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<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Diseases and Cures in the Wings of Houseflies|2=[[File:Phage.jpg|200px|link=Diseases and Cures in the Wings of Houseflies]]|3=The thesis put forward by some Muslims is that it has recently been proven by modern science that flies carry not only pathogens but also the agents that limit these pathogens, thus proving the fly wing hadiths that tell us "If a fly falls into one of your containers [of food or drink], immerse it completely before removing it, for under one of its wings there is venom and under another there is its antidote." They principally identify these agents to be bacteriophages, though they also sometimes refer to fungi. The scientific evidence does not support the veracity of the fly wing hadiths for many reasons, including: (1) Bacteriophages are not limited to any specific wing of the fly. (2) Bacteriophages in the natural state and concentration are not antidotal to bacterial diseases, particularly for temperate or lysogenic phages. (3) Bacteriophages are ineffective against non-bacterial diseases carried by flies, meaning even if the wings were to provide you with an antidote to bacterial diseases, they could infect you with another non-bacterial disease (i.e. dipping a fly into your drink is not good advice). ([[Diseases and Cures in the Wings of Houseflies|''read more'']])}}</option>
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Diseases and Cures in the Wings of Houseflies|2=[[File:Phage.jpg|200px|link=Diseases and Cures in the Wings of Houseflies]]|3=The thesis put forward by some Muslims is that it has recently been proven by modern science that flies carry not only pathogens but also the agents that limit these pathogens, thus proving the fly wing hadiths that tell us "If a fly falls into one of your containers [of food or drink], immerse it completely before removing it, for under one of its wings there is venom and under another there is its antidote." They principally identify these agents to be bacteriophages, though they also sometimes refer to fungi. The scientific evidence does not support the veracity of the fly wing hadiths for many reasons, including: (1) Bacteriophages are not limited to any specific wing of the fly. (2) Bacteriophages in the natural state and concentration are not antidotal to bacterial diseases, particularly for temperate or lysogenic phages. (3) Bacteriophages are ineffective against non-bacterial diseases carried by flies, meaning even if the wings were to provide you with an antidote to bacterial diseases, they could infect you with another non-bacterial disease (i.e. dipping a fly into your drink is not good advice). ([[Diseases and Cures in the Wings of Houseflies|''read more'']])}}</option>
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Allah the "Best of Deceivers"|2=[[File:Quran 3-54.png|290px|link=Allah the Best Deceiver]]|3=The Qur'an openly states many times that Allah is the 'best deceiver'. The root word used in these verses is Makr which means deception.  The literal translations, referenced from a Muslim website, make this very clear. Although there are many places in the Qur'an that use the same word (makir) in reference to Allah, this article will focus only on the verses in which Allah describes himself as the 'best deceiver'.([[Allah the Best Deceiver|''read more'']])}}</option>




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Jacques Cousteau's Alleged Conversion to Islam
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There is no evidence whatsoever to support the claim that Jacques Cousteau converted or even considered converting to Islam.

The only quote attributed to Cousteau concerning this issue originates from an Islamic publication that aims to propagate Islam, and is not attributed to Cousteau by any reliable neutral sources.

The Cousteau Society founded by Jacques-Yves Cousteau himself denied the rumor, a denial which came in the form of an official communication that Cousteau felt no need to repudiate even though he had the time and authority to do so.

His family have respectfully denied there is any truth behind the rumor on several occasions, and he was also buried in a Roman Catholic Christian funeral. (read more)