Reason #9 "The practices of Islam are relevant for today". Polygamy, prayer, and women clothing are the main practices. To answer that; polygamy only benefits the man, and creates a lot of problems, prayer is ritualistic and impersonal, and women 's identity is taken to pay for man's sin. Reason #10 "The superiority of Islam" : Convert claim that Islam is superior because : It is the final revelation, its growing fast, It prepares you for here and after, it talks about every sphere of life, the ...
Jul 05, 2025•25 min
In this episode Al Fadi and Dr Jay continue to discuss reasons #7 and 8 of why people convert to Islam. Reason #7 Is the testimony of other Muslims, that they are good people. This doesn't mean that their religion is true and that their prophet is a true prophet in fact he did not meet the criteria of what a true prophet from the Bible should be. Reason #8 Is Islam's rationality; because the trinity, the incarnation, baptism and other doctrines of Christianity doesn't make sense to the Muslims t...
Jun 28, 2025•28 min
In this episode Al Fadi and Dr Jay discuss reasons #5 and #6. Reason #5 is The beauty of the Quran and its applicability. Converts admire the Quran and how beautiful it is to recite it ,and that it was never changed, but the experts disagree; the Quran has changed and there is more than 30 different versions of it, besides that it is incoherent . Reason #6 is The simplicity of Islam's teachings. To answer that claim they say the simpler the religion the more man made it is, God is more that we c...
Jun 21, 2025•27 min
In this episode Al Fadi and Dr Jay continue the discussion of slavery and how Christianity delt with it. They mention the abolition movement from 1673 with Richard Baxter in the USA, William Wilberforce 1789 who headed the abolition movement in the U K. To contrast that with Muslim countries who abolished slavery between 1952-1981, Qatar 1952, Saudi Arabia in 1961 just two examples and they did it because of pressure from western countries. Islam had never had an abolition movement. Next they di...
Jun 14, 2025•26 min
In this episode Al Fadi and Dr jay discuss reason #3, The brotherhood of Islam(Al Umma). In the U.S. the emphasis is on the oppressors are white people and the oppressed are black people; and that Christianity started slavery pointing to North Atlantic slavery in the 14-18 century. Going back in the history of Arabs and Muslims being slave traders in the time of Muhammad and he never forbade it. Quoting very famous Muslim scholars Al Fadi and Dr Jay point out the names Muslims call the African p...
Jun 07, 2025•26 min
In this episode Al Fadi and Dr Jay discuss the doctrine of the trinity in the Bible and the Tawheed in the Quran. They say that neither term appear in the Bible or the Quran but understood to explain a theological term. Dr Jay mentions that Dr Paul Blakham went through the Bible identifying the trinity in each book. Two examples are given Genesis1:1 in the beginning God(Elohim; a plural word for God) , yet Deuteronomy 6:4 emphasizes that God is one. In the new testament in Matthew 28:19-20 ....I...
May 31, 2025•27 min
In this episode Al Fadi and Dr jay continue with explaining the first reason of why people convert to Islam and that is the social laws. They discuss statistics from the Kidron Atlas and how Muslim majority countries fall behind of major social issues like literacy, the quality of life, and mortality rate as some examples. Most converts to Islam never been to a Muslim majority country. They also discuss the second reason for converting to Islam and that is not understanding the trinity of God. S...
May 24, 2025•27 min
Al Fadi and Dr Jay list twelve reasons of why people convert to Islam in the West, mainly the study was done on the Eastern cost of North America. The majority are from African American background that converted to Islam in prison. Reason # 1 They say is the social laws. They claim that Islam has a comprehensive guide to life; it tells you how to walk and talk. Al Fadi and Dr Jay challenge that reason by giving some examples; the penalty for stealing in Islam is cutting off the hand . Women head...
May 17, 2025•25 min
Today Al Fadi and Dr Jay discuss the last four claims: #13 The Constitution of Al Madina; a document between three major groups supposedly created by Muhammad. #14. The Doctrina La Cobi; a Greek Christian tract from Carthage, which refers to a prophet with a sword. #15. Is Muhammad in the Quran? #16. Is Muhammad's name on the Dome of the Rock? Listen as Al Fadi and Dr Jay debunk these claims in details. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 10, 2025•25 min
In this episode Al Fadi and Dr Jay recap the first eleven claims; in conclusion : every reference to Mohammad in these claims place him in the wrong place and probably refer to other Muhammads = " the praised ones ". Then they discuss claim #12 The Ashtiname Letter, which was supposed to be written by Mohammad or Ali to the monks of St Catherine's Monastery, promising protection and other privileges. This turned out to be a fraud written by the monks of the monastery to protect themselves from t...
May 03, 2025•26 min
Al Fadi and Dr Jay discuss two more claims; Claim # 10 is John Nikiou, An Egyptian Coptic Bishop, who mentions Muhammad and Islam. The problem of this claim is that the earliest manuscript of this quote is from the 1700 AD and not the 7th century. Claim #11 John of Damascus, 730 AD, He mentions Muhammad as a false prophet, who taught the heresy of the Ishmaelites, who had four revelation three of them are called Suras in today's Quran. This is hardly a compliment to Islam or Muhammad. See omnyst...
Apr 26, 2025•29 min
In this episode Al Fadi and Dr jay debunk five more claims: #5 John of Antioch in 639 AD, # 6 Ishoyahb III in 647 AD , # 7 The Armenian Bishop Sebeos in 660 -670 AD, # 8 Monothelite Christian in 662 AD, #9 John Bar Penkaye, a Nestorian Christian in 690 Ad. in some of these claims it is only an argument between a trinitarian and anti trinitarian and in others there is no mention of the Quran, Muslim or Islam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 19, 2025•26 min
Al Fadi and Dr Jay refute the first four claims : 1. Thomas the Presbyter (634AD), who refers to a battle between the Romans and a "Tayaye d-Mhmt" which happened east of Gaza in 634 AD. 2. A flyleaf (634 AD), this refers to a battle of Yarmuk between the Syrians and the Arab of Mhmud. 3. The Sophronius and Jerusalem (637 AD). A Christian account of the conquest of Jerusalem in 637 AD by the Caliph Umar. 4. The Pact of Umar(637 AD). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 12, 2025•25 min
In the Standard Islamic Narrative, Muslims claim that Muhammad lived in the seventh century in western Arabia (Mecca, Medina ) between 570-632 AD. In this new series Al Fadi and Dr Jay are going to use outside sources, none Islamic, to debunk any external evidence that is used to claim that the Mohammad of Islam did exist in the seventh century. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 11, 2025•26 min
Al Fadi and Brother Mel continue their talk about the connection between Islam and the Zoroastrian religion of Persia. Today they talk about the myth of the Buraq; which Muslims believe it is a flying horse, which took Mohammad to Jerusalem to Al Aqsa mosque and then to heaven. The origin of the name is Persian which means : A riding animal, a rider or a horse. In Zoroastrianism a demon god rides on a horse. This shows the willingness of Islam to copy other religions. They also touch on the orig...
Apr 05, 2025•25 min
Al Fadi, Dr Jay, and Brother Mel are starting a new series called Exposing the Myth. In this episode they are talking about how Islam borrowed from the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. 1.The name of the ZamZam well is zoroastrian in origin. The name Zam is a pagan god which refers to mother nature. 2. The Black stone in al Kaaba is connected to another demon called Afraditi(Venus/ Lucifer). 3. The Jamarat represent Satan. 4. The Sunna/ hadith was written in persian lands. 5. The times of pray...
Mar 29, 2025•25 min
Dr Jay and Al Fadi continue with three more historical problems with the Quran: 1. The Al Aqsa mosque( Sura 17: 1), which Muslims believe that Mohammad ascended into heaven from, was built in 710 AD, and Mohammad died in 632 AD. 2. The chain mail that is mentioned in Sura 24: 10-11 that King David wore around 1000BC ,was not invented until 200 BC. 3. The reference to the crucifixion in Sura 7: 121-124 during the time of Moses and Pharaoh in 1400 BC and Joseph 1800BC (Sura 12 :41). The crucifixio...
Mar 22, 2025•24 min
Dr Jay and Al Fadi discuss the refutations to Dan Brubaker book: Corrections in Early Quranic Manuscripts. one of the refutations is by Hythem Sidky who writes a book responding to Dan's book. Dr Jay and Al Fadi also talk about the historical problems of the Quran, they give an example from Sura 20 : 85-87,95-97, where it talks about a Samaritan who lived in the time of Moses and helped the Israelites build the golden calf. The problem with that story is the time period ; Moses lived in 1400 BC ...
Mar 15, 2025•25 min
In this episode Al Fadi and Dr Jay discuss sixteen example of changes made to a number of Quranic manuscripts to fit the 1924 Hafs edition of the Quran. Al and Jay took those examples from Dr Daniel Brubaker book" Creating the Quran" . This book has been so damaging to the standard Islamic narrative that claims that the Quran has been perfectly preserved. Listen to this episode to learn the details of these damaging changes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 08, 2025•25 min
Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith continue their discussion about the interview that Muhammad Hijab had with Dr Yasi Qadi about the Quran preservation. Al and Dr Jay mention that most Muslims especially in the East do not cross the line of questioning the Quran. Dr Yasir Qadi had a crisis of faith "knowledge" when he went to Yale university. The interview caused a lot of Muslims to doubt and leave Islam. They also talked about Dr Brubaker's work on the early Quranic manuscript in his book" Corrections in...
Mar 02, 2025•25 min
Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith listen to a clip of a major interview of Dr Yasir Qadi by Mohammad Hijab on the topic of the preservation of the Quran. In this interview Dr Yasi Qadi admits it is a hard subject to discuss and that it should not be a public discussion. He also says that it is enough to believe it and not question it. The original interview was done on 6/8/2020. This interview was very damaging to the Standard Islamic Narrative, and in it Dr Yasir Qadi admits that the S.I.N. has holes in...
Feb 22, 2025•25 min
Continuing last week's discussion, Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith say that Ibn Mujaahed chose the seven Kira'at in the tenth century. The criteria for choosing them was popularity. Hafs differ from the other Kira'at by 93 thousand dots and vowels. Therefore the preservation claim does not stand the test. They give several examples between the Hafs and Warsh: 1. Sura 2:184 ; Al miskeen and Al masaakeen; the first is singular noun and the second is the plural form of the noun. 2. Sura 3:146; the words k...
Feb 15, 2025•25 min
Dr Jay and Al Fadi discuss the multiple different Arabic Qurans that a Turkish sister called Hattun found in different Arabic countries starting in 2016. Dr Jay and Hattun took the Qurans to speakers corner in England where they showed them to Muslims who were shocked to hear and see that, because they have been told by their leaders that the Quran has been perfectly preserved to the letter and the dot. The Muslim response was that these are different readings for different dialects. There is fi...
Feb 08, 2025•25 min
Al Fadi and Dr Jay continue there discussion from Shoemaker's book Creating the Quran. They name some scholars including Montgomery, Patricia Corona and others who point out that Mecca was insignificant and Medina (Yathrib was a small date oasis with few hundred people living there, and there is no mention of Jews living there as the S.I.N. mentions. They also say that most scholars conclude that the Quran and Islam is not from central Hijaz but from farther north. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
Feb 01, 2025•25 min
Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith continue there review of Shoemaker book; creating the Quran . Today they focus on where was the origin of the Quran. They say that there was some rock inscription in Northern Arabian not in the Hijaz. Some of the reasons why the inscription doesn't fit the Hijazi dialect of central Arabia are three distinctive features: 1. The distinctive form of the relative pronoun. 2. The distinctive form of the distal demonstrative . 3. the use of the verbal constructive of ya aleph....
Jan 25, 2025•23 min
Muslims claim that Mecca is in Saudi Arabia, that Mohammad was born there, and that he also received his revelation of the Quran there. If that is true where is Mecca? Steven Shoemaker in his book Creating the Quran on page114 mentions that there is no mention of a mecca in any of the great civilizations of the time . Not only that,but another scholar; Patricia Corona said that there were no trade roues going through Mecca on land nor by the coast of the Red Sea bordering Mecca. Many scholars sa...
Jan 18, 2025•25 min
This manuscript was found in Damascus and was moved to Germany. It looks a lot like the upper layer of the Sana manuscript. There are three reasons why this manuscript is 8th century and not 7th century: 1. The dots , the circles ,and the verse markings suggests that the text is a later text. 2. . The page layout and illuminations parallels the 8th century manuscripts. 3. The ornamentations suggests Abd Al Malik and Al Hajjag new distinctive Islamic Arabic manuscripts. The question is if this te...
Jan 11, 2025•25 min
Dr Jay and Al Fadi continue the comparison between the upper and the lower layers of the Sana manuscripts of the Quran with the 1924 Hafs edition of the Quran. They point out differences that changes the meaning of the text; for example Sura 9: 9 in the lower layer of the manuscripts states" the way of Allah while the Hafs Quran of 1924 says 'His way". Another difference in the upper layer as an example is Sura 7: 76 "you directed vs he directed" They point out that most of the differences have ...
Jan 04, 2025•24 min
Dr Jay Smith discusses the book that Dr Asma Hilali wrote on the Sana Palimpsest manuscripts. He talks about the conclusions that she came up with by comparing it to todays Hafs Quran; she says that there are seventy variants in sixty three verses. She also believes that it is a student text. Jay says that that shuts down the idea of the preservation of the Quran which both Muslim and the Quran claim ( ie Sura 85: 21,22). Then Jay and Al discuss some of the differences as examples. Then they ask...
Dec 28, 2024•25 min
The Sana manuscripts is a palimpsest manuscripts ; which means that there is a lower and upper layers of writing . Scholars say that the two writings are late seventh and early eighth century respectively. They think that it is two versions of the Quran; the first is a pre- standard Quran which was erased and rewritten as the canonical version. On comparing the two writing , it was found that there are seventy variants between the two. Dr Jay says that the lower text was erased because it needed...
Dec 21, 2024•25 min
