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brewtoch
Sep 23, 20235 min read
What Do Latter-day Saints and Muslims Have in Common?
In 2021, the Latter-day Saints released a 35-page pamphlet titled Muslims and the Latter-day Saints: Beliefs, Values and Lifestyles.
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brewtoch
May 21, 20225 min read
Is Islam pro or con on science? Part 2
Last week, I mentioned that of the 6,000 verses in the Qur'an, only about 750 deal with natural phenomena. Starting in the 1970s and 80s,...
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brewtoch
Feb 19, 20224 min read
Taking Over the World: Islamization Explained
I recently ran across an old video on dailymotion.com, a website that still has an inventory of videos taken down from YouTube. The video...
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brewtoch
Dec 25, 20213 min read
Why All the Fuss About Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia?
If you missed it, there was a huge music festival in Saudi Arabia just a couple of weeks ago in mid-December. Somehow, I missed it and...
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brewtoch
Dec 19, 20213 min read
How Much Do You Owe?
Most Christians are familiar with the concept of tithing. Tithing is first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 14: 19-20. A priest blessed...
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brewtoch
Nov 28, 20213 min read
What does DUNE have to do with Islam?
Most sci-fi geeks and seasonal moviegoers know that DUNE, Part 1 was recently released into local theatres and will soon be on HBO Max. ...
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brewtoch
Oct 4, 20216 min read
Is the Nation of Islam a true Islamic religion?
Many uninformed people do not understand that the Nation of Islam, an American religion, is not true Islam. To know how it is different,...
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brewtoch
Sep 27, 20213 min read
The Sound of Music
There is a widespread perception that music is generally forbidden in Islam. The Qur'an, the first source of legal authority for Muslims,...
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brewtoch
Sep 16, 20214 min read
How do Muslims feel about Idolatry?
The photograph that accompanies this blog is a close-up of a Muhammad sculpture taken by Franz Jantzen of the North Wall Frieze in the...
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brewtoch
Aug 10, 20213 min read
Who Are the Players? The Jihadis
Jihadis, "holy warriors," are some of today's most prominent terrorists. The use of "jihadi" to designate Salafis of a militant stripe is...
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brewtoch
Aug 3, 20213 min read
Who Are the Players? The Salafis
According to Lexico.com, a player is a person or group involved and influential in an area or activity. I am covering in this blog who...
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brewtoch
Jul 28, 20213 min read
Who Are the Players? The Islamists
Some Muslims are highly participative in their religion, while others are not. Some people grow up as Muslims but are lukewarm in their...
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brewtoch
Jul 6, 20214 min read
Sharia, Part 2 of 3
What you are witnessing in the picture is a street protest calling for Sharia in the Maldives, an Indian Ocean nation in September 5,...
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brewtoch
Jun 29, 20214 min read
Sharia, Part 1 of 3
As I mention in my unpublished manuscript, Muslim Mechanics, the sole purpose of the Muslim religion is to establish sharia law in all...
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brewtoch
Jun 23, 20216 min read
The Pulse Nightclub
Just recently, the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, a well-known gay bar, memorialized the five-year shooting tragedy that left the...
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brewtoch
Jun 10, 20214 min read
"Son, daughter, and son-in-law all died in honor killings a decade apart."
That was the headline of a story in the Jerusalem Post a few days ago, May 24, 2021, to be exact. To summarize, the son, a 47-year-old...
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brewtoch
Jun 4, 20213 min read
The Yellow Badge
The image you see above is entitled “Yellow star from occupied France” and is a photograph taken by Olve Utne (CC BY-SA 2.5,...
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brewtoch
May 29, 20213 min read
Was Muhammad a Pedophile?
Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, is often labeled as a pedophile because of the age of his bride, Aisha. Critics allege that when Aisha...
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brewtoch
May 23, 20213 min read
Black Stone of Mecca
Located in the eastern corner of the Kaaba is the Black Stone of Mecca, whose now-broken pieces are surrounded by a ring of stone and...
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brewtoch
Apr 30, 20214 min read
Do Religious Texts Inspire Violence?
Today’s blog may take a few extra minutes to read, but it covers an important scientific study. Let me explain. I was perusing some...
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