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 Dr. Zakir Naik, who in the past had “effectively” evaded debate invitations of legendary Christian apologists such as Bro. Sam Shamoun, Bro. James White and Bro. David Wood, as well as Arya Samaj from Hinduism, has now showed his unwillingness to face SAN representative in a debate. Following are the correspondence between SAN and IRF.
Second Update: IRF Insists Zakir is Kept in the Dark. |
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Yet another time, followers of the religion of peace, shows their true color. Believers from the ‘religion of peace’ chop of the palm of a professor in Kerala for allegedly preparing a question paper with some remarks that have ‘hurt’ the sentiments of Muslims. Last Update: July 8, 2010 |
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 Every time when there is violence against the critics of Hazarat Muhammad, Dawwah preachers tries to justify it by saying that those are defamation and abuses against Hazarat Muhammad and not mere criticisms. They further add that while they condemn defamation, they invite critiques which they are ready to answer. In the context of violence in Kerala, MM Akbar, the Dawwah preacher was no different in response in bringing the charge of defamation. Interestingly, Dawwah preachers never cite any authoritative texts to disprove the so-called defamers of Hazarat Muhammad. Here also, MM Akbar was not different. Further, though Dawwah preachers offer to answer criticisms against Hazarat Muhammad, they never come for a debate on this subject where their answers can be evaluated. Will MM Akbar be different on at least this? writes Jerry Thomas. |
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 It is a matter of serous implications when a ‘party of Muslims’ thinks and says evil about the Bible (Tavrat, Zaboor and Injee) while the Quran talks and refers to it a lot in a strikingly positive way. In this short article let us see what ‘some’ Muslims think about the Bible and what the Quran says about it and what are the stakes in this matter of mismatch, writes Prasanna. |
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When compares the character and nature of Allah and Satan as described in the Quran, one is left in utter confusion as to whether both these are one entity with different names or not? Hope our Muslim friends will take some time to answer the following questions from Quran itself, writes Noble. |
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 Public debates had been decided by Sakshi Apologetics Network and the Niche of Truth on October 3&4, 2009. However, due to the disagreements over one point- the discussion for the finalization of the debate is not making any progress and debate is almost cancelled. You decide who is trying to evade the debate. |
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Sakshi is ready to sign this agreement at a neutral place on a mutually convenient date. Let only the date, venue, and time be decided. Will the Niche of Truth be ever ready for a debate on fair and equal terms? |
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S. Gurumurthy, renowned columnist and convenor of the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch which is considered as the RSS Economic Forum, writes his rejoinder to Jerry Thomas’ response. |
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S Gurumurthy had written an article in the Sunday Express stating that though the homosexuality was never approved or celebrated in the Hindu ethics, it was wisely ignored because of its tolerance towards marginal deviant groups. In contrast, the Judeo Christian worldview due to its intolerance towards any deviation punished such marginal groups. Jerry Thomas responds to such comparison. |
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 Justice BK Somasekhar Enquiry Commission into the incidents of attacks on certain places of worship in Dakshina Kannada and other districts of Karnataka in the month of September 2008. Certain Hindus, Praveen Reddy and Others, submitted a questionnaire before the Honorable Commission seeking answers from the Christians for their theological and legal questions pertaining to the Christian faith. This was brought to the attention of SAN recently and has been informed that the Honorable Commission granted extension of time to answer those. Though not the original recipients, Jerry Thomas and G Bibu answered those questions and submitted their answers, both soft copy and hard copy, before the Honorable Commission. They have also submitted a questionnaire for these Hindu friends to answer. |
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Justice BK Somasekhar Enquiry Commission into the incidents of attacks on certain places of worship in Dakshina Kannada and other districts of Karnataka in the month of September 2008. Certain Hindus, Praveen Reddy and Others, submitted a questionnaire before the Honorable Commission seeking answers from the Christians for their theological and legal questions pertaining to the Christian faith. This was brought to the attention of SAN recently and has been informed that the Honorable Commission granted extension of time to answer those. Though not the original recipients, Jerry Thomas and G Bibu answered those questions and submitted their answers, both soft copy and hard copy, before the Honorable Commission. They have also submitted a questionnaire for these Hindu friends to answer. |
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Justice BK Somasekhar Enquiry Commission into the incidents of attacks on certain places of worship in Dakshina Kannada and other districts of Karnataka in the month of September 2008. Certain Hindus, Praveen Reddy and Others, submitted a questionnaire before the Honorable Commission seeking answers from the Christians for their theological and legal questions pertaining to the Christian faith. This was brought to the attention of SAN recently and has been informed that the Honorable Commission granted extension of time to answer those. Though not the original recipients, Jerry Thomas and G Bibu answered those questions and submitted their answers, both soft copy and hard copy, before the Honorable Commission. They have also submitted a questionnaire for these Hindu friends to answer. |
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Justice BK Somasekhar Enquiry Commission into the incidents of attacks on certain places of worship in Dakshina Kannada and other districts of Karnataka in the month of September 2008. Certain Hindus, Praveen Reddy and Others, submitted a questionnaire before the Honorable Commission seeking answers from the Christians for their theological and legal questions pertaining to the Christian faith. This was brought to the attention of SAN recently and has been informed that the Honorable Commission granted extension of time to answer those. Though not the original recipients, Jerry Thomas and G Bibu answered those questions and submitted their answers, both soft copy and hard copy, before the Honorable Commission. They have also submitted a questionnaire for these Hindu friends to answer. |
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Justice BK Somasekhar Enquiry Commission into the incidents of attacks on certain places of worship in Dakshina Kannada and other districts of Karnataka in the month of September 2008. Certain Hindus, Praveen Reddy and Others, submitted a questionnaire before the Honorable Commission seeking answers from the Christians for their theological and legal questions pertaining to the Christian faith. This was brought to the attention of SAN recently and has been informed that the Honorable Commission granted extension of time to answer those. Though not the original recipients, Jerry Thomas and G Bibu answered those questions and submitted their answers, both soft copy and hard copy, before the Honorable Commission. They have also submitted a questionnaire for these Hindu friends to answer. |
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Justice BK Somasekhar Enquiry Commission into the incidents of attacks on certain places of worship in Dakshina Kannada and other districts of Karnataka in the month of September 2008. Certain Hindus, Praveen Reddy and Others, submitted a questionnaire before the Honorable Commission seeking answers from the Christians for their theological and legal questions pertaining to the Christian faith. This was brought to the attention of SAN recently and has been informed that the Honorable Commission granted extension of time to answer those. Though not the original recipients, Jerry Thomas and G Bibu answered those questions and submitted their answers, both soft copy and hard copy, before the Honorable Commission. They have also submitted a questionnaire for these Hindu friends to answer. |
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Justice BK Somasekhar Enquiry Commission into the incidents of attacks on certain places of worship in Dakshina Kannada and other districts of Karnataka in the month of September 2008. Certain Hindus, Praveen Reddy and Others, submitted a questionnaire before the Honorable Commission seeking answers from the Christians for their theological and legal questions pertaining to the Christian faith. This was brought to the attention of SAN recently and has been informed that the Honorable Commission granted extension of time to answer those. Though not the original recipients, Jerry Thomas and G Bibu answered those questions and submitted their answers, both soft copy and hard copy, before the Honorable Commission. They have also submitted a questionnaire for these Hindu friends to answer. |
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Justice BK Somasekhar Enquiry Commission into the incidents of attacks on certain places of worship in Dakshina Kannada and other districts of Karnataka in the month of September 2008. Certain Hindus, Praveen Reddy and Others, submitted a questionnaire before the Honorable Commission seeking answers from the Christians for their theological and legal questions pertaining to the Christian faith. This was brought to the attention of SAN recently and has been informed that the Honorable Commission granted extension of time to answer those. Though not the original recipients, Jerry Thomas and G Bibu answered those questions and submitted their answers, both soft copy and hard copy, before the Honorable Commission. They have also submitted a questionnaire for these Hindu friends to answer. |
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Justice BK Somasekhar Enquiry Commission into the incidents of attacks on certain places of worship in Dakshina Kannada and other districts of Karnataka in the month of September 2008. Certain Hindus, Praveen Reddy and Others, submitted a questionnaire before the Honorable Commission seeking answers from the Christians for their theological and legal questions pertaining to the Christian faith. This was brought to the attention of SAN recently and has been informed that the Honorable Commission granted extension of time to answer those. Though not the original recipients, Jerry Thomas and G Bibu answered those questions and submitted their answers, both soft copy and hard copy, before the Honorable Commission. They have also submitted a questionnaire for these Hindu friends to answer. |
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Justice BK Somasekhar Enquiry Commission into the incidents of attacks on certain places of worship in Dakshina Kannada and other districts of Karnataka in the month of September 2008. Certain Hindus, Praveen Reddy and Others, submitted a questionnaire before the Honorable Commission seeking answers from the Christians for their theological and legal questions pertaining to the Christian faith. This was brought to the attention of SAN recently and has been informed that the Honorable Commission granted extension of time to answer those. Though not the original recipients, Jerry Thomas and G Bibu answered those questions and submitted their answers, both soft copy and hard copy, before the Honorable Commission. They have also submitted a questionnaire for these Hindu friends to answer. |
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 Muslim apologists have been trying to undermine biblical truths tirelessly and pathetically for quite sometime. In their zeal they employ all kinds of questions that are basically fallacious. Prasanna answers six of those. |
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 In the first and second rebuttals in this series, G Bibu refuted the so-called simiarlities between Christ and Krishna. In this third article, G Bibu demonstrates how Stephen Knapp’s theories and contentions are actually groundless and futile.
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 We, Indians are familiar with the popularized T.V. show “Kaun Banega Crorepati” as the show was meant to become crorepati by answering questions posed by the host Amitabh Bachaan. I want to use the scenario of the show and would endeavor to refute the notion that all religions are same, writes Pankaj Parmar. |
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 Is Claiming Exclusivity of Truth a Sign of Intolerance and Arrogance?
While many of the modern Hindu revivalist/reformist, for example Swami Dayananda Saraswati of Arya Samaj, claimed exclusivity for their own understanding of truth and argued against other’s perspective, Swami Vivekananda labeled any claim of exclusivity as a mark of intolerance and claimed that Hinduism accepts all religions as true. Jerry Thomas begins his series of articles refuting the allegations as given in the nine volumes of Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. |
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 Anita’s argument is supposedly with a young Christian woman sitting next to her flight and was reading the Holy Bible. Anita told her why Anita is a Hindu and her argument is in form of answers to that lady’s questions and reactions. I do not know why and how that lady answered the way in she did. In this response, I am assuming that I am in that young Christian woman's place and replying to Anita. I know that the following discussion will evoke more genuine questions . But I have restricted myself to her set of argument. I will love to answer them writes Dr. Arun Gadre, a renowned Marathi Novelist.
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 In this timeline, Prasanna gives an overview of major incidents from the birth of Muhammad until Al-Tabari wrote his Tafsir for Quran. |
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The country is shaken by the shocks of the Mumbai blasts and every newspaper is filled with the event and its after effects. The persecution of christians in Orissa and the condenmable acts of the terrorists have occured in quick succession. George Anthony Paul exhorts, in the light of the scriptures, to preach to the oppressor as Christ did. |
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 Global Islamic terrorism has made many Muslims to propose Islamic solutions to terrorism. Jerry Thomas reviews three of such proposals by Muslims and suggests a fourth one from Quran. |
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 Doubts Cleared:
If you want to know why Dr. Zakir Naik runs away from debating with Ali Sina, you only need to read Sina’s latest book Understanding Muhammad: A Psychobiography. Notes from Sakshi Research Team.
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 There has been a hue and cry against pamphlets written and distributed in Karnataka which supposedly spoke ill about Hindu gods and goddess. The Bajrang Dal justified their vandalism and violence on the pretext of this pamphlet. That pamphlet was supposedly titled as ‘Satya Darshini’. Sakshi Research Team, by whatever little have read finds it similar to Satyrath Prakash written by Swami Dayananda Sarawasti of Araya Samaj. Will the Bajrang Dal vandalize Araya Samaj also? |
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 If all religions are not the same and make exclusive claims about their (own) worldview and intolerant in varying degrees, then one should not accuse the other, but seek the truth which will truly set them free, writes Praveen Raju. |
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 A Double Standard Exposed:
In Kottayam, at the Trade Center, Shastri Road, on August 22, 2008 Bro. Jerry Thomas gave a two-hour rebuttal session for M.M. Akbar’s wild allegations against the Holy Bible. The following is a translated and adapted excerpt of the part of the rebuttal notes. In this, Bro. Jerry shows that M.M. Akbar’s allegations against the Holy Bible are based on Akbar’s ignorance of his own books or dishonesty after knowing it. Either way, he has to now mend his ways. |
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 Kalki the 10th incarnation of Vishnu was an historical figure in the guise of Yasodharman. Puranas and poets describe Kalki event as already accomplished. Some Puranas use future tense in order to give the statements an eschatological character. Whatever it be ancient Indians would not write a mundane history within the limits of space and time; they would write only an eternal history presenting an eternal India writes G Suseelan, M. A (Mal), M.A (Philos), M.A (Hist), M.A (Socio), M.L.I.S, B.D and author of Malayalam Bible Dictionary and Malayalam Bible Concordance. |
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 Worldview Drama
Through an imaginative dialog between six men from different worldviews, Praveen Raju illustrates the implications of each in relation to the meaning and destination in life. |
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 This article is not about any particular Dawah but the very idea of Dawah as mentioned in the Quran and Hadiths. This brief article examines the classical understanding of Surah 3:104 which is one of the most important verses in the Quran for Dawah and related methods as mentioned in Hadiths and Quran. Sakshi Research Team. |
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 There is nothing called Hinduism. It is rather Hinduisms, because there isn’t one religion called ‘Hinduism’, but there is a multiplicity of religions within what we call Hinduism, ‘a parliament of religions’. It is a very complex system with many different and even contradictory belief systems within itself and hence I prefer ‘Hinduisms’. Rev. Sudhakar Mondithoka, Visiting Professor of 'Contemporary World Religions & Christian Apologetics' and 'Ethics' at SAIACS and Pastor of the English Congregation of Centenary Baptist Church, Secunderabad |
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 Soon after the debate with Bro. Imran, we have been asked by many Christians- why not try to answer Bro. Dr. Zakir Naik. We had to point out that Dr. Zakir Naik has already been answered though it has not been given publicity to the extend which Bro. Dr. Zakir Naik gives for his materials due to the lack of petrodollars. However, for those who would like to know the answers to Dr. Zakir Naik’s question, we are providing the right direction to resources. |
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By the Grace of Jesus Christ, for the testimony of His Gospel and For Christ and His Church, Bro. Jerry Thomas of Sakshi: An Apologetics Network in India had an enormously victorious debate with Bro. Imran of IREF says Raymond and Richard. |
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There is nothing called Hinduism. It is rather Hinduisms, because there isn’t one religion called ‘Hinduism’, but there is a multiplicity of religions within what we call Hinduism, ‘a parliament of religions’. It is a very complex system with many different and even contradictory belief systems within itself and hence I prefer ‘Hinduisms’. Rev. Sudhakar Mondithoka, Visiting Professor of 'Contemporary World Religions & Christian Apologetics' and 'Ethics' at SAIACS and Pastor of the English Congregation of Centenary Baptist Church, Secunderabad. |
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 UN Rapporteur, Asma Jahangir warned that communal divisions seem to have increased in India during the past decade. There have been at least 142 religiously-motivated attacks on Christian in the year 2007 as recorded by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) though the actual incidents are much higher. Amidst of all this, instead of Rajasthan BJP government’s reintroduce the anti-conversion bill and passes the bill. Sakshi Research Team looks at the bare facts. |
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There is nothing called Hinduism. It is rather Hinduisms, because there isn’t one religion called ‘Hinduism’, but there is a multiplicity of religions within what we call Hinduism, ‘a parliament of religions’. It is a very complex system with many different and even contradictory belief systems within itself and hence I prefer ‘Hinduisms’. Rev. Sudhakar Mondithoka, Visiting Professor of 'Contemporary World Religions & Christian Apologetics' and 'Ethics' at SAIACS and Pastor of the English Congregation of Centenary Baptist Church, Secunderabad begins his series. |
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 It is to be kept in mind that everyone need to be converted whether a Christian or a Hindu. Ideally conversion that a Christian advocates is not to a religion but to the person of Jesus Christ. Conversion is about restoring the primacy of God in individual and corporate life writers Rev. Daniel Deepak, pastor at one of the largest CNI Churches in North India. |
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 Have you ever read the charges that the Bible borrowed from the Bhagavad-Gita? Jerry Thomas does a historical and theological investigation and concludes that it is not the Bible that derived from Bhagavad-Gita but the probability is for the other way. Also, the article highlights the superiority of the Biblical concepts over the Bhagavad-Gita. |
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 Of all the philosophies regarding sex, the most difficult of all is the philosophy of Jesus according to whom the ideal sexual relationship is one man and one woman for life, in which care and nurture and understanding each other provides a superior context for, as well as quality of, sexual pleasure. Professor Prabhu Guptara is Executive Director, Organisational Development, Wolfsberg (a subsidiary of UBS - one of the largest banks in the world). |
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 Prof Prabhu Guptara reviews the book Hinduism in Great Britain: The Perpetuation of Religion in an Allen Cultural Milieu. Professor Prabhu Guptara is Executive Director, Organisational Development, Wolfsberg (a subsidiary of UBS - one of the largest banks in the world). He is Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; he is also Fellow: of the Institute of Directors, of the Royal Commonwealth Society, and of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts Commerce and Manufactures. |
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 This brief article examines a few of the confusing concepts of sin and salvation in Quran. Sakshi Research Team compiles those verses. |
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Christians are accused of being polytheists (or at least tri-theists) and not monotheists. This accusation comes from Jehovah Witness, Muslims, etc. They ask, how can one be three and three be one? This is a contradiction. How can 1+1+1 be equal to 1? We as Christians are challenged to explain about our God who is Triune. George A Paul attempts to introduce Trinity as revealed in the Holy Bible.
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 The very concept of peace and finality of Islam as proposed by Islamic theologians are the root cause of violence. Jerry Thomas critiques the doctrines of peace and finality of Islam as taught by one of its leading theologian, Sayed Qutb and exposes its shallowness. At the same time, this article contrasts the shallowness of Islam with the profoundness of Christian doctrine which brings true peace. |
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 People generally think that all religions are ultimately the same or that they are fundamental similar and only superficially dissimilar. But are all religions really the same or teaching us the same things? Are all religions really like different ways to the same destiny? By Rev. Sudhakar Mondithoka. |
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 There are many secular reasons for the necessity of conversion. But some of the arguments are religious too. If one understands the nature of religion, teachings on salvation and devotion, one will also agree that anti-conversion attitude is an anti-religious attitude. Jerry Thomas argues that those who oppose conversion are against all religions. |
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 Is it necessary to allow religious conversion in a secular democratic society? Jerry Thomas argues that right to religious conversion is necessary and essential in a secular democratic society. |
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 The amorphous collection of texts that might be labeled “Hindu scripture” consists of millions of lines of text written over thousands of years in several languages. Known as the Vedas, the holy writings of India are central to contemporary religion, though their authority is in no way analogous to that of the Bible or the Qur’an in Christian and Islamic communities by Alden Bass. |
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 You may wonder, dear reader if you know that the quran was not one but there were seven different qurans , to them the title" the seven letterers" was given, the Caliph Othman Bin Affan had burned six of them , and retained only one quran, that's the one currently used by the Muslims , Othman paid his life for what he had done , he was assassinated and died murdered. By Father Zakria Boutros |
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 Very few have been as bold as Father Zakaria Botors in reaching out to Muslims. Being a Christian priest in Egypt for more than 20 years, where conversion to Christianity is a crime, Father Zakaria has led more than 500 Egyptian Muslims to Christ. He has also answered the polemic sophistries of Islamic apologists with meekness and clarity and yet with firmness. A few Muslims openly threatened in a T.V channel that they would chop Father Zakaria into pieces. Out of his scholarly study and unique experiences, Father Zakaria writes about the face(s) of Islam. |
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 Many Christians and Hindus have assumed the Avatars in Hinduism and the incarnation of Christ to be similar. Moreover many Hindu friends even accept Christ as one of the gods, is such acceptance possible without accepting contradictions? To accept Christ as one of the Avatars and as one of the gods is impossible says George A Paul. Read to find out why?
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 In Buddhism, there is no ultimate truth to know, no ultimate God to be responsible to, no omnipotent power to consider, and no ethical demands to fulfill. Only state or non-state to obtain is that of Sunyata. But even the obsession to Sunyata is not Sunyata. Rev. Daniel Deepak Yashvant makes a comparative study. |
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 One day Jesus asked his disciples a pointed question, "Who do people say I am?" (Mark 8:27). The question of who Jesus is intensely discussed and debated till today by muslims worldwide. Was Jesus only a prophet among the other prophets as muslims claim? . I invite my Muslim friends to check every references provided in this article from both the Quran and the Holy Bible and seek God’s guidance to grant a deeper revelations by Praveen Raju. |
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What is the position of women in Islam? How should a husband care and treat his wife? What does the greatest and the last prophet Mohammed advice and prescribe as an ideal treatment of women? Esther, evaluates the Muslim and Islamic position on women and the role of a caring husband.
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 Muslims often claim that Koran is uncorrupted and preserved to the dot. For Muslims, this is a proof that Koran is of divine origin. Though this is a commendable belief, it is unfounded. Hadiths says that part of the Koran has been lost and admits the many changes. Here we produce some of the quotes from the Hadiths. This by no means is an exhaustive list. By Sakshi Research Team |
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 William Wilberforce was instrumental in abolishing slavery in Europe. As a parliamentarian in the United Kingdom, he also supported the abolishment of sati in India. By Marvin Olasky, professor of journalism at the University of Texas, and Chief Editor of the World Magazine. |
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