reading the Quran in a language he understood became a turning point in his life. He argues that the Quran makes claims about the natural world, Judaism, Christianity, Jesus, and Muhammad that he no longer believes can be reconciled with truth. Shabbos presses him on whether Islam still teaches valuable practices like prayer, charity,…
Imam Amir Abdel Malik Ali's controversial remarks about Islam's historical presence in the Americas and his past radical rhetoric have drawn scrutiny.
Imam Amir Abdel Malik Ali’s controversial remarks about Islam’s historical presence in the Americas and his past radical rhetoric have drawn scrutiny. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: California imam Amir Abdel Malik Ali claimed during a sermon that Islam existed in the Americas before Christianity and asserted that Christopher Columbus saw a mosque when he arrived in the region, remarks that conflict with the historical record. DETAIL: A surviving abstract of Columbus’s October 29 journal entry describes a Cuban mountain as resembling “a graceful mosque,” referring to the landscape rather than an actual mosque. Ali used the abstract to argue that Muslims and Islam would play a major role in America’s future, saying Islam and…Open
AI:California Imam Amir Abdel Malik Ali is propagating a radical revisionist narrative by claiming that Christopher Columbus encountered mosques upon his arrival in the Americas. During a sermon at Masjid Al-Islam in Oakland, Ali distorted historical journal entries to assert that Islam predates Christianity in the Western Hemisphere and claimed that the Quran and Sunnah provide the only solution to save the United States. This latest attempt to rewrite American history follows a long career of extremist rhetoric from Ali, who has previously justified suicide bombers as freedom fighters and praised Hamas leaders as martyrs. His efforts to plant seeds of religious entitlement through historical disinformation represent a continued push by…Open
'ISLAM-IFY THE WEST': Hijabs and Qurans were distributed at a Texas school, and Rep. Chip Roy and student Marco Hunter-Lopez join "Finnerty" to discuss.
If you’ve ever had a conversation with a Muslim, about why it seems that one of the most common through lines in their religious texts is that anyone who is not a Muslim should be slaughtered - it’s likely that you’ve been told such verses are taken out of context, or are directed at a specific people based on transgressions against Muslim people.
Qur’an 2:191, 8:12, 9:5, 9:29, 47:4 Sahih Al-Bukhari - Hadith 25, 1399, 6924 Sahih Muslim - Hadith 30, 22 Let’s take one of the most widely cited (and refuted) verses. Widely known as the “sword verse”, it comes from Surah At-Tawbah, Chapter 9. The verse is as follows: “When the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists wherever you find them. And capture them, and besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every ambush.” Qur’an 9:5 The refutation goes something like this: “Muslims had entered into a treaty with the pagans living in Arabia - those pagans broke the treaty. Thus the Qur’an orders battle against them, in retaliation for the broken treaty..” But there comes several problems. The first of which, is that…Open
State of the Union: The FBI is investigating the incident for ties to terrorism. The post 3 Dead, 14 Injured in Austin Shooting appeared first on The American Conservative .
A shooting in a downtown Austin, Texas bar has left three dead and 14 wounded early Sunday morning. The shooting began shortly after 2 a.m. outside of Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden after the suspect drove around the block several times in a white SUV. The suspect for the shooting has been revealed to be Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalized immigrant from Senegal. Diagne arrived in the U.S. in 2000 and was naturalized in 2013. The shooter was wearing a “Property of Allah” hoodie. According to the sources of Fox News, the shooter is alleged to have been wearing an undershirt with an Iranian flag on it. A Koran was allegedly also found in the shooter’s vehicle. The FBI is investigating the incident as a potential terrorist attack.…Open
