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Direct Prohibitions

Faith and Doubt

Search for Truth

Time and Destiny

Time and Destiny

If Allah Knows Everything, Then What Is the Purpose of the Test?

IslamResponsibility

Who Will Answer for You on the Day of Judgment?

QuranSearch for Truth

What Does It Really Mean to “Follow the Prophet”?

SocietyIslamWorld and LifePath

Islam, Knowledge, and the Modern Muslim

IslamWorld and Life

The Cat, the Dog, and the Lost Meaning

JusticeInterpretationQuran

Punishment for Theft: Does Allah Really Require the Hand to Be Cut Off?

QuranIslamPeopleResponsibility

The Qur’an: What Allah Commands, and What We Fail to Do

Direct ProhibitionsInterpretationQuran

Is Pork Gelatin Haram? Let’s Take a Closer Look

PeopleResponsibility

Why People Do Not Hear Arguments: The Protected Belief Effect

SocietyQuranResponsibility

Independent Reflection and “Qur’an Only”: What Is the Difference and Why Does It Matter?

TraditionQuranResponsibility

Eid al-Adha: Tradition or Religion?

If the Qur’an Is for All Times, Why Are Some of Its Laws Difficult to Apply Today?

WomanManJusticePunishmentQuranFamily

Punishment for Zina in the Qur’an: Why Did Allah Make the Accusation Almost as Serious as the Sin Itself?

TraditionQuranWorld and Life

What Better Explains Islam and Why Hadiths Are Not the Primary Tool of Understanding

Why Can Good People Not Be Muslims?

What Exactly Makes the Prophet’s Words and Actions Binding on All Muslims?

Free WillPeople

Why People Believe What They Want to Believe

WomanManInterpretationFamily

Does God Command to Beat One’s Wife? Analysis of One of the Most Controversial Verses in the Qur’an

Would the Qur’an Be Convincing If We Didn’t Know It Was the Qur’an?

InterpretationFaith and DoubtKnowledge

Why Doesn’t God Reveal Himself Directly?

Faith and DoubtQuranSearch for Truth

Why Did God Preserve the Qur’an?

InterpretationQuranIslam

Can prayer be performed in one’s native language?

The Error of Blindly Following Tradition

When means become ends: why people lose meaning