In this final part we will look a little further into Considine’s Fantasy Islam, and then my concluding remarks. Muhammad did not condemn Christians to hellfire or call them inferior On p. 113 Considine wrote: …Muhammad did not condemn Christians to the eternal hellfire. Nor did the Prophet think that Christians are inferior people who […]
The Fantasy Islam of Rice University’s Craig Considine (Part 2)
Let’s continue examining the creativity of Considine’s Fantasy Islam. Muhammad’s Farewell Sermon On p. 61 Considine lauded Muhammad’s Farewell Sermon as an example of Muhammad’s belief in racial equality: The Farewell Sermon (see Appendix 2) of Muhammad…is another noteworthy manifestation of the Prophet’s stance on anti-racism. He stated in the sermon: “…a white person has […]
The Fantasy Islam of Rice University’s Craig Considine (Part 1)
Dr. Craig Considine is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Rice University, a private university in Houston, Texas. According to the university’s website, it “is ranked among the nation’s top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report.”[1] In July 2020 Considine’s new book, The Humanity of Muhammad: A Christian View, was published. […]
The Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Meets Fantasy Islam
According to its website, The Iowa Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) was created by an act of the Iowa legislature in 1967 with its purpose being to upgrade law enforcement to professional status. The specific goals were to maximize training opportunities for law enforcement officers…[1] In furtherance of this training goal, on November 9-10, 2020 the […]
Was Muhammad Really the ‘First Anti-Racist in Human History’?
In June 2020, Dr. Craig Considine, a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Rice University, produced a video titled “Who Is the First Anti-Racist in Human History?” In this video Considine identified Muhammad as that “First Anti-Racist.” Considine noted: Arguably, Prophet Muhammad was the first person in human history to declare, in no […]
CAIR vs Dr. Nicholas Damask: The Assault on Academic Freedom
On June 3, 2020, the Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Arizona) announced the filing of a First Amendment lawsuit against Scottsdale Community College on behalf of a Muslim student who was punished for refusing to agree with an anti-Muslim professor’s unconstitutional condemnations of Islam during a Political Science class. During a World […]
The Adventures of Asking Muslim Reformers to Categorically Choose between Western Laws and Islam
On January 7th Jihad Watch published my article titled “93% of Muslim Public Officials Would Not Express Support for the Constitution They Swore to Uphold.”[1] This article was a result of a survey of four questions I had sent to eighty Muslim public officials across the United States. With each of the four questions the […]
93% of Muslim Public Officials Would Not Express Support for the Constitution They Swore to Uphold
It’s more than just about having three Muslims in Congress. I think symbolically it has great value, but I won’t rest until 2020 we have five more members of Congress; 2022 and 24, we have ten more Muslims in Congress. In 2030 we may have about 30, 35 Muslims in Congress. Then we’re talking about […]
The University of Michigan’s Juan Cole and the “Anonymous Troll”: the “Troll” Responds
A great university is defined in large part by its outstanding faculty. The University of Michigan attracts faculty members with commitment to excellence in both teaching and research, as shown by the high quality of its graduates and the superior research and scholarship by its faculty.[1] Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor […]
The Fantasy Islam of the University of Chicago’s Fred Donner (Part 3)
In this final part we will be concluding our examination of Donner’s book Muhammad and the Believers at the Origins of Islam. All major events occurred on the same date and day of the week – just different years? On p. 51 Donner made this claim to support his concerns about the accuracy of the […]
The Fantasy Islam of the University of Chicago’s Fred Donner (Part 2)
In Part 1, we looked at Donner’s book Muhammad and the Believers at the Origins of Islam and saw that Donner’s premise of an ecumenical “Believers’ movement” founded by Muhammad was not supported by fact. In Part 2 we will look at more misinformation in Donner’s book. Five prayers a day was established after Muhammad’s […]
The Fantasy Islam of the University of Chicago’s Fred Donner (Part 1)
A few years ago we saw the release of a book by Fred M. Donner titled Muhammad and the Believers at the Origins of Islam. Donner was then, and still is, the Professor of Near Eastern History (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Oriental Institute) at the University of Chicago. Donner’s book received very […]
The Fantasy Islam of the University of Michigan’s Juan Cole (Part 3)
In this final part we will delve into more examples of Cole’s Fantasy Islam, and then end by addressing the issue of stoning adulterers to death and providing proof that can be used to show that such stoning is an established part of Islamic Doctrine. Muhammad spread Islam peacefully with no compulsion On p. 3 […]
The Fantasy Islam of the University of Michigan’s Juan Cole (Part 2)
In Part 1 we saw how Cole had taken a selective approach to Islamic Doctrine and 7th Century Muslim history, had believed that there was human involvement in the writing of the Koran, had a certain amount of disconnect between what he wrote and sources he claimed showed support for that writing, and had exercised […]
The Fantasy Islam of the University of Michigan’s Juan Cole (Part 1)
In October 2018 we saw the release of Juan Cole’s new book: Muhammad, Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires. Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan, and he is a “Renowned Middle East Expert.”[1] His new book received rave reviews; here are some that are […]
An “expert” analyst stayed in the CIA to prove Islam was a religion of peace
Farhana Qazi recently wrote a book titled Invisible Martyrs: Inside the World of Female Islamic Radicals.[1] The focus of this book was on identifying the forces that drove women to become terrorists willing to strap on a bomb and kill themselves along with others. It was based on information Qazi learned during her years as […]
Islam and the Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan
The original Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was founded on December 24, 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee by some former officers of the Confederate Army. Its name came from the Greek word for circle: kuklos. But by the early 1870’s, the KKK had largely faded away. The rebirth of the KKK happened in 1915 at the hands […]
“It’s OK that Muhammad married a child because people didn’t live as long back then” – Really?
One can still find Muslims who deny that Muhammad married Aisha when she was six and consummated the marriage with she was nine. This is in spite of Aisha’s own words, e.g.: “Narrated ‘Aishah that the Prophet wrote the marriage contract with her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when […]
Muhammad’s Other Battle Cries: It’s Time for Killing!
Over the years there have been informative articles written about how the phrase “Allahu akbar” (Allah is greater) has been used since the time of Muhammad as both a Muslim battle cry and for other occasions.[1] However, during the time of Muhammad, there were numerous battles in which the Muslims used other battle cries that […]
Remembering the 2009 Little Rock Jihadist Attack and President Obama’s Days of Silence
June 1, 2018 will be the ninth anniversary of two tragic events. The first event was the shooting of two United States Army privates by a Muslim convert outside the recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas; one private was killed and the other was wounded. The second event was the start of the multi-day silence […]