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بدھ 30 جولائی 2003Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Luxenberg and the Quran
Via ParaPundit, I found a sympathetic but scholarly review of Luxenberg’s book. A much better reading than the mumbo jumbo of the Newsweek article.
Al-Muhajabah tackles the allegation that Muslims don’t engage in textual or critical analysis of the Quran and Brian Ulrich compares the media approach to the world to Civilization III.
Posted by Zack at July 30, 2003 5:11 PM in Islam and Other Religions
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Posted by: Al-Muhajabah (262 comments) at July 30, 2003 9:43 PM
Greetings.
Here are two great, scholarly reviews on the book.
Looks like the book is already a dud.
See:
Link 1
Cheers!
MNZ
Posted by: Mubin Shaikh (1 comments) at October 26, 2003 2:06 PM
Mubin: Thanks for the links.
Posted by: Zack (1803 comments) at October 27, 2003 6:05 PM
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Thanks for the link. I’m off to read Brian’s latest post now.