Critical insights on Islam
Critical insights on Islam
A famous statement by Voltaire that the Arabs were “the most clement of all conquerors” is used as proof of Islamic tolerance in Spain. Its context, the later phases examined by Voltaire and modern historiography instead show conquest, tribute, political pragmatism and the subordination of non-Muslims.
Pre-Islamic inscriptions document Allah centuries before Muhammad: already a creator, later identified with the biblical God. Epigraphy, the Kaʿba, syncretism and Islam’s origins.
A critical analysis of classical Islamic doctrine, the Qur’an and the Sunna, explaining why Islamicamentando considers Islam a danger as a religious, legal, political and social system, while directing criticism at ideas and texts rather than Muslims as persons.
Islamicamentando explains its purpose: to spread knowledge and offer a free, documented and uncompromising critique of Islam, while distinguishing the respect owed to Muslims as persons from the right to criticise Islam as a religious, political, legal and social system.
Historical and critical analysis of the idea of Islamic progress, focusing on science, culture, institutions, law and the long-term development of Muslim societies.
Why Don’t Two Billion Muslims Kill Us All?
This is one of the most common questions raised when discussing the relationship between Islam and violence. The answer is neither simplistic nor conspiratorial.
Islamic violence is not a permanent individual obligation for every Muslim in every place and time. It is instead opportunistic, gradual, and closely linked to conditions of numerical, political, and military strength. It does not require that all Muslims take up arms. A determined and ideologically motivated minority is often sufficient — especially when supported by the silence, theological justification, or ignorance of the majority.
Classical Islamic doctrine explicitly allows this dynamic through the distinction between fard ayn (individual obligation) and fard kifaya (collective obligation), the use of taqiyya and da’wah in times of weakness, and the shift to more assertive phases once sufficient power is acquired.
This article provides a serious analysis based on primary Islamic sources — the Quran, Hadith, classical tafsir, and fiqh — explaining why jihad is not a constant spiritual effort, but a flexible mechanism activated according to circumstances.
This article will show one of the clearest proofs of the falsehood of Islam, involving even one of its five pillars, because it exposes the circumstances surrounding the “revelation” of verse 2:187. That verse was conveniently and forcefully prompted by…
Not all the “revelations” found in the Quran were exclusively the product of Muhammad’s mind. In this hadith, for example, we learn that Umar ibn Khattab managed to guide his “boss” Muhammad on no fewer than three occasions: Umar asks…
When Muhammad already had nine wives and numerous concubines, Allah granted him a special permission allowing him to possess all the wives he desired: “O Prophet, indeed We have made lawful to you your wives to whom you have given…
At the beginning of his preaching, or shortly before it, Muhammad adopted a slave named Zayd ibn Harithah, who had been given to him by his wife Khadija. Some time later, Muhammad married his adopted son to his cousin Zaynab…
Taqiyya and kitman are two fundamental concepts for understanding dissimulation in Islam: the possibility of concealing, rationing or distorting the truth when this is considered useful for defending Islam, protecting the Muslim community, conducting religious propaganda or dealing with non-Muslims.…
As we know, the condition of women in Islam is greatly disadvantaged compared with that of men. In some cases, women in Islam are treated like animals owned as property. According to numerous hadiths, most of the people whom Allah…
