We continue at a point where Mehdi Hasan discusses campaigning against Islamic terrorism in the name of Islam, which is irrelevant if such campaigning goes against Islamic teaching. Mehdi claims that Sharia is entirely subjective but if something goes against the express will of Allah, which Mehdi Hasan already has many times in this […]
Islam is Not a Peaceful Religion: A Rebuttal of Mehdi Hasan (Part 1)
The most popular defence of Islam that can be seen on YouTube today is by Mehdi Hasan in his Oxford Union debate on the topic ‘Is Islam a peaceful religion?’ Mehdi Hasan is one of the most arrogant Islamic apologists seen today, but don’t expect to see anything actually linked to Islam (by Mehdi’s own […]
What is the Qur’an and what does it teach? A rebuttal of Dr. Garry Wills
With 1.2 million views on YouTube, the video ‘What is the Qur’an: A Christian Reads the Qur’an’ is easily the most viewed video from the Emir-Stein Center, yet it is also the shortest, at only 3 minutes and 51 seconds. While I expected an impartial introductory video with no need for deceit, this was […]
The Story of Emil Abdelkader and its Relevance to Islam: A Rebuttal of John Kiser
The story of Emil Abdelkader, a 19th-century Algerian military leader who saved the Christians of Damascus from a massacre in 1860, is an outlier among the stories of Islamic leaders, although it teaches us a great lesson. This lesson, however, is not what the Emir-Stein Center wants it to be. John Kiser, co-founder of the […]
Who was the Muslim Jesus? A Rebuttal of Marianne Farina
‘Who do they say that I am?’ are the first words of the Emir-Stein Center’s video on Isā, the Islamic version of Jesus. However, we see only misrepresentation and deflection from Sister Marianne Farina in this distasteful video about what Islam thinks regarding Jesus. We will hear throughout the video how venerated Jesus is […]
Aisha, Muhammad’s Child Bride: A Rebuttal of Lesley Hazleton
‘Quick-witted’, ‘tart tongued’, ‘daring’, ‘headstrong’ and ‘assertive’ are not five phrases I would immediately attribute to Aisha when I hear them. What springs to mind is rather ‘prepubescent child-bride’; the authority for this assertion consists of multiple Islamic sources rather than speculative, cringeworthy platitudes. This is the issue we face when dissecting one of […]
Is Allah God? A Rebuttal of Professor Miroslav Volf
In a video for the Emir-Stein Center, a Christian theologian, Professor Miroslav Volf, presents his case for Allah being God. Volf begins the video with pure irrelevance. He starts by arguing that ‘Allah’ is God in the same way as ‘Bog’, ‘Dieu’ and ‘Gott’ are God in Croatian, French and German. However, simply defining ‘Allah’ […]
A Rebuttal of William F. Vendley on Why Muslims Condemn Terrorism
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q6tSq_YdQI] In a video from the 5th of July this year, Catholic theologian and Emir-Stein Center representative William F. Vendley presents a case for why Muslims do condemn [Islamic] terrorism, but there are many issues with the picture presented here by Vendley. One of Vendley’s claims in this video is that peaceful Muslims condemning […]
Islam on Women: A Rebuttal of Dr. Craig Considine on the Topic of Muhammad’s Humanity
There have rarely been historical figures more virulently anti-women than Muhammad, yet alongside many other characteristics of the prophet of Islam that are lauded by Dr. Craig Considine, Considine insists that Muhammad is inherently humane. Dr. Considine frequently repeats an interesting rebuttal to the claim that Islam oppresses women in the character of Aisha, one […]
A Rebuttal of Dr. Craig Considine’s Claim That Muhammad Was the First Anti-Racist
Over the past three or four years, few Christian speakers have caused more confusion on the topic of Islam as the Catholic sociology professor Dr. Craig Considine. His popular books and videos have propelled his ideas into the mainstream discussion of Islam, but how reliable a source is Dr. Considine on Islam and on […]