Blogging Theology 

Exploring comparative religion, philosophy, history, and theology through conversations with leading scholars and thinkers from around the world. Presented by Paul Williams.


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Alhamdulilah

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Dr Hamza Tzortzis: Why the Scientific Miracles Argument for the Qur'an Doesn't Work

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People die for false beliefs all the time. Atheist communists, Japanese kamikaze pilots, Heaven's Gate members, Jonestown followers and countless others have willingly died for convictions that others regard as false. Martyrdom proves sincerity, not truth.

Also the claim that "every Apostle died rather than deny the resurrection" is not established historical fact. For most of the apostles the accounts of their deaths come from much later uncorroborated church traditions and legendary acts written centuries after the events. Historically, we simply do not know how most of them died, let alone whether they were given a chance to recant.

So this argument fails on two levels: (1) people can and do die for false beliefs, and (2) the evidence that all the apostles actually died as martyrs for refusing to deny the resurrection is far weaker than is often claimed.

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#NoDesign🙄 Black-tailed Trainbearer

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“I’ve yet to meet a lazy Muslim”

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Everything You Think You Know About Jihadi-Salafism Is Wrong? | Jaan Islam Explains

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NEW SUMMER COURSE: UNDERSTANDING IBN ʿARABĪ AND HIS SCHOOL

Ibn ʿArabī is one of the most influential—and most persistently misunderstood—figures in Islamic history.

This is not a course in inspirational quotations or vague ‘mysticism.’ It is a guided entry into the actual conceptual architecture of the Akbarian tradition, introducing the Divine Names, theophany, immutable archetypes, the Muhammadan Reality, the Perfect Human, the imaginal world, and the relation between unity and multiplicity.

For students, teachers, seekers, imams, converts, and thoughtful Muslims who refuse to inherit a shallow account of their own tradition, this course opens one of the great gateways into the intellectual and spiritual architecture of Islam.

Eight weeks of live lectures, close reading, new translations and one-to-one tutorials with Hasan Spiker.

Starts Sunday 19 July 2026.

No prior knowledge required.

Apply here:

bloggingtheologyacademy.com/ibnarabishortcourse

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People make plans, but as the Qur'an says, God is the Best of Planners ~ Qur'an 3:54

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The classical Islamic tradition did not treat the heart's afflictions in abstract terms. It named them, ordered them, and taught their cure.
Islamic Psychology is the systematic recovery of that work. The Diploma begins September 13.
Full syllabus: tinyurl.com/BTA-Psychology

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