In late antiquity, Mary’s role in Christian devotion was far more complex than many realise.
Two Qur’anic verses, Q 5:75 and Q 5:116, directly address this complexity.
These verses are often misunderstood. Let us reconstruct the late antique world they speak into.🧵 Any serious historical engagement with Qur’anic critique of Christianity has to begin by suspending a modern habit of reading religion almost exclusively through doctrine. Late antique Christianity was not primarily encountered as a catechism or a list of propositions.

A fundamental problem with much of contemporary feminist critique, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, s a lack of engagement with the philosophy of language and categories. Misogyny is not merely any differentiation between men and women.

https://twitter.com/bbonjourkitty/status/1969860173444641119

When properly defined, it is the ideological hostility or contempt toward women, often manifesting through systemic sexism, but rooted in deeper animosity or belief in female inferiority.

🧵: Does the Qur’an actually affirm the Bible? My thoughts on the “Islamic Dilemma.”

https://twitter.com/inspiringphilos/status/1920157653977768029

A viral Christian polemic argue if the Torah and Gospel were revealed by God and can’t be changed, yet contradict the Qur’an, then Islam collapses and if they could be corrupted, Islam still collapses.
Let’s unpack this carefully (1/)

The Truth About Allah’s Origins – A Short Refutation🧵

https://twitter.com/maksimologija/status/1912646629066223710

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There’s a persistent myth, popular in some Christian apologetics, that the Islamic God “Allah” is a pre-Islamic pagan moon deity adopted into Islam. This thread dismantles that claim made by our friend, point by point, using real historical and linguistic evidence. Let’s begin: