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…
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…
Ramadan between the Manichaeans and the Mandaeans
ACCORDING TO THE official Islamic narrative, fasting in the month of Ramaḍān was imposed during the second year of the…
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 – 14
CHRISTIANITY, FOR EXAMPLE, is an extension of Judaism and the Old Testament (Jewish ‘Torah’) remains for Christians part of their…
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…
The Qur’ān according to critical research – 10
THE QUR’ĀN DOES NOT talk about a story of revelation to Muḥammad as it did with the Jewish prophets, and there…
The Qur’ān according to critical research – 9
MĀLIK MUSULMĀNĪ MAKES the following comments on al-Kindī’s Risāla: We understand from the Risāla of al-Kindī that the Qur’ān in the beginning was…