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Apostasy Laws In Islam – Do We Really Understand Them?

In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind. All that I see down the word press feed under the hash tag ‘Islam’ is just cases after cases of someone being punished for retracting their faith from Islam. And the Christian apologists just go up in arms when it comes to such a… Read More ›

Islam on Rape

Kaleef K. Karim One of the misconceptions towards Islam is that a rape victim gets punished, while the rapist gets unpunished and can walk away free. It is assumed by some that men in Islam can commit rape with impunity. Another lie anti-Muslim propagandists spread is that a victim who has been raped has to… Read More ›

Refuting The Allegation That ‘Muhammed hit his wife Aisha’ and more!

Kaleef K. Karim In this article, I am going to answer (refute) some claims that are spread around by some critics on women, in Islam. Related Article: Quran 4:34, ‘Beat Them’ (Wife Abuse)? Critics of Islam who want to undermine the character of the Prophet Muhammed (p) have accused the Prophet of beating his wife Aisha… Read More ›

Islam on Forced Marriage

Kaleef K. Karim It has been a custom in the media frenzy to link forced marriages that are committed in some Asian-Muslim communities, to link it to Islam.  This prompted me to write this article and show that Islam forbids forced marriages. In Islam for a marriage to be valid there has to be mutual… Read More ›

Are There Any Hadith Collections From Early Islam?

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Kaleef K. Karim Yes there are early Hadith collections. One of the claims hurled at Muslims by Christian missionaries and Hadith-rejecters are that they say, “there are no hadiths collections from early Islam”. According to them, Hadith came into existence 250 to 300 years after the Prophet Muhammed’s (p) demise. In… Read More ›

Age of Consent in European & American History

What was the ‘Age of Consent’ in European and American history, prior to the 20th century? In this article, I shall bring forth evidences which demonstrate that the ‘Age of consent’ was indeed, very young, even by today’s standards. I will provide academic sources which show that girls were allowed to be married at the… Read More ›

Did Kabah In Makkah Exist before 4th Century?

One of the recent things I have heard from Christian missionaries, when debating with them is that they say, “Kabah in Mecca did not exist before the 4th century.” Some of them even say that the Ka’bah in Mecca where Muslims go for pilgrimage annually has no history before the advent of Islam. These ridiculous… Read More ›

Trinity: Mary Worshipped As A God?

Kaleef K. Karim It is common among Christian missionaries to say, “the Quran got the trinity wrong.” Hence, they assume that the trinity that is mentioned in the Quran speaks of Mary as part of the Christian trinity. What they do not perceive is that nowhere in the Quranic verses they cite, does it indicate Mary… Read More ›

Is Islam Misrepresented?

In the name of Allah (swt), the Most Merciful, the Most Kind Adeel Qureshi The answer is yes! Often if not mostly the case that people have that cause them to have misrepresented views of Islam is that they cannot discern between cause and effect. What I mean by this is that when one looks at… Read More ›

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