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Embryology in the Qur'an Members Public

In the early 1980s, Prof. Keith Moore, formerly an anatomist at the University of Toronto, Canada produced a special edition of his embryology textbook, the standard version of which has been widely used in medical schools around the world. Apparently when he first read what the Qur'an had

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Qur'an Contradiction: Do all of God's messengers eat food? Members Public

Quran Contradiction Do They Eat or Not? Sam Shamoun The Quran records the unbelievers objections to Muhammads apostleship on the grounds that he was a mere mortal who ate just like them: They also say, 'What ails this Messenger that he eats food, and goes in the markets? Why

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Sam Shamoun
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Qur'an and Science: The Shape of the Earth Members Public

The Shape of the Earth Bible and general: * Christian Response To "The Flat-Earth Bible" * Who Invented the Flat Earth?, more at the bottom of this page and here * Does the Bible teach geocentricity? * The Bible and the Message from Space astronomy coins Specific Claims about the Qur'

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Sam Shamoun
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Qur'an in your DNA! Members Public

Some Muslims want to convince themselves and others of the miraculous nature of the Qur'an by pointing to the discovery that the Qur'an has been found coded into the human DNA structure. This is a particularly interesting and illuminating claim, since it is propagated by several

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Sam Shamoun
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DISTORTION IN THE KORAN Members Public

The stage of collecting the Koran into a book was one of the most serious stages the Koranic text ever was subjected to. The Koran was revealed in seven ways (or dialects). Muslims sanctioned reciting it by the meaning and not necessarily verbatim. "Companions" at first were opposed

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Qur'an Error: Israel's Response to the Covenant Members Public

Qur'an Error: Israels Response to the Covenant The Quran erroneously states that when God made a covenant with Israel through Moses, the people responded by saying that they disobey: There came to you Moses with clear (Signs); yet ye worshipped the calf (Even) after that, and ye did

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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Dishonest? Members Public

May 18, 1999 his newsgroup statement here June 4, 1998 smaller font October 28, 1996 The formulation on the original Qur'an contradictions page was: A red star * after the title indicates that a Muslim response to this topic is available or included. I said "available" not

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Sam Shamoun
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Quran Difficulty: Should Muslims Show Kindness to Parents? Members Public

Quran Difficulty Should Muslims Show Kindness to Parents? The Quran exhorts believers, in fact mankind in general, to be kind to parents: Say: Come, I will tell you what your Lord has made binding on you: that you shall serve no other gods besides Him; that you shall show kindness

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