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The Myth of “YHWH”: Why the Quran’s Use of Allah Is More “Biblical” than Its Critics Admit

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A very bizarre criticism of Islam has been popularized recently. The argument is that the Qur’an supposedly lacks credibility because it never uses the divine name “YHWH” (the Tetragrammaton). At first glance, this may appear persuasive to some who are unfamiliar with the linguistic and theological landscape of the biblical tradition. Upon closer examination, however, […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/09/myth-yhwh-quran/

Jews Leaving Israel for the Diaspora: Yerida and the Cannibalization of Zionism

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Al Jazeera recently published a news article titled, “‘Tsunami’ of emigration reshapes Israel’s future, experts warn,” wherein they reported the following: Nearly 270,000 Israelis have left the country over the past three years, the Tel Aviv University study found, drawing on Central Bureau of Statistics data. More than 86,500 Israelis left in 2023, followed by […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/07/jews-leaving-israel-yerida/

Compassionate Imams Spreading False Compassion and Rewriting Morality

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Like many others, I still choose to not be on TikTok. Complete withdrawal from social media, however, carries its own costs, and unless one intends to become socially insulated, some degree of participation is almost unavoidable. I therefore use WhatsApp, among other things, to remain in contact with family and friends… and, as anyone from […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/05/compassionate-imams-feminine/

Early Muslim Encounters with Feminism: Women’s Education in the Late Ottoman Empire

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Feminist theory and the liberal ideological foundations it emerged from are a uniquely post-enlightenment, Western phenomenon. In modern times, the imagined scale of “social progress” still weighs heavily in the favor of Western countries, leading to practices that would be considered extreme even to an audience from a decade prior. Countless articles from Muslim Skeptic […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/03/feminism-womens-education-ottoman-empire/

The Assad–Sharaa Connection Nobody Wants to Talk About

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There are two inconvenient truths about Ahmad Sharaa that haven’t gotten much attention ever since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in 2024. (1) Syrian Wahhabis including Ahmad Sharaa were long allied with Bashar al-Assad’s intelligence services. (2) Syrian Wahhabis including Sharaa began blowing up Shia marketplaces and mosques in Iraq long before Assad’s crimes in […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/02/assad-create-sharaa/

An Islamic Critique of the Bhagavad Gita

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In contemporary Hinduism, the Bhagavad Gita is arguably the most widely read, translated, and cited sacred text. Though it comprises only approximately 700 verses, it has come to occupy a position in modern Hindu thought comparable to that which is occupied by the Qur’an in Islam or by the Bible in Christianity. Historically, however, the […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/01/islamic-critique-bhagavad-gita/

“Killers of the Prophets”? The Biblical Background of a “Quranic Accusation”

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There is a particular criticism that is commonly directed against Islam, from both Jews and Christians. It is the assertion that the Israelites not only rejected but, in some cases, killed the prophets that God had sent to them. The Qur’an of course repeatedly informs us that the Children of Israel both persecuted and murdered […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/31/killers-prophets-quranic-accusation/