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<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Isa al-Masih (Jesus Christ)|2=[[File:Ascension of Isa.jpg|165px|link=Isa al-Masih (Jesus Christ)]]|3=In Islam, Isa al-Masih (عيسى المسي usually translated as Jesus Christ) is believed to be a prophet, second in rank to Muhammad, and not the son of God. Indeed, associating divinity with Jesus is decried as blasphemy in the Qur'an time and again. ([[Isa al-Masih (Jesus Christ)|''read more'']])}}</option>


<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Qur'anic Claim of Everything Created in Pairs|2=[[File:B-rotifers-organism.jpg|185px|link=Quranic Claim of Everything Created in Pairs]]|3=This article analyzes the claim that Man did not know anything about the "creation in pairs" at the time of the 'descent' of the Qur'an. The case against the Qur'an is really very simple. All one has to do is to show that not all creatures are ‘created’ in pairs.
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Geocentrism and the Quran|2=[[File:SunMoonDesert.png|210px|link=Geocentrism and the Quran]]|3=The Qur'an says that both the sun and the moon swim or float in a rounded course, or perhaps in a celestial sphere or hemisphere (a 'falak' in the Arabic). It seems that Allah brings the sun from the east, it goes high above the Earth and ends after sunset with the Sun going to a resting place. All this took place around an Earth that was spread out and had a firmament of seven heavens built without pillars that can be seen above it. This was a common belief in the region at that time and can be found earlier with the Babylonians, ancient Hebrews, the Assyrians and numerous other cultures in the region. ([[Geocentrism and the Quran|''read more'']])}}</option>


Based on the existence of the schizophyllum commune, and asexual, hermaphroditic and parthenogenetic organisms, the Qur'anic verses about Allah creating all creatures in pairs (male and female) are shown to be in error.
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Wife Beating in Islamic Law|2=[[File:A scene from submission.jpg|210px|link=Wife Beating in Islamic Law]]|3=Wife-beating is supported by the teachings of Islamic religious texts such as the Qur'an and the Hadiths. Prophet Muhammad provided tacit approval of wife beating by not scolding Muslims for beating their wives, referred to women who spoke-out against abuse as "not the best among you", forbid Muslims from questioning men who beat their wives, allowed others to hit his wives (the very women whom all Muslims adore and refer to as "the Mother of believers"), reaffirms the command of wife-beating in his parting sermon, and himself struck one of his wives in the chest. In addition to Muhammad's actions, three of the four Rightly-Guided Caliphs also beat women. ([[Wife Beating in Islamic Law|''read more'']])}}</option>


The ancient Chinese Yin-Yang duality principle proves that the spurious claim of ‘creation in pairs’ to mean matter-antimatter complements to be unremarkable. Besides, some Hindus make similar claims about the Rig-Veda as the Muslims make about the Qur'an and scriptural allusions to matter and antimatter. ([[Quranic Claim of Everything Created in Pairs|''read more'']])}}</option>
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Aisha's Age|2=[[File:Muhammad and Aisha freeing chief's daughter.jpg|165px|link=Aisha's Age]]|3=Aisha (‘Ā’ishah, c. 613/614 –c. 678) or عائشة, (also transliterated as A'ishah, Aisyah, Ayesha, A'isha, Aishat, or Aishah) was married to Muhammad at the age of 6 or 7, and the marriage was consummated by Muhammad, then 53, at the age of 9 according to numerous sahih hadiths. Due to concerns about child marriage this topic is of heavy interest in the apologetic literature and public discourse.


Marriage at a young age was not unheard of in Arabia at the time, and Aisha's marriage to Muhammad may have had a political connotation, as her father Abu Baker was an influential man in the community. Abu Bakr, on his part, may have sought to further the bond of kinship between Muhammad and himself by joining their families together in marriage via Aisha. Egyptian-American Islamic scholar, Leila Ahmed, notes that Aisha's betrothal and marriage to Muhammad are presented as ordinary in Islamic literature, and may indicate that it was not unusual for children to be married to their elders in that era. ([[Aisha's Age|''read more'']])}}</option>


<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Qur'an Predicted Black Holes And Pulsars|2=[[File:Pulsars.jpg|240px|link=Quran Predicted Black Holes And Pulsars]]|3=This article analyzes two separate claims made by Harun Yahya concerning black holes and pulsars.  
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Islamic Views on the Shape of the Earth|2=[[File:Flat Earth The Wonders of Creation.jpg|165px|link=Islamic Views on the Shape of the Earth]]|3=Islamic scriptures imply, adhere to, and describe a flat-Earth cosmography (arranged in a geocentric system) which conceives of the earth as existing in the form of a large plane or disk. While some early Islamic authorities maintained that the earth existed in the shape of a "ball", such notions are entirely absent in the earliest Islamic scriptures.


The analysis shows the claim that the Qur'an predicted the modern understanding of Black Holes is not backed by the scientific evidence, and the claim that the Qur'an predicted the modern understanding of pulsars is conjectural and not supported by the scientific evidence.  
Nonetheless, as knowledge of the Earth's spherical form has existed to greater or lesser degree since at least classical Greek (4th Century BCE), it has been frequently argued in recent times that the early scholars of Islam, the first followers of Muhammad, and indeed Islamic scripture itself supported the spherical-earth model, although evidence for these claims is lacking. ([[Islamic Views on the Shape of the Earth|''read more'']])}}</option>


It has also shown Harun Yahya’s self-contradiction as he used the same Qur'anic verse to ‘prove’ both the black hole and the pulsar. Since a black hole cannot possibly also be a pulsar, it appears that Harun Yahya has refuted himself. ([[Quran Predicted Black Holes And Pulsars|''read more'']])}}</option>
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=The Quran and Mountains|2=[[File:MarshakFaultBlock.png|165px|link=The Quran and Mountains]]|3=The Quran has a particular conception of the nature of mountains, their formation, and the geological role they play. In recent times, many Islamic scholars have argued that this conception is both scientifically sound and an instance of miraculous scientific foreknowledge on the part of the Quran.  


Critics argue that these verses contain multiple mistakes from a scientific viewpoint. They describe the creation of mountains as one stage in the creation of the Earth. One verse describes mountains as pegs, while other verses state that they were cast into the Earth in some sense to stabilise it. This is commonly interpreted today as a reference to earthquakes, though multiple lines of evidence including hadith and pre-Islamic poetry indicate rather that the Quran here means that mountains prevent the Earth as a whole from shifting.  ([[The Quran and Mountains|''read more'']])}}</option>


<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Qur'an and the Big Bang|2=[[File:Galaxy.jpg|250px|link=Quran and the Big Bang]]|3=Apologists claim the “Big Bang” is described by the Qur’an. However on closer examination, these claims of miraculous scientific information in the Qur’an are shown to be in error. The Qur’an is silent on the “big bang” because it clearly has no awareness whatsoever of a universe that pre-existed the creation of the planet Earth, or extended outwards into infinite space. It has no understanding of galaxies, or clusters of galaxies, or quasars or pulsars or any of the other things that could have easily been mentioned by Allah and left us no room for quibbling. ([[Quran and the Big Bang|''read more'']])}}</option>
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Dihya the Berber Queen (Al-Kaahina)|2=[[File:Statue of Dyhia in Khenchela (Algeria).jpg|105px|link=Dihya the Berber Queen (Al-Kaahina)]]|3=Dihya was a Berber queen who led her people in resisting the Islamic conquest of her home in North Africa. She is better known as Kahina or al-Kahina, a title given to her by the Arab Muslims, which means "the witch" or "the sorceresses." ([[Dihya the Berber Queen (Al-Kaahina)|''read more'']])}}</option>


<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Satanic Verses (Gharaniq Incident)|2=[[File:Al-Uzza with Zodiac.jpg|160px|link=Satanic Verses (Gharaniq Incident)]]|3=The Satanic Verses (also the Gharaniq incident) was an incident where Prophet Muhammad acknowledged Allat, Manat, and al-Uzza, the goddesses of the Pagan Meccans in a Qur'anic revelation, only to later recant and claim they were the words of the Devil.  ([[Satanic Verses (Gharaniq Incident)|''read more'']])}}</option>


<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Arab Transmission of the Classics|2=[[File:SophoclesTurk.gif|190px|link=Arab Transmission of the Classics]]|3=The Arab transmission of the classics is a common and persistent myth that Arabic commentators such as Avicenna and Averroes 'saved' the work of Aristotle and other Greek philosophers from destruction. According to the myth, these works would otherwise have perished in the long European dark age between fifth and the tenth centuries. Thus the versions of Aristotle used in the West were translations from the Arabic, which came from the South West of Europe in the reconquest of Spain from the Muslims during the twelve and thirteenth centuries.
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Dhul-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romance|2=[[File:Alexander the Great.jpg|150px|link=Dhul-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romance]]|3=The story of Dhul-Qarnayn (in Arabic ذو القرنين, literally "The Two-Horned One", also transliterated as Zul-Qarnain or Zulqarnain) is found in the 18th Surah of the Qur'an, al-Kahf (the Cave). While he is never mentioned explicitly by name, the story is clearly based upon a legendary account of Alexander the Great. For centuries, most Muslim historians and Qur'anic commentators endorsed the identity of Dhul-Qarnayn as Alexander, though some also proposed alternatives. In recent years, this identification of Dhul-Qarnayn has become particularly problematic and controversial for Muslim scholars, as historians have gradually discovered that the historical Alexander was a Greek pagan who fashioned himself as a god.  ([[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romance|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
This is incorrect. It was actually the Byzantines in the East who saved the ancient learning of the Greeks in the original language, and the first Latin texts to be used were translation from the Greek, in the 12th century, rather than, in most cases, the Arabic, which were only used in default of these. ([[Arab Transmission of the Classics|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Moderate Alcohol Consumption and its Health Benefits|2=[[File:Wine-poured-into-glass.jpg|300px|link=Moderate Alcohol Consumption and its Health Benefits]]|3=Alcohol and other intoxicants are strictly prohibited in Islam. This aspect of Islam may seem rational, considering the abuse of alcohol can lead to social and health-related problems. However, when used in moderation, research suggests that there are numerous benefits in the consumption of alcohol, and an all-knowing deity would have been aware of this. The Jews and Christians are allowed to consume alcohol. The pagan Arabs before and shortly after their conversion to Islam also consumed alcohol. So why did Allah prohibit something that may be beneficial and which was an accepted norm among the religions before Islam? Furthermore, if the potential health risk of alcohol was the cause of the prohibition, why not also warn against the dangers of drinking milk? ([[Moderate Alcohol Consumption and its Health Benefits|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Muslim Conspiracy Theories|2=[[File:PEPSI Conspiracy.jpg|260px|link=Muslim Conspiracy Theories]]|3=This page lists some of the conspiracy theories that are widely circulated among the world's Muslims. They include:
 
1.  The belief that America is responsible for the creation of the AIDS virus, and through Christian missionary groups, African Muslims have been injected with contaminated polio vaccines.
 
2. The belief that there is a conspiracy between the United States and the Muslim Brotherhood to destroy Egypt, and that Jews are also secretly allied with the Muslim Brotherhood, using them to control Muslims.
 
3. The belief that the Coca-Cola logo, when reversed, states in Arabic "No Muhammad, No Mecca".
([[Muslim Conspiracy Theories|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Christians, Jews and Muslims in Heaven (Qur'an 2:62)|2=[[File:Quran 2-62.png|260px|link=Christians Jews and Muslims in Heaven]]|3=This article analyzes the apologetic claim, often used by the Ahmadiyya, that according to Islam, Christians and Jews who adhere to their faiths will enter Paradise alongside Muslims. It also explains what Islamic texts actually say about Christians and Jews in the Hearafter. ([[Christians Jews and Muslims in Heaven|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=List of Genuine Islamic Inventions, Innovations, Records and Firsts|2=[[File:Amputation machine.jpeg|160px|link=List of Genuine Islamic Inventions Innovations Records and Firsts]]|3=Many articles have made provably false claims, attributing various inventions, innovations and discoveries made by others to Islam and its followers. This article lists only genuine Islamic/Muslim inventions, innovations, records and firsts. Examples include:
 
1) The yellow badge that was to be eventually used by the Nazis against the Jews, was invented by a Muslim caliph in Baghdad in the 9th century as a variant of the zunnār belt. This then spread to the western world in medieval times.
 
2) The world's first PC virus, Brain.a, was created in September, 1986, by two brothers from Lahore, Pakistan, Amjad Farooq Alvi and Basit Farooq Alvi. They included their names, phone number and address in the code. ([[List of Genuine Islamic Inventions Innovations Records and Firsts|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Prophet Muhammad and Ali in the Eighth Circle of Hell|2=[[File:L'Inferno 1911.jpg|210px|link=Dantes Inferno]]|3=Dante's Inferno ("Inferno" being Italian for "Hell") refers to the first part of Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem "Divine Comedy". It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. Dante draws on Christian theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa in verse".
 
Dante Alighieri is also known as "the Supreme Poet" and the "Father of the Italian language". His Divine Comedy is considered the greatest literary work ever composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. ([[Dantes Inferno|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Factual Persuasion: Changing the Minds of Islam's Supporters|2=[[File:Map of arabia.jpg|140px|link=Factual Persuasion - Changing the Minds of Islams Supporters]]|3=When you realize the true nature of Islam, you may want to persuade others. Then you discover that they have their minds filled with the “establishment” version of Islam and give you their justifications that support it.
 
This book is written for those who want to be effective in persuading others about the true nature of Islam. You learn the powerful method of fact-based reasoning. Since 9/11 these methods have been used to change the minds of supporters of Islam from all political backgrounds. Anyone, whether they are liberals, progressives, leftists or conservatives, can all be persuaded to see the truth in light of the facts about Islam.
 
Since the methods used in this book are based on the sacred source texts of Islam, those who have read the Trilogy of Koran, Sira and Hadith will obtain the full benefit. Others can learn from the examples, but the more facts you have, the better your results. ([[Factual Persuasion - Changing the Minds of Islams Supporters|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=I. A. Ibrahim's "A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam"|2=[[File:Brief Illustrated Guide.jpg|155px|link=A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam]]|3=This 74-page publication written by I. A. Ibrahim is widely used by Muslims in their efforts to cast Islam in a favorable light, and to gain converts. It is well produced on glossy paper in a soft-cover booklet form, and attractively laid out, with many illustrations. It is available free of charge, can be read on its own dedicated website, and can also be freely downloaded as a pdf file. The campaign to spread Islam is evidently well funded. The real issue, though, is its message. Does it present mainstream Islam accurately?
 
Chapter 1, “Some Evidence for the Truth of Islam” deals first, and at some length, with the so-called scientific miracles of the Qur'an. Muslims believe that the Qur'an is literally the words of Allah, and apologists now claim that among the revelations Prophet Muhammad received, there was scientific knowledge far in advance of his time. It makes a great deal out of the Qur'an’s occasional references to natural phenomena, when in reality these are either everyday observations, known from ancient times, or are scientifically incorrect. ([[A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Letter to America (Osama bin Laden)|2=[[File:Osama bin Laden.jpg|300px|link=Letter to America - Osama bin Laden]]|3=The letter to America is a 4,000-word document written by Osama bin Laden in 2002. The letter first appeared on the internet in Arabic on a Saudi Arabian website, and has since been translated and posted on Islamic websites run from the United Kingdom.
 
The letter lists seven demands. The first demand is that Americans convert to Islam, "the religion of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil with the hand," "the religion of Jihad in the way of Allah so that Allah's Word and religion reign Supreme". ([[Letter to America - Osama bin Laden|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Khadijah bint Khuwaylid|2=[[File:Khadijah bint Khuwaylid.jpg|260px|link=Khadijah bint Khuwaylid]]|3=Khadijah or Khadīja bint Khuwaylid (خديجة بنت خويلد‎) was Prophet Muhammad’s first wife and she was his only wife as long as she lived. She is known to Muslims as al-Kubra (“the Great”) and al-Tahira (“the Pure”). Twelve of Muhammad’s wives are credited with the title Umm al-Muminun (“Mother of the Faithful”), but Khadijah occupies a unique position as the Mother of Islam itself.
 
Islam changed direction after Khadijah’s death. Within seven weeks Muhammad had become a bigamist. At the same time he began negotiations for military alliances with foreign tribes, although it was to be another two years before he succeeded in declaring war on Mecca. Even the sections of the Qur’an that were composed at the end of Muhammad’s Meccan period, though narrative rather than legislative, read more like the flat prose of Medina than the poetry of Khadijah’s lifetime. It is frequently said that “Islam arose by Ali’s sword and Khadijah’s wealth.” It is clear that what Khadijah contributed to the foundations of Islam was far more than money. ([[Khadijah bint Khuwaylid|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Salah: Praying Towards the Ka'aba|2=[[File:Praying towards the Ka'aba.JPG|220px|link=Salah]]|3=Due to the sphericity of the earth, a prayer in any direction will point towards the sky/outer-space, not Mecca. People who are located on the opposite 'side' of the earth would have to pray vertically down towards the center of the earth, and would also blaspheme against Allah, because they defecate toward the direction of the Ka'aba when they answer the call of nature. If we use the traditional Muslim method of determining qiblah (i.e. a great circle) this would still be blasphemous because you would be simultaneously praying with your face and backside aimed towards the Ka'aba. For people located on the opposite 'side' of the earth any direction for all 360 degrees would be facing 'towards' Mecca and consequently, there would be no one direction that would be the correct one. ([[Salah|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=European Court of Human Rights on Shari'ah Law|2=[[File:European Court of Human Rights logo.svg|330px|link=European Court of Human Rights on Shariah Law]]|3=With the banning of the Welfare Party (Refah Partisi, RP), an Islamist political party in Turkey, and a further sanction in the form of a ban on its leaders sitting in Parliament or holding certain other forms of political office for a period of five years, the European Court of Human Rights determined on July 31, 2001, that "the institution of Sharia law and a theocratic regime, were incompatible with the requirements of a democratic society." ([[European Court of Human Rights on Shariah Law|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Dr. Keith Moore and the "Islamic Additions"|2=[[File:Dr. keith moore.jpg|300px|link= Dr. Keith Moore and the Islamic Additions]]|3=Dr. Moore is notable as the only embryologist directly quoted by Islamic sources in an attempt to prove embryology as described in the Qur'an is scientifically correct. In the 1980s he accepted an invitation by the Embryology Committee of King Abdulaziz University to produce a special 3rd edition of his most successful book "The Developing Human" specifically for use by Muslim students in Islamic Universities. He was financially patronized by the Saudi royal family for the use of his name, and for no real additional work.
The textbook he delivered to the Saudi Universities that commissioned the work is titled, "The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology with Islamic Additions." The base textbook was work that Moore had completed years before. He did nothing new for this new edition. ([[Dr. Keith Moore and the Islamic Additions|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Fatwa on Coke and Soft Drinks|2=[[File:Fatwa on Coke and Soft Drinks.jpg|360px|link=Fatwa on Coke and Soft Drinks]]|3=The Mujlisul Ulama of South Africa has established beyond any doubt that Coca Cola as well as all other soft drinks contain very small quantities of alcohol. In this fact there is no doubt and the manufacturers of these minerals cannot and do not dispute this claim. Attached hereto are papers which testify to the validity of our claim. The concentrates from which soft drinks are produced contain about 20% alcohol by volume. It is from such alcoholic concentrates that Coke and other minerals are made. In the final product, viz. the soft drink, small quantities of alcohol remain. It is, therefore, unreasonable and utterly baseless to deny the alcohol-content of Coke and other soft drinks. These minerals are made from only alcoholic concentrates and the final product contains minute quantities of the alcohol. ([[Fatwa on Coke and Soft Drinks|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in the Qur'an|2=[[File:Seven sleepers.jpg|170px|link=Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in the Quran]]|3=The legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus was popular in both Europe and the Middle East during medieval times. It was translated into Latin and found its way into many Christian works of that era. The author of the Qur'an even took this story written by Christians and reworked it into a polemic against Christianity. Thus it also became very prominent in the Muslim world because of its inclusion in the Qur'an. After the Renaissance and Enlightenment of the 16th century, this story fell out of favor and was largely dismissed as mythical. Since the tale is not found in the Bible, it was also rejected by the majority of the world's Christian churches without any theological consequence. The feast day for the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus is no longer observed by the Roman Catholic Church (it is now referred to within the church as a "purely imaginative romance"), and the story today is virtually unknown among the Protestant churches. Conversely, since the tale is found within the Qur'an, Islamic apologists are forced to defend the historicity of the story. ([[Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in the Quran|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Qur'an and a Universe from Smoke|2=[[File:Nebulea fig 2.jpg|250px|link=Quran and a Universe from Smoke]]|3=Prominent apologists such as Harun Yahya and I. A. Ibrahim have claimed that the Qur'an contains an accurate account of the formation of stars and early phases of the Universe. The entire apologetic argument rests on the Qur'anic description of the "heavens" as "smoke"; a claim which in-turn rests on a false equivalence made between smoke and the makeup of the early universe. The attempt to show that the Qur'an correctly describes the formation of stars (by quoting a portion of Qur'an 41:11) and then the earth (by quoting Qur'an 21:30) is shown to be disingenuous. When the whole of verse 41:11 and its surrounding verses are read in context, it provides a clear chronological account of the earth being formed first and then the hills and sustenance are created upon it. Only after the earth has been created does Allah create the stars. The entire account in the Qur'an is not an accurate reflection of the formation of the Universe. ([[Quran and a Universe from Smoke|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Dhul-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romance|2=[[File:Alexander the Great.jpg|250px|link=Dhul-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romance]]|3=The story of Dhul-Qarnayn in the Qur'an parallels a medieval Syriac legend known as the Alexander romance; it portrays Alexander the Great as a believing king who traveled the world and built a barrier of iron which holds back the tribes of Gog and Magog until Judgement Day. Almost every major element of the Qur'anic story can be found in Christian and Jewish folklore that dates hundreds of years prior to the time of Prophet Muhammad. Most early Muslim commentators and scholars identified Dhul-Qarnayn as Alexander the Great, and some modern ones do too. Historical and Archaeological evidence has revealed that the real Alexander was a polytheistic pagan who believed he was the literal son of Greek and Egyptian gods.
The theory that Dhul-Qarnayn is Cyrus the Great has little evidence in its favor compared to the overwhelming evidence that the story is actually based on a legendary version of Alexander.
Today, there is no giant wall of iron and brass between two mountains that is holding back a tribe of people; it likely never existed. ([[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romance|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=The Story of Dahlia, Queen of the Berbers|2=[[File:Berber Woman Fr Oil 1870.jpg|150px|link=The Story of Dahlia Queen of the Berbers]]|3=A woman who faced her enemies while empires crumbled, one of the most famous yet elusive women in history, Dahlia was a Berber queen. She is better known as Kahina or al-Kahinat, a title given to her by the Arab Muslims, which means "the witch".
 
During the siege of Carthage, Dahlia completed her lifetime's achievement. She consolidated all the major Berber tribes under a common purpose - driving out the Muslim invaders.
 
Dahlia attacked their army, completely defeating it and pushing them back to Egypt. She even reclaimed the ruins of Carthage. At that point, she was the unquestioned heroine and leader of all of Africa’s population – both nomads, Berbers and Romans. All the ethnic and religious groups united under her banner. A Muslim deserter even became her lieutenant and adopted son. This was the time when she gained her famous Arabic nickname. ([[The Story of Dahlia Queen of the Berbers|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Joseph the Pedophile: A Case of Christian Hypocrisy?|2=[[File:Joseph-Mary.jpg|150px|link=Joseph the Pedophile]]|3=This article refutes the claim that Joseph, the husband of Mary (the mother of Jesus Christ), was a pedophile, a popular yet erroneous tu quoque argument used to defend Prophet Muhammad's pedophilic marriage to Aisha.
 
Upon reading the non-canonical apocrypha, the Christian equivalent of da`if (weak) or maudu (fabricated) hadith, we find it does not say Mary married Joseph when she was aged only 12. It in fact says she was possibly 17 years of age at the time the marriage was eventually consummated, if ever.
 
The most decisive argument against the claim that Joseph was a pedophile is the fact that the same non-canonical writings which are used to gather information on Joseph and Mary's age, also confirm Mary's status as "ever virgin" (in The History of Joseph the Carpenter, Jesus says on Joseph's death "my mother, virgin undefiled"). ([[Joseph the Pedophile|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=The "Collapsing Mosque", A Miracle from Allah?|2=[[File:Jama Haman Wali mosque.jpg|150px|link=Standing Mosques]]|3=When mosques are left standing in natural disasters, Muslims often claim it's a miracle and attribute it to an intervention by Allah. It is then used by them for propaganda purposes in order to gain new converts. But there is nothing miraculous about strongly built structures with open architecture allowing water and wind to flow through, surviving waves and high winds better than weaker buildings.
 
Nature is indiscriminate about what it damages during natural disasters, and mosques are no exception to this rule. This is proven by the hundreds of mosques which have been destroyed in natural disasters, and by the fact that non-Muslim buildings have also "miraculously" been left unharmed or standing during similar incidents. The "standing mosques" are no more miraculous than Morocco's 2010 "collapsing mosque" which only killed worshipers and left others unharmed. If the former can be used to claim Islam is the true faith, the latter can be used to prove it is a false faith. ([[Standing Mosques|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Meeting of Fresh and Salt Water in the Qur'an|2=[[File:Klamath river estuary.jpg|320px|link=Meeting of Fresh and Salt Water in the Quran]]|3=Muslim apologists claim that Surah 25:53 of the Qur’an is scientifically accurate. They conclude that since the process was unknown to humankind during the time of Muhammad, this verse (and the Qur’an as a whole) is revealed by Allah. This article will prove the verse in question is scientifically wrong. Also it will prove that a layman could make a better guess than the allegedly divine author of the Qur'an. In summary, we will: briefly introduce you to a real river-estuary-ocean system, make logical deductions based on the verse and see how far only common sense can take us, explain what the verse claims on the meeting of fresh and salt water, explain what elementary science tells us about the process, explain what modern science tells us about the process, show you how apologists "prove" this “scientific miracle”, and state our analysis on the “scientific miracle”. ([[Meeting of Fresh and Salt Water in the Quran|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Islam and the Creation of the Jewish Yellow Badge of Shame|2=[[File:Juif.JPG|170px|link=Yellow Badge]]|3=The yellow badge (or yellow patch), also referred to as a Jewish badge, was a cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments in order to mark them as Jews in public. It is intended to be a badge of shame associated with antisemitism.
 
This badge, that was to be eventually used by the Nazis against the Jews, was actually first introduced by a Muslim caliph in Baghdad in the 9th century as a variant of the zunnār belt. This then spread to the western world in medieval times.
 
As recently as 2001, Afghanistan's Hindus were required by the Taliban to wear yellow badges to segregate "un-Islamic" and "idolatrous" communities from Islamic ones. ([[Yellow Badge|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Jacques Cousteau's Alleged Conversion to Islam|2=[[File:Cousteau.jpg|170px|link=Jacques Cousteau (Conversion to Islam)]]|3=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. ([[Jacques Cousteau (Conversion to Islam)|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Greek and Jewish Ideas about Reproduction in the Qur'an and Hadith|2=[[File:Galen.jpg|110px|link=Greek and Jewish Ideas about Reproduction in the Quran and Hadith]]|3=The hadith contain many statements about fluids from both the man and woman that were believed to form the human embryo. The Qur’an too says that the embryo is formed from emitted fluid, and in one verse perhaps indicates a mingling of male and female fluids. In this article we shall present new research to trace the origins of each of these ideas at least as far back as the Jewish Talmud and the ancient Greek physicians. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the influence of ideas from other cultures on the Qur’an and hadith regarding reproduction. It will go without saying that these ideas are inaccurate compared with current scientific knowledge of reproduction and embryology. ([[Greek and Jewish Ideas about Reproduction in the Quran and Hadith|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Neil Armstrong's Alleged Conversion to Islam|2=[[File:Neil armstrong.jpg|150px|link=Neil Armstrong (Conversion to Islam)]]|3=There is no evidence whatsoever to support the claim that Neil Armstrong converted to Islam, or that he and the other Apollo 11 crew members witnessed anything miraculous while on the moon. The evidence against this claim is so strong that there has even been a fatwa issued confirming it as fabricated.
 
Armstrong himself, in his autobiography, denied ever converting to Islam. His administrative aide and the US State Department also denied any truth behind the conversion rumors. He would later, in Malaysia, explicitly deny that there was any truth behind the claim that he also heard the Muslim call to prayer on the moon, and the transcript and audio of the moon landing itself contradict the claim that "strange" sounds or words were ever heard. ([[Neil Armstrong (Conversion to Islam)|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Adam, Eve, and the Six Days of Creation|2=[[File:Adam and Eve.jpg|230px|link=Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Creation]]|3=According to Islamic sources, creation began six thousand years before the advent of Islam. The first thing to be created was the planet Earth, which took two days to complete, from Sunday to Monday. Then it took another two days to create the mountains, trees, and everything else. The final two days, Thursday and Friday, were spent creating the "heavens", the sun, moon, other planets, and a sixty cubits (approximately ninety feet) tall Adam.
 
Hawwa' (Eve) was created from Adam's left rib, whilst he was asleep in the Garden. She is blamed by Adam for persuading him to eat from the forbidden tree. As a result, they are both cast out from the garden in Paradise and sent down to the planet Earth, where their decedents continue to decrease in size.
 
As punishment for her transgression, Allah makes Eve menstruate, suffer pregnancy and become stupid. Therefore, according to Islamic beliefs, today all women menstruate (are deficient in religion) and are created stupid (deficient in intelligence). ([[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Creation|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Sunita Williams' Alleged Conversion to Islam|2=[[File:Sunita-williams-fake-conversion.jpg|150px|link=Sunita Williams (Conversion to Islam)]]|3=Sunita Williams (born September 19, 1965) is a United States Naval officer and a NASA astronaut. She was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and then joined Expedition 15. She holds the record of the longest spaceflight (195 days) for female space travelers.
 
It has been claimed on various websites, blogs, forums, and in chain e-mails/mass sms texts, that Sunita Williams had converted to Islam on her return from the moon. However, after looking at the facts, we can rightly conclude that their is no evidence whatsoever to back up the claim that Sunita Williams, or any of the other unspecified individuals, ever witnessed a miracle in space/on the moon, nor did they ever agree to convert to Islam upon their return to earth. ([[Sunita Williams (Conversion to Islam)|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Fastest Growing Religion|2=[[File:Religion distribution.jpg|260px|link=Fastest Growing Religion]]|3=Many Muslims and websites claim that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. As proof, they usually present us with  unverifiable claims and baseless media quotes. Apparently ABC News had claimed "Already more than a billion-people strong, Islam is the world's fastest-growing religion", a quote which cannot be traced to its source. Also CNN World News stated "Fast-growing Islam winning converts in Western world", a statement which they fail to back up with any evidence. All the actual data available reveals that Islam is neither the fastest growing religion by number of adherents or the fastest growing religion by percentage-increase. In fact, most of its growth comes from "their relatively high birth rate," and "Islam loses as many adherents via conversion as it gains." ([[Fastest Growing Religion|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Invitations to Islam Prior to Violence|2=[[File:Muhammad-Letter-To-Heraclius.jpg|370px|link=Invitations to Islam Prior to Violence]]|3=The practice of inviting non-Muslim nations to join Islam or pay the Jizyah prior to engaging in offensive Jihad was first initiated by the Prophet Muhammad. His example was then followed by the Rightly-Guided Caliphs Abu Bakr as-Siddiq and Umar Ibn al-Khatab. The leaders of later Islamic empires such as the sultan of the Ottoman Empire also followed suit, and it has even been codified within the Islamic Shari'ah (see sections o9.0 to o9.8 in 'Umdat as-Salik wa 'Uddat an-Nasik). This practice is continued today by Islamic leaders such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda and Boko Haram. ([[Invitations to Islam Prior to Violence|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Health Effects of Islamic Dress‎|2=[[File:Burqa9.jpg|320px|link=Health Effects of Islamic Dress‎]]|3=Female Islamic dress ranges anywhere from wearing a simple head covering, to the burqa (a form of "full hijab"), which covers almost all exposed skin. There is concern among the medical community about some of the health effects of the extreme styles of Islamic dress, with the main issues arising from Vitamin D deficiency due to lack skin exposed to UV light. It has been established by credible scientific evidence that almost all women who observe the full hijab are chronically deficient in Vitamin D. Vitamin D is a vital nutrient and deficiency of this kind can lead to osteomalacia in adults and rickets in children. There is also a strong association between deficiency in Vitamin D and an increased risk of developing several deadly cancers, including breast cancer. ([[Health Effects of Islamic Dress‎|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Jahannam (Allah's Hell)|2=[[File:Women in hell.jpg|260px|link=Jahannam]]|3=Jahannam was specifically created and prepared with eternal fire by Allah, so that he could torture disbelievers. In fact, disbelievers are the fuel of Allah's fire. A list of tortures include; wearing garments of liquid pitch and fire, being bound in yokes and chains, spending eternity in a blazing fire with exchangeable skins so that they can be roasted over and over again, faces being covered in fire and lips being burned off, boiling water being poured over heads and used to scald skin and internal organs, being dragged by the face through boiling water and fire, beaten with maces of iron, and being fed painful, noxious, choking foods which will leave people hungry and boil their insides. ([[Jahannam|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Are Judaism and Christianity as Violent as Islam?|2=[[File:Image-Judaism Christianity Islam.JPG|250px|link=Are Judaism and Christianity as Violent as Islam?]]|3="There is far more violence in the Bible than in the Qur'an; the idea that Islam imposed itself by the sword is a Western fiction, fabricated during the time of the crusades when, in fact, it was Western Christians who were fighting brutal holy wars against Islam." This quote sums up the single most influential argument currently serving to deflect the accusation that Islam is inherently violent and intolerant: All monotheistic religions, proponents of such an argument say, and not just Islam, have their fair share of violent and intolerant scriptures, as well as bloody histories. Thus, whenever Islam's sacred scriptures are highlighted as demonstrating the religion's innate bellicosity, the immediate rejoinder is that other scriptures, specifically those of Judeo-Christianity, are as riddled with violent passages. But is that really the case? Does Hebrew violence in the ancient era, and Christian violence in the medieval era compare to, explain away or even legitimize the tenacity of Muslim violence in the modern era? ([[Are Judaism and Christianity as Violent as Islam?|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Michael Jackson's Alleged Conversion to Islam|2=[[File:Jack-1.jpg|270px|link=Michael Jackson (Conversion to Islam)]]|3=Many news sites carried the story that Michael Jackson had converted to Islam in 2008. Muslims then used this for propaganda purposes, spreading it through the blogosphere and user-contributed media sites like Youtube. The source given for this information was usually the New York Post article, however the original source is a notorious tabloid in the UK called "The Sun".
 
This article refutes all of the proofs that have been offered in support of Michael Jackson's alleged conversion to Islam, thus they must be discarded when researching the claim further. Once this has been done, we are left with nothing. There is absolutely no evidence that Michael Jackson converted to Islam; be it Nation of Islam or otherwise. ([[Michael Jackson (Conversion to Islam)|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Adverse Effects of Islamic Fasting|2=[[File:Sawm and Ramadhan.jpg|300px|link=Adverse Effects of Islamic Fasting]]|3=Medical fasting is different from Islamic fasting (Sawm), and contrary to popular Muslim beliefs, Islamic fasting, unlike Medical fasting, has numerous adverse effects that have been observed using scientific studies and news sources. Intermittent and prolonged fasting is generally not conducive to a healthy lifestyle. Infact it causes a host of health, performance and mood disorders. Any claims that prolonged and intermittent fasting contributes to the well-being of an individual's health are misleading, based on the scientific studies that prove otherwise. If the Islamic argument in favor of fasting is that “we fast because Allah commanded us to do so," then it is obvious that Allah is not a nutritionist or a dietitian because the negatives definitely outweigh the positives. ([[Adverse Effects of Islamic Fasting|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Drinking Zamzam Water and its Health Risks|2=[[File:Zamzam water.jpg|300px|link=Drinking Zamzam Water and its Health Risks]]|3=Millions of Muslims visit the Zamzam well in Mecca each year while performing the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages, in order to drink its water and, in many cases, to take home some of its water for distribution among friends and relations believing the well and the water which it pumps to be miraculous.  
 
As with urine, milk, and alcohol, Muslims often make claims of their religious beliefs being backed by science. However, in May 2011, a BBC investigation found that genuine Zamzam water taken from the well contained arsenic levels three times the legal limit, something which could contribute to increasing people's risk of cancer. In addition to the dangerous arsenic levels, the holy water contained high levels of nitrate and potentially harmful bacteria. ([[Drinking Zamzam Water and its Health Risks|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Setting the Record Straight: The Non-Miracle of Islamic Science|2=[[File:The Miracle of Islamic Science.jpg|180px|link=Setting the Record Straight: The Non-Miracle of Islamic Science]]|3=This is a refutation of Dr K. Ajram's Setting the Record Straight: The Miracle of Islamic Science. The purpose of this analysis is to put the achievements of Golden Age Muslim scientists in the proper perspective; neither denigrating their achievements nor inflating them. All scientific and technological progress is accomplished in progression; Muslim achievements are but links in the chain. Few of the great Muslim scientific achievements stood alone, but were derived by Muslim scientists standing on the shoulders of those who came before them. This analysis also highlights the fatal flaw of the Islamic Golden Age. There were few ‘follow-up’ breakthroughs on the backs of the works of the great Muslim scientists. In effect, the Ummah allowed or encouraged these works to wither on the vine or die stillborn, even before the rise of mysticism at the expense of rational thinking, an event often attributed to al-Ghazzali around the turn of the 12th century. Indeed, it would seem orthodox Islam utterly stifles intellectual reasoning. Therefore, Islam is not the cause of scientific progress during the Golden Age. Many people would say that the Golden Age scientific progress was made in spite of Islam, not because of it. A prime example is the great philosopher-physician Ibn Sina (Avicenna) whose work is constantly referenced by Dr K. Ajram. ([[Setting the Record Straight: The Non-Miracle of Islamic Science|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Pedophilia in the Qur'an|2=[[File:Women protesters.jpg|250px|link=Pedophilia in the Qur'an]]|3=March 23, 2010: Women protesters hold up copies of the Qur'an outside parliament in Sanaa while stating that a proposed law banning marriages under the age of 17 in Yemen is un-Islamic.
 
The Qur'an in verse 33:49 states that no 'Iddah is prescribed for a woman who has not had intimate contact with her husband, but goes on to stipulate the 'Iddah for pre-pubescent girls in verse 65:4, meaning the holiest text of Islam supports marrying and having sex with prepubescent girls. This is definitive proof that the Qur'an endorses pedophilia, something that is considered by many people to be the most serious of all sexual crimes. ([[Pedophilia in the Qur'an|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Geocentrism and the Qur'an|2=[[File:Geocentrism.jpg|350px|link=Geocentrism and the Quran]]|3=According to the Qur'an, the Sun (and the moon and the five known planets) follow a curved course. This course starts in the east, goes high above the earth and ends after sunset with the Sun resting at night at a hidden place. All this took place around an earth that was spread out and had a firmament built on invisible pillars above it. This was a common belief at the time. Sahih hadiths affirm this geocentric cosmology, and great ancient, and even modern-day, Muslim astronomists agree that the Qur'an is geocentric. In ancient times, many people - but certainly not all - did not know any better than what they seemed to observe everyday: the sun appeared to be going around the earth through our skies. We cannot blame a 7th century Bedouin for not knowing this, but should not the omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient creator of the universe know better? ([[Geocentrism and the Quran|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Georgics: A Miraculous Book from the Gods?|2=[[File:Georgics.jpg|130px|link=NATVRAE_MIRABILIS_ORIGINISQVE_DIVINAE_GEORGICAE_VERGILII]]|3=To demonstrate how easy it is to prove that any ancient poetry can be reinterpreted to reveal scientific miracles, we present to you a satiric article that 'proves' the Georgica, written by Virgil in Golden Latin in the year 28 BC, contains scientific miracles. In the very first eight words alone of the Georgics we find no less than five (there's probably many more) scientifically accurate statements of which Virgil himself (born in the first century BC) could not have had any knowledge of, due to science only confirming them many centuries later.
 
What divine source could have whispered all this into Virgil's ear? Virgil was a polytheist, who worshipped many different gods. Is this truly a miracle sent down from the ancient Roman gods? Let the honest reader draw his or her own conclusions. All we request is that you look upon this with an open mind. ([[NATVRAE_MIRABILIS_ORIGINISQVE_DIVINAE_GEORGICAE_VERGILII|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Women are Deficient in Intelligence|2=[[File:In Islam 1 man equals 2 women.jpg|241px|link=Women are Deficient in Intelligence]]|3=Prophet Muhammad declared that the majority of the inhabitants of Hell are women. When asked why, he said it was because they are deficient in intelligence and religion, and because they are ungrateful to their husbands. Although apologists and female Muslims use a lot of creative arguments to explain away Muhammad's declarations about women, they do not stand up to scrutiny. This article presents evidence showing Muhammad's belief that ''all'' women are less intelligent than their male counterparts, as well as refuting the common Muslim claims. ([[Women are Deficient in Intelligence|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Misquoting Jesus and Others in the Qur'an|2=[[File:Misquoting Jesus and Others in the Quran.JPG|150px|link=Misquoting Jesus and Others in the Qur'an]]|3="O Jesus son of Mary!" said the disciples, or so claims the Qur'an in surah 5:112. On the surface this quote from one of Jesus' (Isa's) disciples may seem unextraordinary, but there is a subtle error here that few ever notice. However, once it is noticed, few will ever forget.
 
This article will show beyond a doubt that Muhammad was putting words into other people's mouths and fabricating quotes so that he could artificially create reinforcement and confirmation of the points he was trying to make, which is that Jesus was not the Son of God and Muhammad is Allah's prophesied final Messenger.
 
It was by Muhammad's good fortune that he was such a great military leader, for as a playwright he would have been sorely lacking. ([[Misquoting Jesus and Others in the Qur'an|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Flat Earth and the Qur'an|2=[[File:Muslim Researcher on Astronomy Fadhel Al-Sa'd.JPG|280px|link=Flat Earth and the Quran]]|3=As recently as 1993 the supreme religious authority of Saudi Arabia Sheik Abdul-Aziz Ibn Baaz declared "The earth is flat. Whoever claims it is round is an atheist deserving of punishment." In a televised debate aired on Iraqi Al-Fayhaa TV (October 31, 2007), Muslim Researcher on Astronomy Fadhel Al-Sa'd also declared that the Earth is flat as evidenced by Qur'anic verses and that the sun is much smaller than the Earth and revolves around it. As devout Muslims, they have good reason to conclude the Earth is flat; the Qur'anic verses 15:19, 20:53, 43:10, 50:7, 51:48, 71:19, 78:6, 79:30, 88:20 and 91:6 all clearly state this. While many have attempted to explain away this oddity, they prey on their listeners ignorance of the Arabic language. As such, their apologetic claims have been easily refuted by native Arabic speakers. There is no escaping the fact that, according to the Qur'an, the earth is flat. ([[Flat Earth and the Quran|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Refutation of Modern Muslim Apologetics Against Aisha's Age|2=[[File:Moiz amjad.JPG|250px|link=Refutation of Modern Muslim Apologetics Against Aishas Age]]|3=Some Muslim apologists have recently claimed that Aisha was actually older than nine lunar years at time of the consummation of her marriage to Prophet Muhammad.
 
Using dubious research techniques, they have attempted to explain that Aisha was in fact not nine-years-old as the Sahih hadiths of her own testimony claim, but some other ages derived from misquotations, indirect sources, fuzzy dating techniques and slander.
 
This article analyzes every single argument put forward by these apologists, and provides additional information on the origins and history of the "Aisha was older" apologetic arguments, and the only logical purpose behind making them. ([[Refutation of Modern Muslim Apologetics Against Aishas Age|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Witnessing the Moon Splitting Miracle|2=[[File:Moon-Split.jpg|340px|link=Witnessing the Moon Splitting Miracle]]|3=Many Muslims, to counter the fact that Prophet Muhammad had apparently split the moon without any of the great astronomy/astrology cultures like the Chinese, Indians, Persians, Romans and Greeks noticing, have come up with the legend of Cheraman Perumal, the last King of Malabar (now Kerala).
 
However, it is apparent that the historical facts do not support the Muslim legend that Chakrawati Farmas (aka Cheraman Perumal aka Rajasekhara Varman) personally witnessed the ‘moon splitting’ incident as he is thought to have lived about two centuries after the death of Prophet Muhammad, whose followers most likely made up the ‘moon splitting’ miracle in order to compete with the variety of miracles attributed to the founders of earlier faiths. ([[Witnessing the Moon Splitting Miracle|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Controversy in the Qur'an|2=[[File:Rising place of the sun.JPG|280px|link=Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Controversy in the Qur'an (Part One)]]|3=The precise meaning of the opening phrases in verses 86 and 90 in the 18th chapter of the Qur’an, Sura al-Kahf, or “The Cave”, is a matter of considerable controversy. Our analysis shows that the various interpretations that have been proposed for verses 18:86 and 18:90 in the Qur’an to reconcile them with scientific facts do not stand up to detailed scrutiny.
 
The evidence overwhelmingly supports the clear and obvious interpretation that this is intended to be understood as a historical account in which Dhu’l Qarnayn travelled until he reached the place where the sun sets and actually found that it went down into a muddy spring near to where a people were, and that he then travelled until he reached the place where the sun rises and actually found that it rose up above a people who lived close to the place where the sun rises. ([[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Islam, Science and the Problems at Wikipedia|2=[[File:Wikipedia.JPG|230px|link=Islam, Science and the Problems at Wikipedia]]|3=At Wikipedia, Islam-related articles are severely compromised by Muslim editors. An example of this is a 2010 incident where an editor with over 67,000 edits was caught intentionally inserting false information into articles.
 
Jagged 85 is the main contributor to the many inaccurate Islam/Science/Golden Age articles which are still being copied and pasted all over the internet by Muslims, and more than 20% of Wikipedia's "Timeline of historic inventions" was provided by him.
 
With contributions to over 8,100 separate articles, it is unlikely that all of Jagged 85's edits will ever be fixed. And even if they were, these Wikipedia articles have already been reproduced all over the net by other sites which use Wikipedia as a source. ([[Islam, Science and the Problems at Wikipedia|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Qur'an and Embryology|2=[[File:Fetus.jpg|180px|link=Quran and Embryology]]|3=There are propagations of the Qur'anic ‘so-called’ Embryology by such luminaries as Dr. Keith Moore and Dr. Maurice Bucaille. These works are aped by such Islamic scholars as Dr. Al Zeiny, Dr. Zakir Naik, Dr. Ibrahim Syed, Dr. Sharif Kaf Al-Ghazal, and the ubiquitous Harun Yahya aka Adnan Oktar.
 
A good additional material is provided by Dr. Omar Abdul Rehman in which he goes into even greater detail in his attempt to validate the Qur'anic ‘human reproduction’ verses with modern scientific facts.
 
Ignoring the "embryology hadiths" which are dealt with [[Embryology in Islamic Scripture|here]] and concentrating solely on the Qur'anic verses, this article refutes Qur'anic Embryology Pseudoscience (“QEP”). ([[Embryology in the Qur'an|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Wife Beating in Islam|2=[[File:A scene from submission.jpg|210px|link=Wife Beating in Islam]]|3=Wife-beating is supported by the teachings of Islamic religious texts such as the Qur'an and the Hadiths. Prophet Muhammad provided tacit approval of wife beating by not scolding Muslims for beating their wives, referred to women who spoke-out against abuse as "not the best among you", forbid Muslims from questioning men who beat their wives, allowed others to hit his wives (the very women whom all Muslims adore and refer to as "the Mother of believers"), reaffirms the command of wife-beating in his parting sermon, and himself struck one of his wives in the chest. In addition to Muhammad's actions, three of the four Rightly-Guided Caliphs also beat women. ([[Wife Beating in Islam|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=How Islamic Inventors Did Not Change The World|2=[[File:20 Islamic inventions.JPG|190px|link=Islamic Inventions? How Islamic Inventors Did Not Change The World]]|3=These past few years have seen many inventions falsely claimed and attributed to Islamic inventors, which in fact either existed in pre-Islamic eras, were invented by other cultures, or both. Such claims have even been forced upon the unsuspecting public in a nationwide tour which opened with an exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester and the University of Manchester, England. To celebrate this series of events, an article titled “How Islamic inventors changed the world” was written by Paul Vallely and published in The Independent. This article lists and examines all twenty of these “Islamic inventors/inventions that changed the world”, and in doing so, it will reveal their actual inventors and the true role of Islam/Muslims, if any, behind the inventions. ([[Islamic Inventions? How Islamic Inventors Did Not Change The World‎|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Muhammad and History's 100 Most Influential People‎|2=[[File:The 100 A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History.jpg|190px|link=Muhammad and History's 100 Most Influential People]]|3=In 1978 Jewish American astrophysicist Michael H. Hart (born April 28, 1932) released a book titled "The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History". This book, which has sold over 500,000 copies to date, has been somewhat controversial, not least due to its placing of Muhammad (the founder of Islam) over Jesus Christ (the founder of Christianity). This has led to the list being used for the purpose of Islamic propaganda. Its choice of Muhammad as the most influential person in history has been, and still is being, celebrated on numerous Islamic websites and blogs, used in various videos on user-contributed media sites, and has been cited during the course of countless forum discussions. Hopefully any Muslim that reads this article will ponder the following; what exactly do they (as followers of Islam) consider so great about a Jewish American racist “Islamophobe's” opinion that an individual who he refers to as a “conqueror” ranked alongside Adolf Hitler is temporarily the most influential (not 'greatest') person in human history? ([[Muhammad and History's 100 Most Influential People‎|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Fabricated Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes‎|2=[[File:Hatecrimes.JPG|190px|link=Fake Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes and Other Lies]]|3=In attempting to deceive people into believing that they are being persecuted around the world for their faith, many Muslims have been caught fabricating anti-Muslim hate crimes. This is particularly important to some of them, hoping to paint the persecutor as the persecuted and shifting focus away from the millions who face real persecution at the hands of Islam. According to FBI hate-crime statistics, hate crimes directed against Muslims "remain relatively rare" in the United states, with gays, lesbians and caucasians more frequently a target than the followers of Islam. Jewish victims of hate crimes also outnumber Muslim victims by a ratio of almost 9 to 1, and anti-Muslim incidents only account for a tiny 1.3% of all hate crimes. Even anti-Christian (Catholic/Protestant) incidents outnumber those perpetrated against Muslims in America. ([[Fake Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes and Other Lies|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Honor Related Violence‎|2=[[File:Honor victims.JPG|190px|link=Honor Killing Index]]|3=Honor related violence is physical violence that is inflicted on an individual by perpetrators who believe the victim has brought dishonor upon the family, clan, or community by engaging in any conduct that is perceived as immoral or unacceptable by religious or social/cultural standards. This violence almost always happens in Muslim families, where women are killed for many "honor" related reasons, including being raped or associating with non-related males.
 
In practice, honor related violence is not limited to humans, but can also apply to animals. For example, in July 2011, a male who was caught in Pakistan having sex with another man's donkey was fined 110,000 rupees. This fine was not imposed for having sex with an animal, but for committing adultery. The raped donkey was labelled a 'kari' (an adulteress) and eventually honor killed by its owner. ([[Honor Killing Index|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Converts to Islam‎|2=[[File:Converts to islam.JPG|190px|link=Converts to Islam]]|3=A number of converts to Islam have appeared in the media due to their involvement in terrorism or terrorist organizations. Although terrorism is not exclusive to the Islamic ideology, it should be noted that a disproportionate number of terrorists are Muslims who are motivated by the teachings of Islam. Many converts to Islam are more zealous than those who are born into it; learning as much about their new found faith as they can. When they do that, the only conclusion that they can draw is that Islam's deity endorses terrorism and rewards the terrorists. The hate for non-Muslims found in Islam is quickly picked up by those who convert to it. As a result, these converts often turn to the practice or support of terrorism and violence; often showing hatred for their own countries, people, and their former way of life. ([[Converts to Islam|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Muhammad and Aisha|2=[[File:Woman-Girl-Man-2.jpg|250px|link=Responses to Apologetics: Muhammad and Aisha]]|3=Muhammad married Aisha when she was six years old and consummated the marriage while she remained pre-pubescent, aged just nine years old. Consequently, while following their prophet's example, Muslims throughout the world and throughout history have married girls as young six, and in modern times many Islamic states have set the minimum age of marriage for females to be six or nine years of age.
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''Narrated 'Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old.'' ([[Responses to Apologetics: Muhammad and Aisha|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Islam and Freedom of Speech|2=[[File:Sudanese teddy bear controversy01.jpg|230px|link=Islam and Freedom of Speech]]|3=On the 30th of November 2007, as fifty-four year-old British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons appealed for non-Muslim tolerance towards Muslims, ten thousand Muslim protesters took to the streets of Sudan, many waving swords, machetes, and clubs, demanding her execution. During the march, protesters chanted "Shame, shame on the UK", "No tolerance: execution", "Kill her, kill her by firing squad", Western journalists were harassed, and newspapers bearing her photographs were burnt. Her only crime was allowing her class of 7-year-old primary school pupils, at Unity High School in Khartoumto, to name a teddy bear 'Muhammad.' In accordance with the Sunnah of the Prophet; blasphemy is punishable by death in Islam. ([[Islam and Freedom of Speech|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Slavery in Islam|2=[[File:Images-slavery-0008.jpg|280px|link=Slavery]]|3=Under Islamic laws, slavery is explicitly permitted. As Saudi Shaykh Saleh Al-Fawzan, a member of the Senior Council of Clerics had said in 2003, those who argue that slavery is abolished are "ignorant, not scholars. They are merely writers. Whoever says such things is an infidel." Prophet Muhammad himself was a slaver. He not only owned many male and female slaves, but he also sold, captured, and had sex with his slaves. Even his wives owned slaves. Muhammad's actions perpetuated the existence of this trade by institutionalizing it within Islam. This sanction of slavery has helped the Muslim world create one of the largest trans-continental slave trades in history.  Slavery was officially abolished in the 1960's due largely to pressure from western nations, but the trade still exists in the Islamic world. As of July 2009, there were over half a million slaves in Mauritania alone. ([[Slavery|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Persecution of Homosexuals|2=[[File:Homosexuals.jpg|230px|link=Islam and Homosexuality]]|3=Mahmoud Asgari (16) and Ayaz Marhoni (18) were Iranian teens who were publicly hanged in July 2005 for engaging in consensual homosexual sex. Similar incidents occur regularly throughout the Islamic world. Homosexuality is considered to be one of the worst sins in Islam and one of the greatest crimes punishable under Islamic law. The Prophet Muhammad not only condemned homosexuality but even the "appearance" of homosexuality (effeminate men and masculine women). With the rise of the Islamic population amongst historically non-Muslim societies, also comes the rise in persecution. For example, while Muslims comprise just 2% of the total British population, they commit 25% of all anti-Homosexual crimes. However, this ongoing and increasing persecution of homosexuals by Muslims around the world, rarely makes the mainstream news. ([[Islam and Homosexuality|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=What They Say About Islam|2=[[File:Noteworthy on Islam.JPG|190px|link=Quotations on Islam from Notable Non-Muslims]]|3="How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity.
 
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men." - '''Sir Winston Churchill''' ([[Quotations on Islam from Notable Non-Muslims|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Sources of Islamic Antisemitism|2=[[File:Images-nazism-0022.jpg|145px|link=Islamic Antisemitism]]|3=Anti-Semitism is deeply rooted within Islamic scripture and theology. According to the Qur'an; Most of the Jews are faithless, perverted transgressors, and even Allah fights against them. Jews will listen to any lie. Jews are only satisfied if you follow Judaism. Muslims can't take the Jews as friends and protectors. Jews are the most hateful towards Muslims. Allah turned some Jews into apes and pigs for breaking the Sabbath. They're also obstinant, rebellious, and blasphemous, and Allah has cursed them with enmity and hatred until judgment day. Allah halts their efforts of warfare, and they are always causing mischief. And according to Muhammad "''The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him.''" ([[Islamic Antisemitism|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Islamic Silliness|2=[[File:The-stoning-of-she-monkey.jpg|160px|link=Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Islamic Silliness]]|3=This page lists some of the most humorous verses that are found in the Qur'an and the Hadith.
 
"According to `Amr b. Maymûn : I was in Yemen. Amongst the female goats of my people, I saw that at a heightened place, a male monkey brought along a female monkey and slept while keeping her hand beneath his head. During this time, a young monkey came and signaled the female monkey. She softly removed her hand from beneath the male monkey's head and went with the young monkey. She fornicated with him and I was watching it. After that, the female monkey returned and was softly trying to put her hand back under the male monkey's head that he woke up bewildered and smelled her and then screamed. All the monkeys gathered thereafter. He would point towards her and scream constantly (i.e. she has committed adultery). At last the other monkeys went towards the right left and brought along that young monkey whom I recognized. They dug a hole for this young monkey and the female one and stoned them to death. So I saw monkeys stoning to death too besides the human race." - Taiseer-ul-Baari, volume 2, Page 626 ([[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Islamic Silliness|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=The Genocide of the Jewish Banu Qurayza|2=[[File:Banu qurayza massacre.jpg|130px|link=The Genocide of Banu Qurayza]]|3=Hijra year 5 (627 AD), on the orders of Prophet Muhammad, almost nine hundred Jews of a Medinan tribe named Banu Qurayza were massacred by Muslims. The killing began early in the day, ending in torchlight. Those who escaped death (women and children, excluding boys who had begun to grow pubic hair) were taken captive by Muslims to be sold in slave markets and exchanged for horses and armour.
 
Muslims propose many apologetic arguments to excuse this crime. The most favored argument they use is the alleged treachery of Banu Quraiza. Its flaws are evident when considering any act of treachery from this tribe would have put an end to Islam at Khandaq, and as a result, Islam would never have existed outside of Arabia. ([[The Genocide of Banu Qurayza|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=The Concept of 72 Virgins (Houri)|2=[[File:72-houris.jpg|175px|link=72 Virgins]]|3=In Islam, the concept of 72 virgins (houri) refers to an aspect of paradise. The Qur'an, hadith and Islamic scholars all mention that virgins will be awarded to Muslims in heaven, therefore we can conclude, in relation to the Islamic faith, it is not a myth.
 
Some of the virgins physical and sexual attributes include; being white, beautiful, eternally young, hairless except for the brows and the head, with appetizing vaginas and large round breasts which are not inclined to hang. Clearly none of these features can be attributed to raisins. ([[72 Virgins|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Allah and Mary's Vagina ("Farj")|2=[[File:Angel Gabriel with the Virgin Mary.jpg|150px|link=Allah and Marys Vagina]]|3=In Qur'anic verses 21:91 & 66:12, Allah says that he breathed into Mary's vagina in order to conceive Isa (the Islamic Jesus). When looking at the tafsirs we find that Allah did this by sending the Angel Jibreel (Gabriel) to complete this task. The word "Farj" is used in these verses to indicate where Allah/Jibreel blew, and Farj means "vagina." The verse uses "Farjaha" which means "her vagina."
 
“...''Allah sent the angel Jibril to Maryam, and he came to her in the shape of a man in every respect. Allah commanded him to blow into a gap of her garment and that breath went into her womb through her private part; this is how `Isa was conceived''...” - Tafsir Ibn Kathir ([[Allah and Marys Vagina|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Accidents and Natural Disasters in the Muslim World‎|2=[[File:400px-24 - Destroyed mosque.jpg|180px|link=Accidents and Natural Disasters in the Muslim World]]|3=Many Muslims often gloat and celebrate when an accident or natural disaster befalls the Western and/or non-Muslim world, believing that it is the actions of a vengeful Allah. As Allah's people, Muslims believe they will always be protected by Allah against such calamities. The Qur'an even states that earthquakes are for non-Muslims and occur as the wrath of an angry God. However accidents and natural disasters happen very often in Muslim countries and Allah seems to turn a blind eye when disaster strikes, even when they occur during the Hajj in Mecca, where Islam's holiest site, the Ka'aba, is located. ([[Accidents and Natural Disasters in the Muslim World|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=The Rising Star of Incompetent Muslim Science|2=[[File:Dr. Zakir Naik.jpg|250px|link=The Rising Star of Incompetent Muslim Science]]|3=Many Muslims, especially the younger generation, refer to Dr. Zakir Naik (who believes apostates should be executed), as an expert in the “scientific miracles” of the Qur'an. One obviously would expect that such a great “scientific expert” would actually know a thing or two about science. He once attempted to refute the theory of evolution during the ‘Qur’an and Modern Science – Conflict or Conciliation?’ question and answer session. His entire refutation was rather short, and unsurprisingly received a rapturous applause from his audience. Yet in those few words, Dr. Naik managed to make 28 demonstrable errors of simple fact. This is an astounding level of scientific incompetence. ([[The Rising Star of Incompetent Muslim Science|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Why Muslim Women are Required to Wear the Hijab|2=[[File:Hijab-protest.jpg|260px|link=Revelation of the Hijab]]|3=The real reason that Muslim women wear the hijab today is not a spiritual one, nor a matter of piety. Covering the hair/face cannot be considered an act of modesty because Muslim men are not required to cover theirs. The sole reason they do it is because Umar bin Al-Khattab, a companion of Muhammad, wished that Muhammad would reveal verses from Allah requiring women to wear it. When Muhammad did not oblige, Umar did not consider praying to Allah for assistance. Umar knew he had to make it personal for Muhammad himself in order to bring the revelation down. He followed Muhammad's wives out when they went to go to the toilet and made his presence known.  When Muhammad heard of this, the revelation that Umar had so wanted was sent down from Allah. Umar knew where these revelations were really coming from, which is why he went to Muhammad and harassed his wives instead of asking Allah. ([[Revelation of the Hijab|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Prophet Muhammad's Permanent Erection|2=[[File:Priapus Greek god.jpg|250px|link=Priapism - Permanent Erection]]|3=Priapism is a potentially painful medical condition, in which the erect penis or clitoris does not return to its flaccid state, despite the absence of both physical and psychological stimulation, within four hours. The name comes from the Greek god Priapus, a fertility god often represented with a disproportionately large and permanent erection. According to Islamic scripture, all Muslim males that are admitted to Paradise will technically suffer from priapisms (i.e. they "will have an ever-erect penis"). And the Muslim geographer and historian Abu al-Fida (1273 – 1331 AD) relates that Prophet Muhammad suffered from a death erection (a post-mortem erection, technically a priapism). ([[Priapism - Permanent Erection|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=To You Your Religion and To Me Mine (Qur'an 109:1-6)|2=[[File:Al-Kafirun.png|215px|link=To You Your Religion and To Me Mine]]|3=This article analyzes the apologetic claim that Surat al-Kafiroon (the Disbelievers, Atheists) advocates religious tolerance and freedom. When read in context, like many other verses misinterpreted for apologetic purposes, Surat al-Kafiroon advocates the opposite of what is sometimes claimed. This surah is not a proclamation on religious tolerance and freedom or a recognition of religious pluralism. In fact, this surah unequivocally forbids inter-faith dialogue and advocates an "us versus them" mentality between Muslims and disbelievers. This is how the surah is understood by mainstream Islam and the majority of its classical and contemporary scholars. Furthermore, if the historical context were to be ignored, it would still remain an abrogated verse superseded by "the verses of fighting". ([[To You Your Religion and To Me Mine|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=A Qur’anic Understanding of the Universe|2=[[File:Ancient-Cosmology.jpg|180px|link=A Qur’anic Understanding of the Universe]]|3=The Qur'an's understanding of the universe matches that of the mythical cosmos believed by 7th century Arabians rather than an accurate description of the real universe. In the Qur'an, the entire universe is very small and contains simply the earth and its surrounding heavens. There are no galaxies, other solar systems, or such a thing as “outer space.” The earth is the top-most of seven, flat discs, surrounded by the seven solid concentric domes of the heavens. The celestial objects that do exist (sun, moon, stars and planets) are quite small, very close, and they follow semi-circular paths within the innermost of the seven heavenly domes. When they are not in the sky above the earth, they are resting somewhere underneath it, except while petitioning Allah’s permission to return the following day (or night). Paradise exists between the seven heavens, and hell exists between the seven earths. All of this is submerged in a cosmic sea, above which is the throne of Allah. ([[A Qur’anic Understanding of the Universe|''read more'']])}}</option>
 
 
<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Islamic Hijabs and Nuns Habits|2=[[File:Islamic Hijab and Nuns Habit.jpg|160px|link=Islamic Hijabs and Nuns Habits]]|3=Apologists often attempt to compare the Islamic observance of hijab with the wearing of the religious habit by Christian nuns. This comparison is fundamentally flawed and is one of many fallacious tu quoque arguments utilized in defense of Islam. In reality, there are numerous differences between the two items of clothing. For example, unlike the compulsory observance of hijab (in some form or another) for practicing Muslim women, practicing Christian women are not required or expected to wear a nun's habit. Naturally, only nuns are. In fact, it would be considered quite bizarre for a Christian women to wear a nun's habit is she were not a nun. The burka covers everything including the eyes, leaving women unrecognizable, visually impaired, and closed off to social interaction. The nun's habit does not cover the face at all, so they cause no such problems. Also, if a nun were to remove her head covering, unlike a Muslim woman, she would not run the risk of being intimidated, ostracized or honor killed by her co-religionists. For example, Aqsa Parvez was a 16-year-old Muslim girl who was honor-killed in Ontario, Canada. Her brother had strangled her to death when she refused to wear a hijab covering. ([[Islamic Hijabs and Nuns Habits|''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>


<option weight="1">{{Pictorial-Islam|1=Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in the Quran|2=[[File:Seven_sleepers.jpg|170px|link=Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in the Quran]]|3=The Qur'anic story of the "Companions of the Cave" has traditionally been explained by the Islamic narrative as proof of Allah's divine power whereby he miraculously caused 7 youths to fall asleep and awaken after more than 300 years. Yet comparison with the literary milieu of the Qur'an, 7th century Chrisian culture in the Middle East, reveals parallels to the 7 Sleepers of Ephesus, a Christian legend dating from the 5th century which tells the story of Christian youths being persecuted by the pagan Roman Emperor Decius in the 3rd century. ([[Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in the Quran|''read more'']])}}</option>


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Dhul-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romance
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The story of Dhul-Qarnayn (in Arabic ذو القرنين, literally "The Two-Horned One", also transliterated as Zul-Qarnain or Zulqarnain) is found in the 18th Surah of the Qur'an, al-Kahf (the Cave). While he is never mentioned explicitly by name, the story is clearly based upon a legendary account of Alexander the Great. For centuries, most Muslim historians and Qur'anic commentators endorsed the identity of Dhul-Qarnayn as Alexander, though some also proposed alternatives. In recent years, this identification of Dhul-Qarnayn has become particularly problematic and controversial for Muslim scholars, as historians have gradually discovered that the historical Alexander was a Greek pagan who fashioned himself as a god. (read more)

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