Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban and American forces are withdrawing. As with such ventures, this has resulted in tens, if not hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees fleeing their own country. And as night follows day, this has also resulted in calls by many American individuals and organizations to bring in as many […]
Muhammad and the Killing of Women and Children
It is commonly claimed that Muhammad had issued a general prohibition against the killing of women and children, and that this was established Islamic Doctrine. There are two popular hadiths that are often used to support this claim: It has been reported from Sulaiman b. Buraid through his father that when the Messenger of Allah […]
The Iowa State Senate Prays to Allah – Twice
The Iowa State Senate opens each daily session with a prayer. On February 8, State Senator Sarah Trone Garriott (D) “shared a prayer” written by one of her constituents who was a Muslim. The prayer was to Allah and included references to a number of Allah’s 99 Names.[1] It is interesting that the Iowa […]
Rice University Sacrifices Academic Standards on the Altar of Fantasy Islam
…the United States created the foundation on which great research universities could be built. Those core values included…organized skepticism (the willingness to entertain the most radical of ideas, but subject the claims to truth and fact to the most rigorous scrutiny)… Jonathan R. Cole, John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University at Columbia University[1] The […]
The Fantasy Islam of Rice University’s Craig Considine (Part 3)
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 […]