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Traditionally, being Sunni is not only about aqida. Rather it is also about establishing independent sovereign states, applying the Sharia, and waging jihad (e.g., to maintain political independence, to protect vulnerable Muslims, etc.). These basic facts were recognized by Sunnis Islamists throughout most of the 20th century (e.g., Muslim Brotherhood, Jamaat-e-Islami, Hizb al-Tahrir, etc.). These […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/18/hijacking-sunnism-secular-ultrasectarians/

Islamic history is rife with episodes of battles, wars, and conquests. This is no doubt a result of the divine command to engage in armed struggle or “jihad” against disbelieving polities. Liberal and modernist polemics against Islam often revolve around the idea of jihad as barbaric, materially motivated invasions coated by a mirage of spiritual […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/17/napoleon-bonaparte-islamic-modernist/

You may have come across some of the recent controversy surrounding a TikTok creator known as “Ayah’s Voice.” She has become the subject of intense conversation on various social media platforms including X. I do not use TikTok myself, but from what I’ve seen circulating online, she appears to command a somewhat substantial audience, likely […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/16/autonomous-self-cult-muslim-feminism/

Wahhabis have launched another braindead, self-defeating media campaign against me simply for calling for a practice championed by the Salaf. Context is here. Basically I called for the DEMOLITION of the Clock Tower McHotel looming over the Sacred Haram. Predictably, the dishonest Wahhabis say this means I am calling for the “bombing of Mecca” lol […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/13/salaf-demolished-buildings-taller-kaba/

Following the events of the genocide in Palestine and the subsequent war between the Zionist establishment and Iran, a wave of seldom discussed matters surfaced as the subject of fierce debate. Among the more pressing questions include the issue of Sunni-Shi’ah unity, whether or not Muslims should show solidarity towards the fighters in Lebanon, Yemen, […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/09/11/iranian-ittihad-i-islam/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

The Muslim ummah has recently been directing a well-deserved bout of outrage towards Saudi Arabia for shamelessly removing prophetic narrations and other religious material from their textbooks and curricula because it was perceived as being ‘antisemitic’ and problematic by Israel. Specifically, the removal of this statement from Saudi textbooks has gone viral: An Israel-based organisation […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/30/israeli-impact-se-sinister-agenda/

Introduction This article offers an overview and analysis of the Makka Joint Defense Agreement. It is helpful to begin with some basic facts. The Agreement is a defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkiye. It was signed in Makka on August 7th, 2026 at the Makka Al-Mukarrama Summit for Joint Defense. The Makka Agreement […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/28/makka-joint-defense-agreement/

A recurrent polemical argument that is put forward particularly in some Christian apologetic circles, goes roughly as follows: Since Islam attracts a conspicuous number of converts within Western prisons, Islam must therefore possess some peculiar affinity with criminality. The insinuation is sometimes expressed crudely as “Islam is a religion of criminals.” Sometimes, it is presented […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/28/spread-islam-western-prisons/

In Islam, Muslims revere the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as the best of creation and as God’s Chosen Final Prophet and Messenger. One of the clearest manifestations of the reverence displayed towards him ﷺ is the extraordinary level of care that Muslims developed around attributing words to him. It is known that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/24/hadith-criticism-new-testament/

What do baby formula milk, post-partum depression, Big Pharma’s war on motherhood, and the unnatural approach of modern medicine towards treating the human body all have in common? Everything. The Abandonment of Breastfeeding For those who don’t know, post-partum depression is a term used in modern medicine to describe a period of time following child-birth […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/22/modern-medicines-breastfeeding/

One of the less frequently considered arguments for the finality of Islam is the extraordinary comprehensiveness of the human model embodied by its final Messenger, Muhammad ﷺ. The Qur’an does not present him merely as the transmitter of a particular theological system. It makes his very existence normatively significant: Yet, very truly, in the Messenger […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/19/myth-judeo-christian-family/

It is widely recognized among Muslims that one of the recurring functions of the Qur’an is the vindication of God’s chosen servants against narratives that diminish their moral and spiritual stature. The Qur’an repeatedly rehabilitates prophetic figures by correcting various slanderous Biblical portrayals of them engaged in episodes of grave sin, moral failure, or theological […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/18/quranic-rehabilitation-disciples-jesus/

Israeli propaganda against Muslims and Palestinians has been at an all-time high ever since October 7th, with the propaganda being so blatant and the narrative so poorly written that people can now readily identify when a smear campaign is launched by Israel or one of its puppet arms against influential voices opposed to Israel. And […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/17/uae-smear-campaign-sneako/

By: Jabrail Gadgiev (Imam Shamil Library) Recently, social media has experienced a wave of hysteria over the arrival of migrants into Cueta, an autonomous city owned by Spain, bordering Morocco. On the one hand, the typical white nationalist slop is being propped up in order to once more downplay the inevitable self-inflicted demographic collapse due […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/13/morocco-pan-islamism-kattani/

Imagine a society where marriage is promoted, and fornication and adultery are outlawed. A society where, when a male or female goes through puberty and develops natural sexual desires and reproductive instincts, the solution is for them to get married, regardless of meaningless arbitrary factors such as if they’re 17 years and 364 or 365 […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/12/modern-christians-child-marriage/

Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan have just formalised a new trilateral defence framework under what has been titled the “Mecca Joint Defence Agreement,” named after the sacred city in which it was signed, i.e., Makkah. At its core lies a collective-defence commitment: an armed attack against any one of the three signatories is to be […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/10/mecca-joint-defence-agreement/

This is a guest post by Jabrail Gadgiev. It should come as no surprise to avid readers of Muslim Skeptic that the ultimate goal of the Western neocolonial elite has not merely been to shed the blood of Muslims and destabilize our societies through force of arms. It has also been to monopolize the ideological […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/07/colonial-playbook-caliph-sultan-abdul-hamid/

Few figures in human history have exercised a level of influence comparable to that of Prophet Ibrahim/Abraham (peace be upon him). Entire civilizations trace their spiritual ancestry to him; billions identify themselves through his legacy, and Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are collectively designated by some as the “Abrahamic religions” because each claims him as a […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/04/abraham-neither-jew-christian/

The Talmud occupies a central place in Rabbinic Judaism. This is because it functions as the principal repository of legal interpretation, religious practice, and rabbinic authority. Indeed, for much of Jewish history, the practical observance of Judaism has been mediated through the vast interpretive tradition preserved within the Talmud rather than the biblical text itself. […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/03/talmudic-medicine/

As Muslims, we affirm tawhid, i.e., the metaphysical singularity, ontological absoluteness, and incomparable unity of God, whose essence admits neither division, composition, hypostatic plurality, nor relational dependence. God is One, not numerically among others but, rather, uniquely One in a manner that transcends genus, species, and category. Because tawhid is intrinsically intelligible, its essential meaning […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/08/02/trinitys-internal-crisis/

Guest post by Jabrail Gadgiev Among the more remarkable demonstrations of how faithfully modernity preserves the baggage of ancient philosophy is in the subject of dualism. One of the means in which dualism is described is through a dichotomy between the notions of ‘body’ and ‘spirit’. The body interests itself only in worldly matters such […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/29/monasticism-liberalism-pipeline/

It is very normal in this modern globalist world for high-profile individuals to be connected to each other in some way, and one such connection has recently surfaced between transhumanist billionaire Peter Thiel and looksmaxxing influencer Braden Peters aka Clavicular. Rumors of a secret personal relationship between the two have been floating around. However, the […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/28/zionist-transhumanism-thiel-clavicular/

I have had occasion to write about Nick Fuentes and his movement before. (See here for the latest example, penned in September 2025 in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.) In recent months, however, Muslims would hardly have failed to notice a marked shift in his rhetoric. While his earlier commentary was primarily directed against […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/27/nick-fuentes-islam-centric/

Guest post by Jabrail Gadgiev In an attempt to portray the Islamic world as a profoundly “heathen” society where moral norms are dramatically inverted, Christian authors had for hundreds of years caricatured the Muslim man as both relentlessly bloodthirsty and unboundedly lustful. Polygamy and concubinage, institutions widely recognized by classical Islamic scholars as significantly reducing […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/23/christian-hypocrisy-sexual-insult/

The release of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has reignited public debate around a certain familiar question: is the film’s casting sufficiently “racially representative”? Much of the discussion focuses on the inclusion of non-White actors in a story that is traditionally associated with ancient Greece. While this could be the subject of genuine debate, the intensity […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/23/odyssey-film-critical-reading/

From an Islamic theological perspective, the doctrine of the Trinity constitutes a violation of divine unity (tawhid), the uncompromising affirmation that God is absolutely one, unique, and without ontological partners. The Qur’an repeatedly rejects formulations that divide, multiply, or internally differentiate the divine essence. It explicitly warns Christians: O People of the Scripture! Do not […] source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/21/collapse-trinitarian-verse/

If you’ve been following recent developments in India, you may be aware that one of the latest controversies concerns campaigns by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and some Hindu nationalist organizations to oppose the inclusion of eggs in government-sponsored school midday meal programs. Their position is generally rooted in religious and ethical commitments […] The post The Islamic Case for Meat: A Rebuttal of Hindu Vegetarianism appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/19/islamic-case-meat-hindu-vegetarianism/

The phenomenon of wives who feel contempt for their husbands is typically a first-world modern problem. In developing countries, in past societies historically, in other times and places, it is more rare to encounter a social climate of wifely contempt or condescension towards the husband. In modern liberal high-GDP first-world countries, the police state is […] The post Wives Who Whine and the Islamic Solution appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/18/wifely-contempt/

As Muslims, we know understand that the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was not the author of the Qur’an. Rather, he ﷺ was its recipient and transmitter. The Qur’an itself repeatedly describes him not as an originator of the message but, instead, as one commanded to convey what is revealed to him. It instructs him to declare […] The post Proof that Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Is Not the Author of the Qur’an appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/15/proof-muhammad-author-quran/

One frequently encounters White nationalists online claiming that the White population is rapidly disappearing and is on the verge of becoming a demographic minority. They term this perceived phenomenon the “Great Replacement.” However, this argument is analytically weak because it relies on vague definitions, selective comparisons, and a misunderstanding of demographic trends. To begin with, […] The post Whites and Feminism: The Greatest Replacement appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/14/whites-feminism-greatest-replacement/

Liberals claim that they endorse freedom of religion. However, this claim has little relationship to actual liberal policies throughout history. In fact, wherever the populace is strongly attached to traditional religion, liberal governments tend to enact legislation that strongly restricts religious belief and practice. Such legislation is used to compel the populace to gradually abandon […] The post Liberal Repression of Catholocism in European History: Kulturkampf appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/10/liberal-repression-catholocism-kulturkampf/

The Protestant Reformation of the 16th century called for a return to Christianity based on scripture and the understanding of the early church. Protestants attacked existing religious teachings as new additions and faulted them for often encouraging polytheism. Protestants were particularly concerned with ritual interactions involving saints, dead persons, and relics. Protestants pronounced all other […] The post The Parallels Between Wahhabism and the Protestant Reformation appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/09/the-parallels-between-wahhabism-and-the-protestant-reformation/

It’s been a little while since Richard Dawkins came out and ridiculously attributed consciousness to AI. This is a topic that was covered in great detail on Muslim Skeptic by our dear brother Bheria. He explored the many inconsistencies that Dawkins exposed himself to by making this absurd attribution. In the article at hand, we […] The post The War on Consciousness: Atheists Like Richard Dawkins are Degrading Humans appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/08/war-consciousness-atheists/

Introduction Taqiyya is a doctrine found in both Sunnism and (Twelver) Shiism. Taqiyya means concealment due to fear. More specifically, it means that a Muslim may conceal his true religious beliefs due to fear of threats. However, the doctrine of taqiyya raises a number of questions. Among them are the following: 1. What sorts of threats […] The post An Objective Assessment of Taqiyya in Sunnism and Shiism appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/07/taqiyya/

Here at Muslim Skeptic, we have frequently argued after October 7 and even more so as Israel’s genocidal military campaign in Gaza unfolded, that Western political messaging surrounding Islam would likely evolve and worsen rather than simmer down and dissipate. As public support for Israel becomes more contested across much of the West – including […] The post “Citizen Vigilante”: B-Movie Goyslop for the Zionist Right appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/07/06/citizen-vigilante/

In recent years, Christian apologists have increasingly been advancing what they refer to as the so-called “Islamic Dilemma.” The argument is essentially that the Qur’an’s positive references to previous revelations somehow oblige Muslims to affirm the complete integrity and authority of the Bible as it exists today. This nonsensical “Islamic Dilemma” has been refuted repeatedly […] The post The Christian Dilemma: Before Questioning the Quran, Explain the New Testament appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/30/christian-dilemma/

Wahhabis claim that the dawah of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab is responsible for the global decline of shirk-related practices involving saint veneration, requests from the dead, magic, and the like. This is completely false.  Prior to the early twentieth century, Wahhabism was viewed by the entire Muslim world as a heretical Kharijite cult resembling ISIS. Hence, […] The post Did Ibn Abd al-Wahhab’s Movement Eliminate Shirk? appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/28/ibn-abd-al-wahhabs-movement-eliminate-shirk/

Modern medicine is one of the many terrible heads of the detestable monster known as ‘modernity.’ Its fangs have pierced society and infected it with a fatal venom. The venom here is modern medicine’s absolutely atrocious approach to healthcare, and the fangs are modern doctors who blindly adopt that approach. It is the duty of […] The post Muslim Doctors Must Revive Holistic Medicine appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/27/muslim-doctors-holistic-medicine/

As Muslims, we believe that the arrival of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was foretold in the Bible. This notion is rooted in the Qur’an itself, which explicitly states that the Prophet ﷺ was already described in previous revelation: [These are] the ones who shall follow the [last] Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, [Muhammad — he] whom […] The post Isaiah 42 and the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: A Cumulative Case from Geography, Genealogy, Prophecy appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/23/isaiah-42-prophet/

Both Wahhabism and Calvinist Protestantism sought to return to the original message of their religion, as understood by the earliest generations (i.e., early Church, Salaf). Both movements rejected additional teachings which had accumulated by the late medieval period, arguing that these often amounted to polytheism and idolatry. Both movements also prioritized militant rebellion and literal […] The post The Parallels between Wahhabism and Calvinist Protestantism appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/19/parallels-wahhabism-calvinist-protestantism/

Christian polemicists have recently popularized what they believe to be a shiny new criticism of Islam. It has been pushed particularly by figures such as Christina Marie (“LadyLogic”), the wife of Avery (“GodLogic”). They cite an authentic hadith narrated by the noble prophetic companion, Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), in an attempt […] The post Does Allah Love Sin? How Christian Polemicists Misread Hadith… and Their Own Bible appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/18/sin-christian-polemicists/

Almost all religions center around the belief in God and the relationship between God and humans. In order to understand what the correct nature of this relationship should be, one must first have the correct understanding and knowledge of who God is. Islam is the only religion that teaches the fact that God is free […] The post The Oven of Akhnai: The Talmud Teaches Rabbinic Superiority Over God appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/16/oven-of-akhnai-talmud/

As some of you may know, there is quite the funny trend that has emerged recently on X. As a tongue-in-cheek response to the increasingly common discourse surrounding “religious trauma” – you know, the “cruelty” of being “obliged to pray as a child” (!) – a growing number of users, many of whom are Muslims, […] The post Religious Trauma or Secular Trauma? The Hidden Wounds of Hypermodernity appeared first on Muslim Skeptic . source https://muslimskeptic.com/2026/06/15/religious-trauma-secular-trauma/