Dervish

On Becoming Muslim

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 13 Comments »

In the thread On Baha'i and Freedom of Religion, there is a question lingering in the background: choice of religion. Anyone who has read my blog for long enough (gosh ... Read more..

Freedom of Religion: An Essential Islamic Right

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

There shall be no coercion in matters of faith. Distinct has now become the right way from [the way of] error: hence, he who rejects the powers of evil and ... Read more..

The death and burial of Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him.

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

When I heard the news that the remains of Jesus, peace be upon him, and his family had claimed to be found, I sort of thought "wow, the Qur'an proved ... Read more..

Categories of People in the Qur’an

Monday, February 26th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

There is a false meme floating around on anti-Islamic and neo-con websites, that there are only two types of people in the Islamic worldview: Muslim (goodies) and Infidels (everyone else). ... Read more..

Golden Rule in Islam

Sunday, February 25th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

One of the memes that floats around in the anti-Islam (mostly Christian dominionist and neo-conservative) websites is that there is no golden rule in Islam. The golden rule (or ... Read more..

What can we know of God?

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

As promised, I am writing a post on what Muslims believe we can know of God. In the early centuries after the passing of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon ... Read more..

What does the word Islam mean?

Sunday, November 19th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

There appear to be a list of misconceptions and lies that drift from one anti-Islamic site to another. Many of them can be sourced from people like Daniel Pipes ... Read more..