A Possible Origin of the Islamic Ritual Prayers?
The salat prayers is one of the distinct symbols of the Muslim world. Whenever any picture is shown of Muslims ‘worship’, we would probably see […]
The Unique Position of Quran in Islam (Introduction and Part 1)
Introduction The purpose of this work is to show what The Quran says about its sole position in the religion of Islam. An overwhelming majority […]
Quran’s Foundational Concepts: Ibaadah (Worship) Pt 2
‘Worship’ in English has a wide variety of connotations including servitude, devotion and attachment. I believe these meanings are contained in the Quranic concept rather than rituals.
The Islamic Ponzi Scheme
The Qur’an contains profound scripture and offers readers who seek spiritual guidance, even without committing to the religion of Islam, tremendous insights. However, believers who are fixated on Islamic traditions often end up enslaved by the Islamic Ponzi scheme.
Movie Review: The Lady of Heaven (2021)
This film is not designed to educate viewers with an alternative possible narrative of early internal struggles of the Muslims, but a version of the Sunni/Shi’ee division told from a Shi’ee perspective.
Did Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) split the moon?
This article builds on the knowledge of the Quran-Islam website. One of the most well-known miracles attributed to the beloved Prophet is the splitting of […]
The Hijra Calendar: Part 6 – Laylatul-Qadr
Every year during Ramadhan, Muslims would look forward to a night called Laylatul-Qadr, in which those who spend the night performing prayers, reading the Quran, […]
Introduction to Quranism – A Return to Original Islam
What is Quranism? For those of you reading New Signs Magazine (NSM) for the first time and are unfamiliar with its print medium predecessor, you […]
Quran’s Foundational Concepts: ‘Ibaadah (Worship) Pt 1
About this Series This series is a study of concepts which feature prominently in The Quran. The words representing these concepts appear tens, if not […]
Book Review: Biblical Mullahs
In the Quranist world, we have relatively few written materials compared to the world of Traditionalists. The reason may be simply that we are much […]