That Christians were the source of some of the worst lies and distortions about
Islam should come as no surprise, since Islam was its main "competitor"
on the stage of World Religions. Far from honouring the commandment not to bear
false witness against one's neighbour, Christians distortions and outright lies
about Islam and Prophet Muhammad were widespread.
Starting from John of Damascus to the modern day Robert Morey, very little has
been changed as far as the content is concerned.
This page will deal with some of the Christian missionary
propaganda and polemics of the past and present in dealing with Muslims.
On Pre-Islamic Poetry & The Qur'an (Refutation
of the theories of Taha Husayn and David Margoliouth that the pre-Islamic
poetry is a post-Islamic invention)
According to the Christian missionaries, archaeology proves that Allah was
a pagan Arab Moon-god from pre-Islamic times. This ridiculous piece of Christian
propaganda is conclusively refuted by examining the archaeological records
from the Arabian Peninsula, paying special attention to key archaeological
excavations along with the numismatic and epigraphic evidence.
Rebuilding The Past: Western science owes
much to Islam’s golden age - a debt that is often forgotten. To help
redress the balance, Fuat Sezgin has reconstructed a host of scientific treasures
using ancient Arabic texts. Alison Abbott reports in the top scientific journal
Nature.
The
Arab Roots of European Medicine, David W. Tschanz, Saudi
Aramco World, May/June 1997, Volume 48, Number 3. The title is self-explanatory!
The
Stealth Crusade, Mother Jones,
May/June 2002 (Christian missionaries are being trained to go undercover in
the Muslim world and win converts for Jesus by hook or by crook)
"Those Are The High Flying Claims" (Refutation of the Christian missionary writings on the so-called "Satanic verses")