The most popular defence of Islam that can be seen on YouTube today is by Mehdi Hasan in his Oxford Union debate on the topic ‘Is Islam a peaceful religion?’ Mehdi Hasan is one of the most arrogant Islamic apologists seen today, but don’t expect to see anything actually linked to Islam (by Mehdi’s own […]
What is the Qur’an and what does it teach? A rebuttal of Dr. Garry Wills
With 1.2 million views on YouTube, the video ‘What is the Qur’an: A Christian Reads the Qur’an’ is easily the most viewed video from the Emir-Stein Center, yet it is also the shortest, at only 3 minutes and 51 seconds. While I expected an impartial introductory video with no need for deceit, this was […]
The Story of Emil Abdelkader and its Relevance to Islam: A Rebuttal of John Kiser
The story of Emil Abdelkader, a 19th-century Algerian military leader who saved the Christians of Damascus from a massacre in 1860, is an outlier among the stories of Islamic leaders, although it teaches us a great lesson. This lesson, however, is not what the Emir-Stein Center wants it to be. John Kiser, co-founder of the […]
Aisha, Muhammad’s Child Bride: A Rebuttal of Lesley Hazleton
‘Quick-witted’, ‘tart tongued’, ‘daring’, ‘headstrong’ and ‘assertive’ are not five phrases I would immediately attribute to Aisha when I hear them. What springs to mind is rather ‘prepubescent child-bride’; the authority for this assertion consists of multiple Islamic sources rather than speculative, cringeworthy platitudes. This is the issue we face when dissecting one of […]
A Rebuttal of William F. Vendley on Why Muslims Condemn Terrorism
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q6tSq_YdQI] In a video from the 5th of July this year, Catholic theologian and Emir-Stein Center representative William F. Vendley presents a case for why Muslims do condemn [Islamic] terrorism, but there are many issues with the picture presented here by Vendley. One of Vendley’s claims in this video is that peaceful Muslims condemning […]
New York Times Falsely Claims Muhammad Would Deplore Conversion of Hagia Sophia to a Mosque
My latest in PJ Media: If you’re concerned about the implications for the geopolitical scene, as well as for the Church, of the conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque, relax: in a piece by the prominent Turkish moderate Muslim Mustafa Akyol, the New York Times is here to tell you that what’s happening is […]
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 […]
Was Muhammad a Prophet of War? A Rebuttal of Professor Juan Cole
‘The Qur’anic verses commanding self-defence have been cherry-picked by anti-Muslim writers and by small cells of extremists to depict the Prophet and the community as militant. This is far from accurate’. This excerpt is from what I believe is the most disgraceful video I have ever seen on Islam: Muhammad: A Prophet of War? […]
Turkish Supreme Court claims Mehmet the Conqueror “bought” Hagia Sophia, so it can only be a mosque
This claim is a transparent attempt to whitewash an act of cultural appropriation and annihilation on a massive scale. It is useful to recall exactly how Hagia Sophia became a mosque on May 29, 1453. The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS tells the full story. Once they breached the walls of Constantinople, Muslims […]