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Muhammad's Genealogy While Muhammad's genealogy is not one of the tenets of the Muslim faith, a look into lineages constructed by Islamic historians and contemporary pseudo-historians can be quite interesting. If the early Muslim historians were fabricating genealogies, what does this tell us about the nature of the texts? Includes an interesting comparison to Jewish and Christian genealogies for biblical patriarchs. [Go to the essay] Vulgar Hadith Taking a peek into the ahadith collections, one can find numerous statements that are far too vulgar for the eyes of a young mu'min. This article gives some examples of truly obscene traditions that come from the early Islamic community, showing us just what was on their minds. [Go to the essay] Jesus in Hadith What does the hadiths say about al-Masih, Isa ibn Maryam (i.e. Jesus)? Do these stories conflict? This is the Freethought Mecca's first installment of the hoped-for "Hadith Combat Kit" series. If the hadith contradict, what does this say about the "isnad science" that Sunni hadith-thumpers always talk about? [Go to the essay] |