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 Qur’ān according to critical research – 7
THE SCHOLARS ACKNOWLEDGE that the Qur’ān has undergone distortion, but the generality of the people are unaware of this. The original…
The Qur’ān according to critical research – 6
WE THEN FIND HIM declaring the existence of distortion in the article ‘Qur’ān’ for the Encyclopaedia Islamica, where he states: ‘there…
Prayers on the Christians as ‘infidels’ – 1
IN THIS INTERVIEW, conducted in 1988 by the Parisian journal L’Actualité Religieuse he said the following: “Prayer is one of the five…
Orientalism as an epistemological necessity for enlightenment – 3
EGYPTIAN SOCIETY, for example, has never monitored the culture and behaviour of Egyptians in the way that the scholars of…
Orientalism as an epistemological necessity for enlightenment – 2
THIS DIFFERENCE THAT stretches the length of the Milky Way is something that can be perceived by the most sophisticated,…
Orientalism as an epistemological necessity for enlightenment – 1
HE THEN GOES ON to conclude on this basis that since the Holy Qur’ān is intact and has not been…
The Hidden Origins of early Islam – 2
THIS IS CONTRARY to reality despite its logical arguments, since the general historical context suggests that the Hijaz was one…
The Hidden Origins of early Islam – 1
THEIR AIM IS TO RESEARCH and delve into the early past of Islam and remove the rubble of legend from…
The Qur’ān according to critical research – 5
THIS IS THE CONCLUSION that Gerald Hawting comes to in his book The Idea of Idolatry and the Emergence of Islam.[i] Firstly,…