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brewtoch
Jun 11, 20224 min read
Minneapolis to Allow Muslim Call to Prayer
First, let me credit the accompanying image to Wikipedia Commons and the artist, Leon Benett, circa 1882, of a picture of a muadhan...
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brewtoch
May 28, 20226 min read
Was Muhammad as prescient as Nostradamus?
After last week's analysis of scientific anecdotes mentioned in the Qur'an, I thought I would follow up with other findings that I also...
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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
May 14, 20224 min read
Is Islam pro or con on science? Part 1
Of the 6.000 verses in the Qur'an, only about 750 deal with natural phenomena. Many verses of the Qur'an ask humankind to study nature,...
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brewtoch
May 7, 20223 min read
Islamic Beards!
Last week I posted an article about the headscarves and head coverings worn by Muslim women. This week, I thought I should give equal...
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brewtoch
Apr 30, 20225 min read
The Hijab: To Ban or Not to Ban
The picture that accompanies this article shows a woman wearing a burqa (Photo credit to Daderot, Wikipedia Commons). The country of...
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brewtoch
Apr 16, 20223 min read
The Statue of Liberty Started as a Muslim
The Statue of Liberty was initially conceived as a Muslim peasant woman located at the approach of the Suez Canal. The clay model in the...
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brewtoch
Apr 2, 20223 min read
New Afghan flag has Islamic Shahada
On March 20, the Taliban finally decided what their flag would be. Back in August 2021, the Taliban booted the US out of Afghanistan. So,...
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brewtoch
Mar 26, 20226 min read
How Muslims treat people with disabilities
This topic got my attention when I saw an article about K.V. Rabiya, an Indian Muslim woman who received the Padma Shri, that country’s...
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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
Dec 10, 20213 min read
The Mahdi
Several weeks ago, when I was discussing the movie DUNE, I mentioned that one of the similarities the movie had to Islam was that Paul...
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brewtoch
Nov 7, 20213 min read
Why Islamic Productivity Lags Behind the West
Part of the underlying theme of my soon-to-be-published book, Muslim Mechanics, is that Western capitalism is much more robust, more...
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brewtoch
Aug 18, 20214 min read
Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an
In October 1765, the Virginia Gazette, the local newspaper in Williamsburg, Virginia – which also served as the only bookseller in what...
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brewtoch
Jul 13, 20214 min read
Sharia, Part 3 of 3
The picture that accompanies this article is a billboard put up by the United American Committee. An internet search for that...
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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 17, 20216 min read
The U.S. finally condemns Turkey for the Armenian Genocide
The picture that accompanies this article shows the headlines that was in the New York Times newspaper on April 26, 1915. Read the blog...
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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 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 1, 20213 min read
Zamzam with D3
Recently, I came across an ad promoting Zamzam water for sale. For people not familiar with the story behind the name, it starts with...
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