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Historical analysis of religious developments, events, and theological movements relevant to apologetics.
Discussion on al-Hajjaj Paid Members Public
From Jochen Katz <[email protected]> Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam Subject: Re: al-hajjaj revisited Date: Thu Jul 17 11:24:30 EDT 1997 Message-Id: <[email protected]> This posting is in response to From Metallica <[email protected]&
Qur'an Contradiction : A Tower of Burnt bricks in Egypt? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: A Tower of Burnt bricks in Egypt? How did it get there? And Pharaoh said: O chiefs! I know not that ye have a god other than me, so kindle for me (a fire), O Haman, to bake the mud; and set up for me a
Two Pharaohs who crucified? Paid Members Public
Various passages tell the story that Pharaoh's sorcerers believe in the signs and message of Moses, and then Pharaoh tries to threaten them with these words (Shakir's translation): I will certainly cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, then will I crucify you
Alexander the Great, a Muslim? Paid Members Public
Qur'an Contradiction: According to the Quran (Surah 18:89-98) Alexander the Great was a devout Muslim and lived to a ripe old age. Historical records however show that Alexander the Great died young at 33 years of age (356 - 323 B.C.), and believed he himself was
Contradictions in the Qur'an: Samaritans in the time of Moses? Paid Members Public
The Qur'an says that the calf worshipped by the Israelites at mount Horeb was molded by a Samaritan (Sura 20:85-87, 95-97). Yet the term `Samaritan' was not coined until 722 B.C., which is several hundred years after the events recorded in Exodus. Thus, the Samaritan
Textual Criticism of Bible and Qur'an Paid Members Public
Some notes on textual criticism of the Bible and the Qur'an Many Muslims try to capitalize in their debates on the fact that there are variant readings of Biblical text in the many manuscripts we have of it. This is natural for handcopied texts and nothing else can
John Burton and the Mushaf of Muhammad Paid Members Public
Sometimes Muslims make the following appeal: * The famous orientalist John Burton had stated in the conclusions of his book "The Collection of The Quraan": "What we have today in our hands is the Mushaf of Muhammad." ["The Collection of The Quraan", 1979, John Burton,
The Fifteenth Qira'at: The Abdullah Yusuf Ali Reading of the Qur'an Paid Members Public
The Fifteenth Qira'at The Abdullah Yusuf Ali Reading of the Qur'an Despite the common claim that the Qur'an is the same everywhere in the world, all manuscripts and copies of the Qur'an allegedly being identical letter for letter, better educated Muslims have