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To whom shall we give Access to Our Water Holes?(Islam and international relations)
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In the Name of Allah, The Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace -- In the Wake of September 11th
O who have attained unto faith! Be ever steadfast in upholding equity, bearing witness to the truth for the sake of God, even though it be against your own selves or your parents and kinsfolk, whether the person concerned be rich or poor, God's claims takes precedence over the claims of either of them. Do not then follow your own desires lest you swerve from justice; for if distort the truth, God is indeed aware of all that you do. (Qur'an 4.135)
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Miracle that is the Qur'an
; MANY a person unfamiliar with the Qur'an are surprised to be told by Muslims that the outstanding miracle in Islam is the Holy Qur'an. Their reaction is often: "What? A mere...Contemporary Comparative Discourse, the Qur'an "is a miracle of the mind, unlike the...
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Al-Islam in America: Holy Qur'an provides guidance for Muslims
; ...Recorder 09-07-2001 Al-Islam in America: Holy Qur'an provides guidance for Muslims The Holy Qur an is a complete compilation of the revelation...Islamic families, societies, and many nations. The Qur'an, revealed in Arabic, covers all aspects of...
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Qur'an abuse story roils Islamic world.(News)
; ...erroneous--that a copy of the Qur'an had been flushed down the...revealed that copies of the Qur'an had been placed in bathrooms...riots ensued in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia, resulting in...areas. The sacredness of the Qur'an is such that Muslims do...similar to how Muslims view the ...
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Challenging the Qur'an.(scholar's new book a commentary on the Qur'an's early genesis)
; ...Paradise to the 72 wide-eyed virgins the Qur'an promises to the departed faithful. Palestinian...misunderstanding. Arguing that today's version of the Qur'an has been mistranscribed from the original...studying the language and history of the Qur'an. When his new book is published this...
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The Qur'an's Self-Image: Writing and Authority in Islam's Scripture
; ...perceptive and attentive reading of the Qur'an that invites scholars to review and perhaps...its triliteral root k-t-b as used in the Qur'an. He finds that kitab cannot be simply...k-t-b, in its various derivatives in the Qur'an, suggests much more than the mere act...
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The Qur'an's Self-Image: Writing and Authority in Islam's Scripture.(Book Review)
; ...of the Book (ahl al-kitab), the book being of course the Qur'an. The Qur'an plays a central role in the religious life of the believer; so, it would be useful to know more precisely what the Qur'an means by kitab. This may also cast light on how the...
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In the Beginning, There Were the Holy Books: The Bible and the Qur'an both reveal the word of God. Both speak of prophets, redemption, heaven and hell. So why the violence? Searching the sacred texts for answers.
; ...our Feb. 11 cover story, The Bible and the Qur'an, we say that Terah, the father of Abraham...first verses of what eventually became the Qur'an, regarded as the eternal words of God...provided all this and more. Like the Bible, the Qur'an is a book of divine revelation. Between...
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Thomas E. Burman: Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom.(Book review)
; Thomas E. Burman: Reading the Qur'an in Latin Christendom, 1140-1560 Philadelphia...men of Western Christendom had with the Qur'an as they attempted to translate it into...that Latin-Christian interactions with the Qur'an were a good deal more complex than we...
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Walid A. Saleh: The Formation of the Classical Tafsir Tradition: The Qur'an Commentary of Al-Tha'labi.(Book review)
; ...Formation of the Classical Tafsir Tradition: The Qur'an Commentary of Al-Tha'labi Leiden*Boston...and Andrew Rippin; their views about the Qur'an are engraved on his work-a stamp which...work on al-Kashf wa-al-bayan 'an tafsir al-Qur'an of al-Tha'lbi al-Naysaburi (d. 427/1035...
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Dundes, Alan. Fables of the Ancients? Folklore in the Qur'an.(Book Review)
; ...Fables of the Ancients? Folklore in the Qur'an. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield...knowledge the first folkloric study of the Qur'an--the holy book of Islam, which was revealed...Islamophile nor Islamophobic (xi), approaches the Qur'an folklorically to attest its orality by...
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