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they were steeped in arrogance,—a people given to sin.
Abdullah Ali • The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an: Complete Translation with Selected Notes
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Isabella Hammad • The Parisian
Sharia is derived from the Quran, exemplified in Muhammad’s life, and explained by imams.
Nabeel Qureshi • No God but One: Allah or Jesus? (with Bonus Content): A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity
In pre-Islamic Arabia, the responsibility for maintaining the tribal ethic fell upon the Sayyid or Shaykh of the tribe.
Reza Aslan • No god but God (Updated Edition): The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
[Was Zafar] the original mover, the head and front of the undertaking, or but the consenting tool…the forward, unscrupulous, but still pliant puppet, tutored by priestly craft for the advancement of religious bigotry? Many persons, I believe, will incline to the latter. The known restless spirit of Mahommedan fanaticism has been the first aggressor
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fail to acknowledge such terrorism as pure evil invites relativism about everything.
Alan Dershowitz • The Case for Israel
The Islamists argued that Islam is a comprehensive ideology that governs all aspects of the believer’s life. As Qutb wrote, the fundamental concern of Islam is “to unify the realm of earth and the realm of heaven in one system.” The primary condition for the realization of that system would be the adoption and implementation of the Shariah in the p
... See moreReza Aslan • No god but God (Updated Edition): The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
Throughout the autumn and the early part of the winter of 1857, while the battle for Lucknow still raged in the eastern half of Hindustan, much of the effort of British administration in Delhi went into preparing for the historic trial of the man who was now clearly going to be the last of the Mughals.