IN THE QUR’ĀN, the Hebrew Bible is referred to in two different ways: the ‘Book’ and the ‘Torah’. The Torah…

MUḤAMMAD REPEATEDLY STATED that ‘the book’ (the Qur’ān) is nothing but a confirmation of the previous books (the Torah and the Bible) to…

CHRISTIANITY, FOR EXAMPLE, is an extension of Judaism and the Old Testament (Jewish ‘Torah’) remains for Christians part of their…

CONFIRMING WHAT AL-KINDĪ said concerning the burning of the six recensions of the Qur’ān during the reign of ‘Abd al-Malik…

HE CONSIDERED THIS a Christian heresy and cast light on the nature of the relationship between Muḥammad and a certain…

THIS IS CONFIRMED by the work of scholars and researchers on the distortion of the Qur’ān, and it is from…

MORE THAN A TOOL for the transmission of hadiths, the isnād informed history, politics and power. ‘Alī al-Dayrī’s work The Best of Centuries:…

A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING of heritage should be a necessity for those who specialize in religious sciences. We have specialists writing…

IN ANY SOCIETAL issue that is marked by continuous change and influence from the cultural and social environment, such as…

WE NEED FIRST to shed some light on the plurality of religious opinions and interpretations, old and new, concerning the…