The Gospel of Thomas The claim that the Qur’an plagiarized from the Gospel of Thomas, popularized in modern form by W. Atallah, rests on a methodological error: confusing shared religious vocabulary with literary dependence.[1] The Gospel of Thomas is not a Gospel in the historical sense The Gospel of Thomas is a 2nd-century Gnostic text,…
If someone asks ‘why should I believe in the Qur’an‘ or ‘why should I take the Qur’an to be the word of God‘ then the answer to that is simple. The Qur’an is the only book which claims to be from God. No other scripture even makes this claim. The claim of the Qur’an is…
This piece is written to cover the misconceptions of the Roman from Finland – see here and should be read in conjunction with this. The Roman from Finland extensively used the work of Koray Durak to make his claim that the ‘Romans’ according to Islam were simply the Byzantines who collapsed and hence, Romans do…
It is alleged that Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) made some false prophecies and two are discussed here. Before we look at those two prophecies, this snide remark is interesting: There are hundreds of prophecies attributed to Muhammad in the hadith literature, but I want to focus on the two I think are the best case for…
Qur'anic misconceptions addressed 