WELCOME TO ORTHODOX ISLAM WEBPAGE (Online critical studies of Islam).

RELIGION IN GENERAL*** THE GOD AND PROPHET OF ISLAM*** THE SCRIPTURES OF ISLAM*** THE CULT OF ISLAM*** THE LAW OF ISLAM*** ORTHODOX ISLAM'S POSITION ON SUFISM *** HETERODOX (MODERATE) VERSIONS OF ISLAM*** ISLAM TODAY *** ORTHODOX ISLAM AND TERRORISM *** RECOMMEDED WEBSITES.

INTRODUCTION

This page contains a list of links to e-articles and research papers on Orthodox Islam .

( 'Orthodox' is meant here by 'fundamentalist, literalist, puritanical'.)

These critical studies challenge some of the fundamental beliefs of orthodox Islam.

Beliefs such as that:

- There exists some supernatural supreme being that sends messengers to save mankind .

- The Prophet Muhammad was the real founder of the religion ogf Islam.

- The Islamic scriptures on which islam was based are authentic and uncorrupted.

- Myths and legends represent historical facts or literal descriptions of Reality.

- Ancient religious laws, customs and morality apply to modern societies.

   

RELIGION IN GENERAL

RELIGION IN GENERAL :

  • A.Deikman, Indoctrination And Cult Psychology  

  • A.Maarri, Religions Are Toxic Weeds

  • KI, Defining A cult

  • An, Murder in Abrahamic Religions

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    THE GOD AND PROPHET OF ISLAM

    THE GOD AND PROPHET OF ORTHODOX ISLAM:

  • Kamaran Mirza , Allah,The Moon God

  • Lewis Vaughn,Are the Religious Founders Unfounded?

  • AN, Reviews OF Armstrong's Biography of The Prophet

  • SM,Back To Bakka

  • SM, The God Of Islam

    AI,The Half-Moon God

    • THE SCRIPTURES OF ORTHODOX ISLAM

    THE SCRIPTURES OF ORTHODOX ISLAM:

  • Ib, The Etymology of the word 'Qur’an'

  • Ibn Jarir Tabari, The Qur’an and Pre-Islamic Arabic

  • MW, Enochian Influence On the koran

  • A.Mingana, Syriac Influence On The Style Of the koran

  • Ibn Warraq,Origins Of The koran

  • RH, More On Origins Of the Koran

  • A.Newton, Syntactic Errors In The koran

  • I.W , Luxenberg ‘s Book Review

  • AL, Perversion Of The Koran..

  • AL , Text Variants Of The Koran

  • Kamaran Mirza , Contradictions Of The Koran

  • AI , The Mysterious Ninteen In The Koran

  • RH, Who Wrote The Koran?

  • Paul Kurtz, Religious Correctness and the Qur'an

  • Karen Armstrong , Unholy Strictures (The Dangers of Literal Interpretations of Religious Scriptures)

  • A.Asadi, About The Authenticity of The Hadiths

  • I.Mustafa, Corruption of Hadith

    • THE CULT OF ORTHODOX ISLAM

    THE CULT OF ORTHODOX ISLAM:

  • A.Sina , The Cult Of Islam

  • Ayesha Ahmed , Are Orthodox Moslims Mentally Retarded?

  • A.Sina , The Fascist Cult Of orthodox Islam?

  • C.Hitchens, Is Islam The Stupidest Religion?

  • V.Bullough, ..A Place For Islam

  • S.Mirza, Why Critical Scrutiny of Islam Is.. Necessity?

  • TR, Why orthodox Islam Is Disgusting?

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    LAW OF ORTHODOX ISLAM

    LAW OF ORTHODOX ISLAM:

  • P.Newton , Women In Islam

  • j.Hayes, Islam'S Captive Women

  • Salis , On The Custom Of The Child Brides In Islam

  • An,Ban Hejab

    • ORTHODOX ISLAM'S POSITION ON SUFISM

    ORTHODOX ISLAM'S POSITION ON SUFISM :

  • Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid, The Place of Sufism in Islam

  • D.O'sullivan, The Execution Of A Contemporary Sufi

  • B.Hijazi, Sufism:the Deviant Path

  • A. Tabari, Islam's view of Sufism1

  • A. Tabari, Islam's view of Sufism2

  • A. Tabari, Islam's view of Sufism3

  • A. Tabari, Islam's view of Sufism4

  • A. Tabari, Islam's view of Sufism5

  • A. Tabari, Islam's view of Sufism (Conclusion)

  • Stephen Schwartz, Getting To Know The Sufis  

    • HETERODOX (MODERATE) VERSIONS OF ISLAM

    HETERODOX (MODERATE) VERSIONS OF ISLAM:

  • AC, Gnostic Islamic Groups: The Early Ismailis  

  • A. Campbell, Gnostic Islamic Groups: The latter Day Ismailis  

  • AF, Gnostic Islamic Groups: The Alevis  

  • EI, Gnostic Islamic Groups: The Druzes  

  • IN, Gnostic Islamic Groups: The Ali Ilahis  

  • AR, Gnostic Islamic Groups: The Yezidis  

    • ISLAM TODAY

    ISLAM TODAY :

  • Hoodbhoy, Muslims and the West After September 11

  • Igwe, Traditional African Practices and Islam

  • Mayo, Radical Islam In Black America

  • Allen, African and Arab Humanists Must Lead the Way

  • Manji, Muslims Need Critical Thinking

  • AN, New Secularism in the Arab World

  • Sameer Chouwadhary, Profiles in Quackery (Islamic Pseudo-Science)

    • ORTHODOX ISLAM AND TERRORISM

    ORTHODOX ISLAM AND TERRORISM:

  • KI, The Mind of the Fanatic

  • Michael Galak and Sam Vaknin, Terrorism as a Psychodynamic Phenomenon

  • Mark Clayton , Reading into the mind of a terrorist

  • ChannelNewsAsia, Psychologists not surprised by mental and social profile of JI members

  • Paul Lieberman, Expert helping make sense of madness fueling terrorists

  • An, An Exegesis On ‘Jihad in Islam’

  • Am, Is Terrorism a Part of Islam

    • RECOMMENDED WEBSITES

    RECOMMENDED WEBSITES:

  • ISIS (Institute For The Secularization Of Islamic Society)

  • Council For Secular Humanism

  • Faith Freedom Org

  • Know Islam

  • UK National Secular Society

  • Jihad Watch

  • Spenta Mainyu Website

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