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. […]
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 […]
Catholic scholar falsely claims that Muhammad responded non-violently to those who mocked him
Craig Considine depends upon the ignorance of his audience about Islam. “Catholic Scholar Spins Jihadi Beheading,” by Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, October 19, 2020: PARIS (ChurchMilitant.com) – A Catholic sociologist is whitewashing Muhammad’s violent response to people who mocked him as thousands rallied across France Sunday to honor a schoolteacher who was beheaded for showing cartoons of Muhammad […]
A Few Questions for Craig Considine
Craig Considine is a lecturer in sociology at Rice University who continues to call himself a Christian, though for years he has been a Defender of the Faith – that faith being Islam. For Considine, Islam is a religion of “love.” He doesn’t bother to try to engage with, or explain away, such Qur’anic verses […]
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 […]
Deceptive Islamic apologist Craig Considine claims Mohammed was against discrimination
Craig Considine is an Islamic apologist who tries to gain popularity from the Islamic community by praising Mohammed while claiming to be a non-Muslim. He has written a book about how Mohammed was a humanitarian, a women’s rights advocate and anti-racist. These are complete lies. Considine, moreover, is a coward who has ignored invitations to […]
Red-Green Twitterstorm to America: Burn, Baby, Burn (Part Four)
“The racist and brutal tactics used by Israeli military and US cops are purposefully one and the same,” the Democratic Socialists of America outrageously tweeted on May 26 at the start of the current global Black Lives Matter (BLM) upheaval. This exemplifies on social media the previously-analyzed blood libel that Israeli training encourages American police […]
Red-Green Twitterstorm to America: Burn, Baby, Burn (Part Three)
Islam’s prophet Muhammad “unequivocally condemned racism & actively dismantled systems of oppression based on race/ethnicity…1,388 years ago,” Rice University professor Craig Considine recently tweeted. Such glorification of Islam is of a piece with the leftist-Islamist falsehoods about an inherently rotten America that are motivating the current urban upheaval. Considine has repeatedly suggested on Twitter that the […]
American ‘scholar’ claims that Islam is ‘the one religion that erases from its society the race problem’
In the words of “American scholar” Craig Considine, “America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem.” Considine neglects to mention the slavery of blacks that persists in the Islamic societies of Mauritania, Algeria, Sudan and Libya, and the overall “vulgar racism against Afro/black Arabs” […]
Newsweek uses the coronavirus pandemic to promote Islam
David Wood offers a marvelous evisceration of Islamic apologist Craig Considine’s dawah in Newsweek in this video. Meanwhile, would Newsweek ever publish an article about how Christian principles can help protect one from the coronavirus? Not on your life. “Can the Power of Prayer Alone Stop a Pandemic like the Coronavirus? Even the Prophet Muhammad […]
Islamic Reform: Craig Considine’s Bridge to Nowhere
In the years since 9/11, the Islamic reform movement has advanced sufficiently that two distinct camps have emerged: reformers and bridge-builders. Genuine reformers seek to transform how Islam is practiced, while bridge-builders seek to improve how Islam is perceived, mainly by non-Muslims.Reformers tend to be Muslims who fault their co-religionists from previous centuries for writing […]
David Wood Video: The Purpose of Debating Islam and Jihad: A Reply to Dr. Craig Considine
Recently, some people on Twitter suggested that Craig Considine, an Islamic apologist I’ve written about several times (see here and here), debate either the brilliant David Wood or me. I readily agreed, and David suggested a four-man debate, with Considine and Reza Aslan on one side and Wood and me on the other. That was […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Apologists for Islam and History
Apologists for Islam are a varied bunch – some reveal ignorance, others deploy deliberate taqiyya – but all play fast and loose with history. Here are three examples: Karen Armstrong on the Expulsion of the Moors In 1492, the year that is often said to inaugurate the modern era, three very important events happened in Spain. […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: An update on the “islamochristian”
The phenomenon of the “islamochristian” deserves wider attention, and the word wider use. An “islamochristian” is, in its strictest sense, a Christian Arab who identifies with and works to advance the Islamic agenda, out of fear or out of a belief that his “Arabness” requires loyalty to Islam. Islamization by the Arab Muslim conquerors of […]
Huffington Post: Christians should accept Muhammad as a prophet
The Leftist establishment continues to shill for Islam. Can you imagine the Huffington Post publishing a piece called “Why a Muslim Can View Jesus As the Son of God”? Of course not. While unstintingly hostile to Christianity, for some unknown reason (Saudi princes lining their pockets?) the Left in the West is intent on making […]