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THE COLOR OF MUHAMMAD

- September 17, 2026

I’m going to give you two descriptions—one of Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ father, and then one of Muhammad ﷺ himself. The description of his father can be found in the writings of the famous 9th-century Arab scholar al-Jāḥiẓ. The description of Muhammad ﷺ comes from a ṣaḥīḥ/ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ hadith narrated by Anas ibn Mālik. Al-Jāḥiẓ describes the ten sons of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib as دُلْماً (dulman)—the plural of أَدْلَم (adlam)—a term indicating a markedly dark or very dark complexion. One of those ten sons was ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, the father of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. So while al-Jāḥiẓ does not stop and say, “Muhammad’s father was black,” he places ʿAbd Allāh within a group of brothers whom he collectively describes as dulm. Now look at Muhammad ﷺ himself. Anas ibn Mālik describes him: أَسْمَرَ اللَّوْنِ asmara al-lawn “asmar in complexion.” That report appears in Jāmiʿ al-Tirmidhī, where al-Tirmidhī grades the narration ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ gharīb. Look at the attached color palette...

Islam Does NOT Permit Child Marriage

- August 25, 2026

One of the most common polemics against Islam today is that Qur’an 65:4 explicitly permits child marriage. I don't believe the text supports that claim. That conclusion requires moving from what the Qur’an actually says to a particular interpretation of what it means. The relevant portion of Qur’an 65:4 says: وَاللَّائِي يَئِسْنَ مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ مِن نِّسَائِكُمْ ... وَاللَّائِي لَمْ يَحِضْنَ wa-l-lāʾī yaʾisna mina l-maḥīḍi min nisāʾikum ... wa-l-lāʾī lam yaḥiḍna The verse establishes the waiting period (ʿiddah) following divorce for women whose menstrual circumstances make the ordinary calculation impossible. It first addresses those among “your women” (nisāʾikum) who have ceased menstruating and then adds “and those who have not menstruated” (wa-l-lāʾī lam yaḥiḍna). That second expression is the center of the controversy. 65:4 Does Not Say “Little Girls” The Arabic does not say “children,” “little girls,” or even explicitly “prepubescent girls.” It says: وَاللَّائِي لَ...

Muslims Created Dracula— And I Can Prove It (Sort Of)

- August 13, 2026

Here’s a piece of history that sounds ridiculous until you actually follow the story: Muslims created Dracula. Okay, I’m being deliberately provocative. Muslims obviously did not create vampires, and Bram Stoker—not the Ottoman Empire—wrote Dracula in 1897. But the historical chain that eventually gave us the most famous vampire in Western culture runs straight through the Muslim Ottoman world. And once you know the history, the statement “Muslims created Dracula” becomes a lot less crazy than it sounds. Before Dracula Was a Vampire, Dracula Was a Man Long before Count Dracula was creeping around a Transylvanian castle drinking blood, there was Vlad III of Wallachia , better known as Vlad the Impaler . He lived in the fifteenth century and became infamous for extraordinary violence, particularly impalement. Modern scholarship confirms that collective impalements were a real feature of Vlad's rule and warfare, although the enormous numbers given by some contemporary and later so...

Fingerprints

- June 27, 2026

Fingerprint Becoming Muslim is about identity. That has become one of the central themes of my life. When I converted to Islam, I was twenty-three years old, sitting in prison. Up to that point, I had spent five years as an ad ult and had accomplished virtually nothing that resembled becoming a man. I had no career, no reputation, no meaningful identity. I wasn't known for anything except being another inmate—a statistic. Then I became Muslim. For the first time in my life, I could answer the question, "Who are you?" with something that had substance. I was no longer simply a convict or a felon. I was a Muslim. That single decision became the foundation upon which I built everything else. For more than three decades since then, I have been developing that identity. My shahada was not merely a religious conversion; it became the fingerprint of my life. And like any fingerprint, it left its impression on everything it touched. The first place that fingerprint ap...

Islam Controversies 23 Questions Every Muslim Should Answer Before Debating Christianity: Introduction

- June 20, 2026

23 Questions ... There is an old saying often attributed to Abraham Lincoln: "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt." Whether Lincoln actually said those words is beside the point. The lesson remains timeless. Far too often, Muslims enter discussions about Christianity armed with conviction but lacking preparation. Likewise, many Christians critique Islam without first understanding what Muslims actually believe. Instead of meaningful dialogue, both sides frequently speak past one another, repeating familiar slogans rather than engaging the evidence. This book was written to address that problem. It is not intended to mock Christianity. It is not intended to insult Christians. Nor is it intended to discourage respectful dialogue between people of different faiths. Rather, it is written from the conviction that every Muslim should understand both his own religion and the questions most commonly raised abou...

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- June 16, 2026

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