Tag Archives: history of religion

Curriculum on early Islam

Posted on April 21, 2017 by askanislamicist

Kim asked: Dear Jessica, I hope you are still taking questions on this site. I am an aspiring Religion teacher (high school level) who want to ask about early Muslim history. To summarize, there is a lot of fear, hate … Continue reading →

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Modern hadith studies

Posted on August 3, 2015 by askanislamicist

Nader asked: Hi Jessica, A very nice blog attracting sincere and relevant questions 🙂 Congratulations for this job. I have been reading for a while papers dealing with the authenticity of the hadiths and I must admit I still didn’t … Continue reading →

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1400 years is actually a really long time…

Posted on May 20, 2015 by askanislamicist

Bob asked: I appreciate your blog very much. It’s actually rather amazing that you do this. I have a friend of the Fox News always on in the living room sort. He knows I am of a totally different political … Continue reading →

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Learning, research, and received wisdom

Posted on October 29, 2014 by askanislamicist

As I’m now deep in the depths of the final revisions of the resubmission of my thesis (long story), I’ve found myself re-reading books and journal articles that I first read years ago, and as a result, I’ve also found … Continue reading →

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Imaginary Islamophobic Strawman: Isn’t Islam a violent religion?

Posted on June 18, 2014 by askanislamicist

So I’ve been considering for a while doing a series of blog posts on “conversations with an imaginary Islamophobic strawman.”  The problem I run in to, trying to answer a lot of the questions that come through on this site, … Continue reading →

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Pope facts

Posted on March 17, 2013 by askanislamicist

Okay, this is slightly outside of the normal purview of this blog, but since I seem to be fielding a lot of Pope-related questions in my real life, I figured I would post some helpful* Pope facts here. 1.) The … Continue reading →

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Pat Robertson says Islam is not a religion.

Posted on February 17, 2013 by askanislamicist

In ‘news we should definitely all take seriously and not just giggle about like I did for a good five minutes’ news, Pat Robertson has decreed that Islam is not a religion, but rather it’s “demonic,” “a violent political system … Continue reading →

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