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Not too long ago, a video of Bedouin Arab women being burned on their tongues with iron circulated online. Certain non-Muslims have claimed that this was part of some misogynistic test of honesty called "Bisha'a" (بشعة), and that it was fully endorsed in Islam. This article shall aim to shed light on Bisha'a and its relation to Islam. Response Firstly, there is no "lie detector test" in Islam (seriously, go try to look up if there is one. You will not find anything from reliable sources.). A person, whether male or female, is to be presumed as honest until proven otherwise, whether through confession that is not forced or other methods, similar to the Western justice system. Secondly, the only Islamic ways to tell if one has committed adultery are four reliable witnesses saying they have witnessed the defendant committing adultery or the defendant themselves confessing to adultery without being coerced into confession. In general, testing one's virginity...

I am more of a PlayStation guy than an Xbox fan. However, recent changes have occurred within Microsoft Gaming and Xbox leadership, which my best friend Mink asked me to write my thoughts about. Xbox is a gaming brand owned by Microsoft's video gaming division, Microsoft Gaming. It mainly consists of a series of home consoles, as well as video games and online services, including the esteemed Xbox Game Pass, which is a subscription service that allows one to access more games on Xbox devices. With Xbox being introduced, I can cut to the chase. What Happened? As mentioned earlier, Microsoft Gaming's leadership has recently gone under major changes. The chief executive officer, Phil Spencer, has retired, and his deputy, Xbox President Sarah Bond, resigned, with not much explanation for why. Spencer was crucial for the company, having introduced the Xbox Game Pass, bought various video game developers and publishers for Microsoft, further developed Minecraft, launching the Xbox Ad...

Ramadan Mubarak to those reading this blog. I intended to put out my resolutions for having a productive Ramadan earlier before the Hijri month of Ramadan started a couple of days ago, but I was lazy, so I will put them out now. Complete my fast successfully everyday. Every day of Ramadan, from sunrise to sunset, I must fast, which means abstaining from eating food, drinking beverages, partaking in sexual intercourse, and partaking in sinful behaviour. I do this every Ramadan successfully, but regardless, I will still put it here. Praying as many of my daily prayers ( Salaat ) on time as possible. Unfortunately, due to school, I oftentimes miss some and have to recover them. Praying Tahajjud often. Tahajjud is a voluntary set of prayers consisting of at least two Rakat (unit of measurement for parts of a Salaat prayer) done late at night when most are asleep. It happens after Isha (the fifth and final Salaat prayer of the day) and before Fajr (the first Salaat prayer of the day...

Relatively recently, I have seen Christian apologists claim the Holy Quran, the Word of God, "affirms" the Bible and claims it is preserved, which is a situation they call the "Islamic dilemma." I am writing this blog since my philosophy teacher for my current high school semester, who is a Catholic Christian, attempted to tell a classmate inquiring about the "Abrahamic faiths" about this so-called dilemma, with me having to correct her after class hours on this. The Claim The claim relies on a misunderstanding of Verse 48 of the fifth chapter of the Quran, Surat al-Ma'idah. The verse is the following: وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَمُهَيْمِنًا عَلَيْهِ ۖ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ عَمَّا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ لِكُلٍّۢ جَعَلْنَا مِنكُمْ شِرْعَةًۭ وَمِنْهَاجًۭا ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ وَلَـٰكِن لِّيَبْل...

A common objection against Islam from Westerners, particularly socially conservative Americans, is that Islamic values do not comply with "Western values." I have always wondered what Western values are, particularly since it can seem like quite a subjective concept. This article focuses on Islamic values as I am a Muslim, although the idea of something "not being compliant with Western values" is sometimes used by social conservatives to denigrate other beliefs, such as socialism and LGBTQ rights movements. What Are "Islamic Values," and How Have They Been Implemented? Islamic values come from the Sharia, which in turn is derived from the Quran (a holy book) and the Sunnah (the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, which are preserved in books of Hadith with unbroken chains of narration tracing back to the Prophet ﷺ), alongside other sources such as scholarly interpretation, logic, and local customs. Through the graphic above, we see the Quran al...

  Critics of Islam, and of theism in general, often enjoy attacking "Muslim countries" (I say this with quotation marks as I hold the position that unfortunately, no country fully implements Islamic law) for having "blasphemy laws." Blasphemy laws are statutes criminalising insults and contempt towards deities, sacred objects, and religious beliefs. Additionally, many antitheists and leftists like to taunt "insensitive" people for supposedly being "extremely sensitive" to blasphemy. However, I would like to point out that every society has blasphemy laws, and that free speech absolutism is impossible in practice. No Right Is Absolute Contrary to popular belief, constitutions (whether secular or otherwise) do not typically depict rights as unbounded, but rather, simply "protected," and even then, such rights (and therefore the degree of protecting them) are subject to interpretation. For example: Freedom of religion:  One cannot forceful...