Louay Fatoohi's Blog

Similarities and Differences Between the Qur’an and Jewish and Christian Scriptures and Sources: What Do They Really Mean?

One observation that is often made by critics of the Qur’an is that at times its historical account of a story, such […]

The Islamic caliphate is promoted by its advocates on the basis that it was an ideal system of Islamic government in the […]

The rise of The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and its extreme form of intolerance, persecution of Christians and Yezidis, […]

The word “holocaust” is derived from the Greek “holos,” which means “whole,” and “Kaustos,” which means “burnt.” It has rightly entered every […]

In January 2009, I published an article on my other website Qur’anicStudies.com that was triggered by a massive Israeli attack on Gaza, […]

Since the attacks of 11/September/2001 on the USA, terrorism has been presented in the West as the most immediate danger to the […]

Like any collective activity, the Muslim congregational prayer (salāt al-Jamā’a) must have its rules, so that all participants can perform it in […]

Statements by scholars dating back to the 3rd century Hirji have claimed that the following verse, which has become known as “the […]

There are number of verses in the Qur’an that reveal leadership qualities of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). One of these is the […]

The mysterious Christmas tree tradition might have grown from a historical tree under which, according to the Qur’an, Jesus was born.

This article is extracted from my book The Historical Jesus: The Messiah in the Qur’an, the Bible, and Historical Sources. I have […]

Yesterday, I published an article on the option of using the length of the fasting day in Mecca or Medina when fasting […]

Last year I published an article about The Length of the Fasting Day of Ramadan in which I discussed the fact that […]

The democratically elected but now deposed President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, seems to have managed in the twelve months he was in […]

Having a strong faith that one’s religion is the ultimate truth usually implies that it is more truthful than other religions. This […]

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