This tweet from a participant at the ongoing International Qur’anic Studies Association conference in the USA. Do the scholars there realise the implications of this observation? Consider this: an illiterate uneducated Arab trader from an obscure backwater of the Arabian peninsula could… Read More ›
A recent video from an apostate of Islam, ‘Isma’eel Abu Adam’ claims that the variant readings of the Qur’an prove that the Qur’an is a ‘conflicting” text. Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali, a Professor of Islamic Law at Zaytuna College… Read More ›
Filmed yesterday in London
Here is a fascinating glimpse into the programme of the forthcoming International Qur’anic Studies Association annual meeting. Lots of juicy stuff. Click link below. IQSA 2017
Interesting clarification
In this video there are two clips, the first is of Dr Jonathan Brown and the second features Mufti Ismail Menk. They are both explaining Quran 4:34. Hopefully their teachings will help people understand matters concerning the treatment of wives… Read More ›
Death can come anytime. It doesn’t matter if you’re healthy or wealthy, you’ll have to go when it’s time. You can’t challenge or avoid it: | Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you are in high… Read More ›
THE QURAN’S IMPACT ON THE WORLD Before the coming of Islam the world was in a state of oppression and injustice. Pre-Islamic Arabia was a dreadful place to live in as the Arabs were a people without any set moral… Read More ›
Here I discuss just two (of many) phenomena that demonstrate why the Quran is such an amazing book. There are few, if any, books in the world today that come anywhere close. One of the miraculous properties of the Quran… Read More ›
This afternoon I visited the Asian & African Studies Reading Room at British Library. Its’ majestic. The walls are lined with paintings of distinguished notables (absolutely no idea who they are). I read further articles from the standard Western academic… Read More ›
this is very good
I wanted to do some research on how top Western scholarship understands what the Qur’an teaches about the scriptures of the People of the Book (the Jews and Christians). This question is a storm centre for Christian-Muslim polemics. Evangelical apologists… Read More ›
People just don’t like what they hear. Watch and see.
“In comparison with the Bible, the Quran exhibits much greater textual stability, and variant readings found in different manuscripts are largely trivial in pronunciation or vocabulary. A number of theories have been advanced in recent years by European writers, questioning the… Read More ›
“Hostile readers of the Quran use a literary approach that is the equivalent of a blunt instrument. They make no attempt to understand the text as a whole; instead, they take individual verses out of context, give them the most… Read More ›
“Given the blank slate of sheer unfamiliarity with the Quran among Americans and Europeans, it is perhaps inevitable that certain cultural habits have become obstacles to an understanding of it. In the mood of anxiety and fear of the post-9/11… Read More ›
Study hard for your job. Work hard for your pension. Then you die.
By Sami Zaatari Christian missionaries and apologists have been arguing that the Quran completely backs the present day Bible we have in our hands, this indeed is a very interesting false claim, but since they want to cling to this… Read More ›
If you think the Qur’an is the most violent scripture, think again. The Bible is by far the most violent book endorsing genocide and mass murder, as this top Christian historian candidly admits. And Christians are still committing genocide inspired… Read More ›
Why is there no historical criticism of the Qur’an as there is of the Bible? Here we have a simple misunderstanding. The Bible is made up of many different books, compiled over many centuries. It is possible to cast doubt… Read More ›
In a recent video Mary the Mother of WHO??? I briefly discussed how Mark and Luke offered radically different portrayals of the Mother of Jesus: the former has Mary as an unbeliever, the latter shows Mary as the first and… Read More ›
In this segment, Paul Williams informs us of the role of Mary, who is referred to as Maryam in the Qur’an, may Allah be pleased with her, Ameen! What was Mary’s role according to the Bible? and why does her… Read More ›
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