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Ian Cook@IanCook321Sep 4
youtube.com/watch?v=7_K-As8V… at around minute 12, M. Hijab and Subboor Ahmad state that David Lorton apparently has stated somewhere that cross-amputation of hands and feet and impalement was a punishment recorded in Ancient Egypt. Anyone have the source for this particular claim?
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youtube.com/watch?v=7_K-As8V… at around minute 12, M. Hijab and Subboor Ahmad state that David Lorton apparently has stated somewhere that cross-amputation of hands and feet and impalement was a punishment recorded in Ancient Egypt. Anyone have the source for this particular claim?
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Actually I found this. attributed to St Niphon of Constantia orthodoxriver.org/akathist/s…
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Ian Cook (@IanCook321) profile pictureIan Cook@IanCook321Apr 9
I have searched near and far for any parallel concept about Interest/Usury being ubiquitous at the end of times or near the apocalypse in jewish and christian texts. I have not found any examples.
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I have searched near and far for any parallel concept about Interest/Usury being ubiquitous at the end of times or near the apocalypse in jewish and christian texts. I have not found any examples.
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There is an issue when it comes to this point- why does this hadith mention al-Basra instead of Baghdad? Even if one grants that the other points match onto Baghdad and the Siege of Baghdad, what's up with it being al-Basra?
Fern (@Erch_amion3) profile pictureFern@Erch_amion311 Jul 2025
I did a research on this hadith. David Cook, a historian in Islam apocalyptic Hadith, especially commented that this Hadith referred to Basra (A very troubled city and region in the Hadiths) instead of Baghdad. And the children of Banu Qantura here referred to the Turks.
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This was all pre-Siege of Baghdad, so it is not like later Muslims named part of Baghdad Bab al-Basra in an attempt to fulfill the prophecy or anything. Bab al-Basra was like Manhattan is to NYC.
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Read this thread. It is quite convincing.
Abdullah Amin (@abduallah_amin) profile pictureAbdullah Amin@abduallah_amin13 Jul 2022
A thread🧵: One of the most specific and shocking fulfilled Islamic prophecies, the Mongol Siege of Baghdad Prophecy stands out as an incredible piece of evidence for Islam and the prophethood of Mohammed ﷺ:⬇️
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my favs in Phil of Rel that have published work on broader subjects in the PoR field (not focusing on a few ideas): atheists: Michael Martin, JH Sobel, Graham Oppy (not too impressed by Mackie) (christian) theists: WLC, Alvin Plantinga, Ed Feser (not too impressed by Swinburne)
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unsure why i haven't found good translations of core hindu and buddhist scriptures. anyone have good recs?
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For the Rigveda, how is the Oxford University Prep translation by Stephanie W. Jamison and Joel P. Brereton?
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Saw a post unironically saying that this looked like angel wings in the sky
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Mr. Sameer has mentioned this as an "anachronism", but I don't really get it. Firstly, the hadith in question doesn’t use the word “built.” In Arabic, وُضِعَ can mean "placed," "positioned," "stationed," or even "designated", but not necessarily "constructed."
Friendly Exmuslim (@abdullahadam) profile pictureFriendly Exmuslim@abdullahadam18 Jun 2025
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The Quran doesnt mention Jerusalem or any other landmark. Just this vague “al Aqsa”. So how did Muslims begin to associate Al Aqsa with Jerusalem? Look at the timeline. Muhammads Night Journey until death 621-630 CE Masjid Al Aqsa built 60ish years later around 690-700CE
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Over time, both structures could have been forgotten and then rebuilt again and again by later figures. Caliph Umar built the current Masjid Al-Aqsa on the Temple Mount, where the old 2nd Temple was- but in the distant past, it was established by Adam or Abraham.
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As for arguments that the Masjid Al-Aqsa of the Quran is the Jerusalem Temple area, see this thread nitter.gq/henri_mourant/status/1…
Henri Mourant 🌱 (@henri_mourant) profile pictureHenri Mourant 🌱@henri_mourant14 Jun 2025
I don't think your argument works because you are using the modern definition of mosque (an Islamic place of worship) for the Quran when I think the Quran is using a different understanding of the word. In the Quran mosque just means any place of worship not just an Islamic one.
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