Modern research and the traditional Islamist narrative – 2
WHEREAS IN VERSE 82 we have this passage: Thou wilt find the most vehement of mankind in hostility to those…
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Modern research and the traditional Islamist narrative – 1
WHAT IS TRULY heartbreaking is that the major questions and problems related to our religion and our Holy Book often…
The Islamic view on the Hebrew Old Testament
IN THE QUR’ĀN, the Hebrew Bible is referred to in two different ways: the ‘Book’ and the ‘Torah’. The Torah…
The Qur’ān according to critical research – 15
MUḤAMMAD REPEATEDLY STATED that ‘the book’ (the Qur’ān) is nothing but a confirmation of the previous books (the Torah and the Bible) to…
The Qur’ān according to critical research – 12
HE CONSIDERED THIS a Christian heresy and cast light on the nature of the relationship between Muḥammad and a certain…
Is the Qur’ān the work of Muslims? – 2
JUST AS WITH the Biblical text, the Qur’ān includes many phrases such as ‘Praise be to God’, and supplications, poems,…
Is the Qur’ān the work of Muslims? – 1
TODAY THE TRADITIONAL current is losing ground as new scholars use research methods similar to those used in biblical criticism…
Reflections on the Makkan Qur’ān – 7
THIS ENTIRE SŪRA is in rhyming saj‘[2] and replete with claims that cannot be proved. The sūra in addition contains verses which imply a plurality of…
The Qur’ān according to critical research – 8
THERE WAS NOTHING TERMED ‘Islam’ during the reign of John of Damascus. He termed it a heresy or the ‘religion of…
The beginnings of the printed Qur’ān – 2
IN THE CASE OF readings, discussion about the form of the Qur’ānic text ought to be conducted in the context of…