RESPONSES TO MISINTERPRETATIONS, MISTRANSLATIONS, OR FALSE CLAIMS MADE ABOUT THE QUR’AN
compiled by Sheila Musaji
Professor Alan Godlas has an excellent collection on Qur’an and Qur’anic Interpretation (tafsir) in which he provides many links to academic articles and resources. This resource includes sections on: The Qur’an: Introduction, including a glossary of terms used in the Qur’anic sciences; The History of the Compilation of the Qur’an; Critique of the Prevailing View of the Qur’an’s Compilation and Rebuttal; Searchable Translations and Indices of the Qur’an; Online Recitations of the Qur’an, including the science of Qur’anic recitation (tajwid); Free Qur’ans in Print; Tafsir, commentary on the Qur’an; Downloadable Arabic Research Library
RESPONSES TO MISREPRESENTATION OR MISINTERPRETATION OF SPECIFIC VERSES OF THE QUR’AN:
1:1-7 (Sura Fateha, the opening)
- Pamela Geller’s False Claim that Muslims Curse Christians and Jews in Their Daily Prayers, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/islamophobes-claim-that-muslims-curse-christians-and-jews
- Book Review: Heart of the Qur’an - Meditation on Surah 1, Ayahs 1-7 The Direct Path, Nur Hixon http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/meditation_on_surah_1_ayahs_1_7_the_direct_path2:65 - What “Pigs And Monkeys”? by Dr. Hesham Hassaballa http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/what_pigs_and_monkeys/
2:190-194
- The Quran on war, peace and justice by Islam 101 http://soundvision.com/info/peace/quran.asp
- Qur’an 2:191 Commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_2191_commentary/
- Qur’an 2:191 & 4:89 - Does the Qur’an Teach Violence? by Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_2191_489_does_the_quran_teach_violence/2:216 (jihad or qital) - Commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_2216_commentary/
2:224 - Commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_2244_and_476_commentary/
2:282 (male and female witnesses, testimony) - commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/woman_half_the_man_crisis_of_male_epistemology_in_islamic_jurisprudence and http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_2282_commentary/
4:3 and 4:129 (polygamy) - Polygamy and the Qur’an, Asghar Ali Engineer http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/polygamy_and_the_quran
4:7 (inheritance laws) - Woman Half-the-Man?: Crisis of Male Epistemology in Islamic Jurisprudence by Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/woman_half_the_man_crisis_of_male_epistemology_in_islamic_jurisprudence/
4:25 (slavery) - Qur’anic verdict on slavery by G.A. Parwez http://saif_w.tripod.com/questions/slavery/quranic_verdict_slavery.htm
4:34 (beating wives)- Laleh Bakhtiar’s Qur’an Translation Controversy Over Verse 4:34, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/laheh_bakhtiars_quran_translation_controversy_over_verse_434
- Interview with Laleh Bakhtiar on The First English Translation of the Qur’an by an American Woman http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/interview_with_laleh_bakhtiar_on_the_first_english_translation_of_the_quran
- ISNA President Responds to ISNA Canada Secy. Genl. RE Laleh Bakhtiar’s Qur’an Translation, Ingrid Mattson http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/isna_president_responds_to_isna_canada_secy_genl_re_laleh_bakhtiars_quran_t
- Bakhtiar Translation in sync with teachings, Asma Barlas http://theithacan.org/am/publish/letters/200704_Translation_in_sync_with_teachings.shtml
- Chastising Women: A Means to Resolve Marital Problems?, AbdulHamid A. Abu Sulayman http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_434_chastising_women_a_means_to_resolve_marital_problems/
- Commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_434_commentary1/
- Commentary By Dr. Ahmad Shafaat http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/dv-4-34-shafaat.html
- Corporal punishment (beating, or scourging) rebellious women http://www.religioustolerance.org/islabuse.htm
- Decoding the “DNA of Patriarchy” in Muslim family laws, Ziba Mir-Hosseini and Zainah Anwar http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/decoding-the-dna-of-patriarchy-in-muslim-family-laws
- Does Qur’anic verse 4:34 “allow a superior husband to beat his inferior, disobedient wife?” by Linda Bogaert http://www.flw.ugent.be/cie/bogaert/bogaert4.htm
- Domestic Violence: A Violation of Islam, Global Muslim Women’s Shura Council http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/domestic-violence-a-violation-of-islam
- Domestic Violence and abuse in the Muslim community - Resource collection, compiled by Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/violence_and_abuse_in_the_family
- The Dynamics of Male-Female Relationships: A Contemporary Analysis (Qur’an 4:34)* by Dr. Amina Wadud http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_dynamics_of_male_female_relationships_a_contemporary_analysis_quran_434/
- Leave the Qur’an Out of This, Please!, Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/leave_the_quran_out_of_this_please/
- New Translation Prompts Debate on Islamic Verse, Neil MacFarquahar http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070325/ZNYT02/703250483
- Ali Thanvi’s Book “A Gift for the Muslim Couple”?, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/ali-thanvi
- Wife beaters set the tone as backward Imams threaten to overwhelm 21st Century Muslims, Mona Eltahawy http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/wife_beaters_set_the_tone_as_backward_imams_threaten_to_overwhelm_21st4:76 - “fight in God’s cause” Commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_2244_and_476_commentary/
4:88-91 (apostasy) - Commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_489_commentary/
- Apostasy and freedom of faith in Islam http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/apostasy_and_freedom_of_faith_in_islam4:91 (apes and pigs) - Jews are not apes and pigs, Aziz Poonawalla http://cityofbrass.blogspot.com/2002/11/jews-are-not-apes-and-pigs.html
4:95 - “jihad in God’s cause” commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_495_commentary/
5:32 to 34 - Commentary “execution, crucifixion, cutting off hands and feet” http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_533_commentary/
5:45 - commentary “an eye for an eye” http://www.loonwatch.com/2010/08/robert-spencer%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ccut-and-paste%E2%80%9D-scholarship/
5:51 - Can Muslims Have Non-Muslims as Friends? - The Concept of Wilaya in the Qur’an, Dr. Mohammad Fadel http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/can_muslims_have_non_muslims_as_friends_the_concept_of_wilaya_in_the_quran/
5:54 - Commentary “stern towards disbelievers” http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/uran_4829_and_554_commentary/
5:60-64 - Is There Anti-Semitism in The Qur’an?, Muzammil H. Siddiqi, Ph.D. http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/is_there_anti_semitism_in_the_quran/
7:163-166 - What “Pigs And Monkeys”?, Dr. Hesham Hassaballa
http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/what_pigs_and_monkeys/8:12 (beheading) - A new Qur’an?, Dr. Hesham Hassaballa http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_new_quran/
- Commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_812_13_commentary/8:55 (world domination) - Through the looking glass: Qur’an 8:55, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/through_the_looking_glass_quran_855/
9:5 (verse of the sword) - Commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_95_commentary/
9:11 (supposed “verse of the eagle” which doesn’t exist) - http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_quran_911.htm
9:29 (jizya) - Commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_929_commentary/
9:113 praying for non-Muslims http://islamictext.wordpress.com/is-it-permissible-to-pray-for-non-muslims/
24:4-5 (fornication, adultery, and rape)- Commentary by Danios http://www.loonwatch.com/2010/01/anti-sex-laws/
33:23 (jihad and martyrs) - Commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_3323_commentary/
33:33 (women stay in your houses) - What a difference a kasrah makesm, Carolyn Baugh http://www.altmuslimah.com/a/b/a/3784/
47:4 (war of aggression or self-defense) - Quoting the Qur’an, Hussam Ayloush http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/15543.htm
48:29 (treatment of non-Muslims) - Commentary http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/uran_4829_and_554_commentary/
RESPONSES TO MISREPRESENTATIONS, MISINTERPRETATIONS, AND CLAIMS ABOUT THE QUR’AN GENERALLY OR TOPICS IN THE QUR’AN:
Abrogation (Naskh) in the Qur’an
- Muhammad Al-Ghazali’s View on Abrogation (Naskh) in the Qur’an, Khaleel Mohammed http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/muhammad_al_ghazalis_view_on_abrogation_naskh_in_the_quran/
- On the Theory of Abrogation (Naskh) in the Qur’an, Jeffrey Lang http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/on_the_theory_of_abrogation_naskh_in_the_quran/
Compilation of the Qur’an - Forgotten Witness: Evidence For The Early Codification Of The Qur’an, Estelle Whelan http://www.islamic-awareness.org/History/Islam/Dome_Of_The_Rock/Estwitness.html
Divorce in Qur’an and Shari’ah, Asghar Ali Engineer http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/divorce_in_quran_and_shariah
Internal contradictions claims - http://www.islamic.org.uk/internalc.html
Grammatical mistakes claims - http://www.islamic.org.uk/grammar.html
Interpretations of the Qur’an (re-evaluation and ijtihad of previous interpretations):
- Freedom of Thought, IJTIHAD, Interpretation, IJMA, Islamization of Knowledge - article collection http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/freedom_of_thought_ijtihad_interpretation_ijma_islamization_of_knowledge
- The Place of Tolerance in Islam: On Reading the Qur’an - and Misreading It, Khaled Abou El Fadl, Ph.D. http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_place_of_tolerance_in_islam_on_reading_the_quran_and_misreading_it/
- Qur’an: Reason, Authority, and the Text, Louay Safi http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_reason_authority_and_the_text
- Towards Multiple Understandings of the Qur’an, Asghar Ali Engineer http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/towards_multiple_understandings_of_the_quran/
Sources of the Qur’an
- Did Islam just copy from Judaism and Christianity, Jerald F. Dirks http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC0703-3248
- Refutation Of The Borrowing Theories Of The Qur’an http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Sources/
Translations of the Qur’an
- Hilali-Khan Qur’an Translation, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/through_the_looking_glass_hilali_khan_quran_translation/
- On the New Revised Edition of Yusuf Ali’s Qur’an Translation, Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D. http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/book_review_on_the_new_revised_edition_of_yusuf_alis_quran_translation/
- Playing into the Hands of the Extremists? (Hilali-Khan Qur’an Translation), Dr. Robert D. Crane http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_playing_into_the_hands_of_the_extremists_hilali_khan_quran_translatio/
- Qur’an Explorer site and extremist Qur’an translations, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_translation_site
Response to Polemics against the Qur’an:
Burning the Qur’an
Bonfire of the Korans
An unfolding global Anti-Muslim crusade, Michael Carmichael http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20846
Book burning: a terrible freedom, Gustav Niebuhr http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2010/09/book_burning_a_terrible_freedom.html
BOOK REVIEW: Me and You: Beyond Belief, Together: A Path to Peace All Our Faiths Can Share (David Liepert), by Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/book_review6/
Burn a Qur’an Day an outrage to Muslims, Akbar Ahmed http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/burn_quran_day_an_outrage_to_muslims/0018178
Burning issue: Rabbi’s discuss Qur’an burning http://www.jstandard.com/content/item/burning_issue/14707
Burning the Quran, Jeff Siddiqui http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/burning_the_quran/
Christians must reject “Burn a Quran Day”, Jennifer S. Bryson http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/08/christians_must_reject_burn_a_quran_day.html
Christmastime, Iftekhar Hai http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/christmastime/
Christmas as a “Secular American” Holiday?, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/something_to_think_about/
Despite Popular Belief, Islam’s Not The Grinch That Stole Christmas, Shahed Amanullah http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/through_the_looking_glass_despite_popular_belief_islams_not_the_grinch_that/
Dove World Outreach Christian Center “Hate to the World”, “Burn a Qur’an”, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/dove_world_outreach_christian_center_christmas_message_hate_to_the_wor
Eat, pray, hate: America’s own Taliban, Christopher Dickey http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/08/eat-pray-hate.html?from=rss
Florida Muslims say violence won’t solve Dove problem http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_0e7e64c2-b64b-11df-9258-001cc4c002e0.html
Free speech to counter hate speech - Dove World Outreach Center tee-shirt incident, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/free_speech2/
How the Florida pastor and the New York imam can live their faiths, Akbar Ahmed http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/09/08/ahmed.jones.feisal/index.html
“If They Can Burn It, We Can Read It.” A UCC Minister’s Response to Burning the Qur’an http://creativeseminole.com/2010/08/19/if-they-can-burn-it-we-can-read-it-a-ucc-ministers-response-to-burning-the-quran/
In Qur’an Burning We’re All Losers , Julie Ingersoll http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/julieingersoll/3292/in_qur%E2%80%99an_burning_we%E2%80%99re_all_losers
Islamophobia: the new antisemitism, Mya Guarnieri http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/aug/26/islam-religion
Jews Urged to Oppose 9/11 Koran Burning http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/national_news/jews_urged_to_oppose_911_koran_burning/20527
Merry Christmas, Dr. Hesham Hassaballa http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/merry_christmas/
One Church’s Reasons to Hate Islam, Challenged by an Expert, Damien Cave http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/one-churchs-reasons-to-hate-islam-challenged-by-an-expert/
Plan to burn Quran in Florida draws international condemnation http://www.uscatholic.org/news/2010/09/plan-burn-quran-florida-draws-international-condemnation
Plans for a Koran Burning Show a Gainesville Church’s Bigotry, Jason Van Boom http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-van-boom/plans-for-a-koran-burning_b_666027.html
Playing with Fire: On Christian Book Burning, Gary Leupp http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/09/playing-with-fire/
Religious leaders call for solidarity against Quran burning, Chad Smith http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100902/ARTICLES/100909904/1109/sports?Title=Religious-leaders-call-for-solidarity-against-Quran-burning
Religious leaders speak out against International Burn a Quran Day http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/23/religious-leaders-speak-out-against-international-burn-a-quran-day-2/
Scorching Muslim hearts, Muqtedar Khan http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/scorching_muslim_hearts
Treating Christmas with Respect, Abdul Malik Mujahid http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/treating_christmas_with_respect1/
What books shall we burn now?, Rabbi Arthur Waskow http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/what_books_shall_we_burn_now/
Why they want to burn the Qur’an, Joe Conason http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joe_conason/2010/09/08/koran/index.html
Keith Ellison’s use of Qur’an
A Muslim Response to Dennis Prager’s ‘Five Questions’, Hussam Ayloush http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_muslim_response_to_dennis_pragers_five_questions/
ADL statement on Prager’s attack on Rep. Ellison http://www.adl.org/presrele/dirab_41/4934_41.htm
ADL 2011 statement Anti-Muslim sentiment significant http://www.adl.org/Civil_Rights/ADL-Backgrounder-on-Muslim-Bigotry.pdf
Answers to Five ‘Repulsive’ Questions of Dennis Prager, Dr. Maher Hathout http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/through_the_looking_glass_answers_to_five_repulsive_questions/
Backgrounder on Prager http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/Prager_Dennis
Congressman Keith Ellison and the Qur’an, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/congressman_keith_ellison_and_the_quran_1_07/
Muslims and the Five Questions of Dennis Prager, Juan Cole http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/muslims_and_the_five_questions_of_dennis_prager/
Dennis Prager vs. the First Amendment, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/dennis_prager
Dennis Prager Has A Funny Definition Of Freedom http://mediamatters.org/blog/201102020035
Prager’s anti-Islamic bigotry is not newsworthy http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2006/12/dennis_praegers.html
President Bush Asked to Rescind Appointment of Dennis Prager http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/president_bush_asked_to_rescind_appointment_of_dennis_prager/
Presidential appointee says Quran oath ‘undermines American civilization’ http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/presidential_appointee_says_quran_oath_undermines_american_civilization/
U.S. Holocaust Museum urged to drop Islam basher, CAIR http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/presidential_appointee_says_quran_oath_undermines_american_civilization/
Fitna Film
The Dutchman and the Qur’an, Arsalan Iftikhar http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/geert-wilders-the-dutchman-and-the-quran
How Geert Wilders’ anti-Qur’an film can be made to benefit the Muslim community, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/how_geert_wilders_anti_quran_film_can_be_made_to_benefit_the_muslim_co
Geert Wilders Anti-Qur’an Film: Silence will be the best response, Tariq Ramadan http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/geer_wilders_anti_quran_film_silence_will_be_the_best_response
Respecting the Qur’an, Ingrid Mattson, PhD http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/respecting_the_quran
SEE ALSO - ARTICLES ON THE QUR’AN:
Antidote to Modern Nihilism: The Quranic Perception of Time, Parvez Manzoor http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2003/10/Article03.shtml
Beyond Islamic Enlightenment (series of articles on re-evaluating textual interpretations), Ali Eteraz http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/oct/11/beyondislamicenlightenment
Brief History of the Compilation of the Qur’an, http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/compilationbrief.html
Division of the Qur’an http://muslim-canada.org/quran_division.html
The Dual Purpose of the Qur’an, Imam Tammam Adi, http://www.islamfortoday.com/adi06.htm
Examining the Qur’an, http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/
Forgotten Witness: Evidence for the Early Codification of the Qur’an, Estelle Whelan, http://www.islamic-awareness.org/History/Islam/Dome_Of_The_Rock/Estwitness.html
History of the Compilation of the Qur’an http://islamicsupremecouncil.org/bin/site/wrappers/default.asp?pane_2=content-islam_history_koran1
Islam and the Qur’an http://www.proislam.com/column_quran_violent.htm
Jews in the Qur’an (mentioned in 60 verses) - Jews in the Qur’an: An Introduction, Aisha Y. Musa, Ph.D. http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/jews_in_the_quran_an_introduction
Jihad? But What About Other Verses in the Qur’an?, Asghar Ali Engineer http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/jihad_but_what_about_other_verses_in_the_quran
Man and universe in the Qur’an *, Sardar Hayat Khan http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/man_and_universe_in_the_quran1
Misinterpretation of the Qur’an http://www.cuii.org/hijab.htm
On Methodology, Understanding Qur’an, Asghar Ali Engineer, http://www.islam21.net/pages/keyissues/key1-16.htm
On Interpreting the Qur’an, Asma Barlas, http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_10-9-2002_pg3_3
Orientalism and Qur’anic Studies, S. Parvez Manzoor, http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2003/08/Article03a.shtml
Preservation and Transmission of the Qur’an http://www.uh.edu/campus/msa/qurhad/excel/uloom3.html
Preservation of the Qur’an, G.F. Haddad http://islamicsupremecouncil.org/bin/site/wrappers/default.asp?pane_2=content-islam_history_koran2
Qur’an and Hadith against extremism http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quranic_verses_against_extremism
Qur’an and Qur’anic Interpretation, compiled by Alan Godlas http://www.uga.edu/islam/quran.html#qur’an
Qur’an, Three Translations, Index, http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/
Qur’an: Divine Guidance or historical Document, Aslam Abdullah http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2003/08/Article05.shtml
Qur’an: It Never Ceases to Amaze!, Dr. Javeed Akhter, http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003may_comments.php?id=330_0_20_30_C
Qur’an Search Tool http://www.islamicity.com/QuranSearch/
Qur’anic Perception of Time http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2003/10/Article03.shtml
Qur’anic Manuscripts, http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Text/Mss/#1
Qur’anic Studies Research, http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Q_Studies/
Refutation of the ‘Borrowing’ Theories of the Qur’an, http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Sources/
Resources for the Study of the Qur’an http://www.unc.edu/%7Ecernst/quranstudy.htm
Respecting the Qur’an, Ingrid Mattson, PhD http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/respecting_the_quran
Sufi Tafsir http://www.uga.edu/islam/suftaf/tafsuftoc.html
Suing the Qur’an, Michael Sells http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/suing_the_quran/
Symbolism and Allegory in the Qur’an, Muhammad Asad http://www.geocities.com/masad02/appendix1
The Text of the Qur’an, http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Text/
The Preservation and Transmission of the Qur’an, http://www.uh.edu/campus/msa/qurhad/excel/uloom3.html
Reading the Qur’an, Islam’s holy book, Eric Walberg http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/reading_the_quran_islams_holy_book
The Qur’an, Sachiko Murata & William Chittick, http://www.quran.org.uk/ieb_quran_chittick.htm
TED Talk on the Qur’an, Leslie Hazelton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7yaDlZfqrc&feature=player_embedded#
Transmission of the Qur’anic Revelation http://www.islamworld.net/UUQ/2.txt
The ‘True Furqan’ Qur’an Hoax, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_true_furqan_quran_hoax/
SEE ALSO - ARTICLES ON SCRIPTURAL COMPARISONS
Dark Passages, Philip Jenkins http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/03/08/dark_passages/?page=full
The Qur’an, The Bible, And The Urge To Violence, Mustafa Aykol http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the-quran-the-bible-and-the-urge-to-violence
Throwing Stones at the Qur’an From a Biblical Glass House, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/throwing_stones_at_the_quran_from_a_glass_house/0013466
The Use and Abuse of Scriptures, Sheila Musaji http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/the_use_and_abuse_of_scriptures/
SEE ALSO - ARTICLES ON THE HADITH:
An Introduction to Hadith, James Lochtefeld http://www2.carthage.edu/~lochtefe/islam/hadith.html
An Introduction to the Science of Hadith http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/scienceofhadith/atit.html
An Introduction to the Sciences of Hadith http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/sunnah/0008_page2.htm
An Introduction to the Subject of Hadith http://answering-islam.org.uk/Gilchrist/Vol1/6a.html
Classificaion of Hadith http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Hadith/Ulum/asb7.html
Finding the Spirit of Muhammad http://www.toledomuslims.com/Criterion/Article.asp?ID=199
Hadith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith
Hadith and Prophet Muhammad, compiled by Alan Godlas http://www.uga.edu/islam/hadith.html
Hadith Authenticity http://www.rim.org/muslim/hadith.htm
Hadith Compilation and Placement Project http://www.understanding-islam.com/related/hadith.asp
Hadith Database http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/searchhadith.html
Hadiths Inserted Posthumously In The Sahih Of Al-Bukhari? http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Hadith/narraulum.html
Imam Bukhari http://www.islamic-paths.org/Home/English/History/Personalities/Content/Bukhari.htm
Isnad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isnad
The Nature and Role of hadith: An Analysis of a Re-evaluation by Dr. Robert D. Crane
http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/2003sept_comments.php?id=394_0_22_30_C
Islamic Emails, Anis Hamadeh, http://theamericanmuslim.org/2003jul_comments.php?id=340_0_21_0_C
Issues Concerning Hadith, http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Hadith/
Forty Hadith Qudsi, http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/hadithqudsi.html
Islamic Hermeneutics http://www.thelogician.net/3_judaic_logic/3_islam_1.htm
Major Collections of Hadith http://members.cox.net/arshad/hadithcol.html
Modern Historical Methodology Versus Hadith Methodology http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/historyandhadeeth/azzamcomparison.html
Please Stop Abusing the Prophet, Abdul Malik Mujahid http://soundvision.com/info/seerah/abuse.asp
Qur’an, Hadith and Women, Asghar Ali Engineer http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/quran_hadith_and_women
Sira http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sira
Sunnah http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnah
Sunnah and Hadith http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/
Translation of Sahih Bukhari, http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/
Translation of Sahih Muslim, http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muslim/
Translation of Sunan Abu Dawud, http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/abudawud/
Translation of Malik’s Muwatta, http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/muwatta/