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--Quran, Hadith--

A Dictionary and Glossary of the Koran (John Penrice)

A Few Comments on Tafsir of the Qur’an

Habib Siddiqui, Ph.D.

Academic Freedom and the Qur’an Controversy

http://www.unc.edu/chan/speech_archive/npcspeech_8_2002.html

Affirmation of Freedom of Expression and Belief in the Quran

Haris Aziz

apostasy, (MAE), religious freedom

An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic (Wheeler M. Thackston)

Arabs, Muslims and Americans have too much in common

Ray Hanania

Qur’an burning, Dove World Outreach, interfaith, anti-Muslim, Islamophobia

Are There Grammar Mistakes in the Qur’an?

http://www.islamic.org.uk/grammar.html

response

Are There Internal Contradictions in the Qur’an?

http://www.islamic.org.uk/internalc.html

response

Between Text and History: Re-establishing the Intellectual Link

Najah Kadhim

Bible, The Qur’an and Scence (Maurice Bucaille)

Book of Revelations : A Sourcebook of Themes from the Holy Qur’an (Kabir Helminski)

books

Book Review: “A Perspective on the Signs of Al-Quran: Through the Prism of the Heart”

Hasan Zillur Rahim

Book Review: Heart of the Qur’an - Meditation on Surah 1, Ayahs 1-7 The Direct Path **

Nur Hixon

Book Review: Reflection on the Qur’an, By Irfan Ahmad Khan

Dr. Omar Afzal

Damning History but Saving the Text: Fazlur Rahman between Tradition and Modernism

S Parvez Manzoor

Dictionary of the Holy Qur’an (Abdul Omar Mannon)

Did Prophet Muhammad Rape a Nine-year Old Aisha?

Tarek Fatah

Islamophobia, Wafa Sultan, response, hadith, extremism, alarming statements, Ali Sina, Andrew Bostom, Jews & Muslims, Kamran Pasha, Daniel Pipes, halakha, ketannah, child marriage

Does the Quran or Muhammad promote violence?

Dr. Mohammad Omar Farooq

mae

Educational Implications of Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad

Jeremy Henzell-Thomas

Extract from Introduction to The Book of Hadith (The Book Foundation, 2007)

Jeremy Henzell-Thomas

hadith, ijtihad, apostasy, sharia

Freedom of Expression in Islam

Mohammad Hashim Kamali

apostasy

Hadith Collection on ‘Peace’

http://www.sufism.org/society/articles/PeaceHadith.htm

HADITH: SOME COMMON MYTHS

Khalid Shah

How and When Was the Qur’an Compiled?

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/compilationbrief.html

How Old Are the Oldest Existing Qur’an Manuscripts?

http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Text/Mss/#1

response

IN MAMMON WE TRUST: Review of Newsweek article on the Qur’an

G. F. Haddad

Interpretation and Exceptionalism

Asma Barlas

(MAE)

Interview with Laleh Bakhtiar on The First English Translation of the Qur’an by an American Woman

Sheila Musaji

Interview with the Muslim Reform Thinker Amina Wadud: “The Koran Cannot Be Usurped”

Martina Sabra

interview

Introduction to the Noble Reading - Part I

Thomas B. Irving

Introduction to the Noble Reading - Part II

Thomas B. Irving

Is the Qur’an Divine Guidance Or Just a Historical Document?

http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2003/08/Article05.shtml

response

Is There Such a Thing As Religious Terrorism?

Sheila Musaji

(MAE), response

Islam’s Living Miracle: the Qur’an

by T. B. Irving

Isn’t This Also Desecration Of the Qur’an?

Dr. Hesham Hassaballa

Jesus in the Qur’an: an Akbari Perspective

Reza Shah-Kazemi

Jews in the Qur’an: An Introduction

Aisha Y. Musa, Ph.D.

Leave the Qur’an Out of This, Please!

Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa

Qur’an 4:34

Major Themes of the Qur’an (Fazlur Rahman)

books

Man and universe in the Qur’an *

Sardar Hayat Khan

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan rips through traditional views about women in Islam

Yoginder Sikand

interview

Method Against Truth: Orientalism and Qur’anic Studies

Parvez Manzoor

islamophobia

Modernity and Nihilism: Bible, Qur’an and the Impasse of Historical Imagination **

S. Parvez Manzoor

Mohamed Talbi: “Religious Dogmas Terrorize the Spirit”

Rachid Boutayeb

Tunisia

Most Profound Statement In The Qur’an

Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa

Muhammad—The Praised One

Liaquat Ali

Muhammad Al-Ghazali’s View on Abrogation (Naskh) in the Qur’an

Khaleel Mohammed

response

Muslim and Non-Muslim Relations, Dr. Jamal Badawi

http://islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2005/04/Article01.shtml

dialogue, response

Non Violence, Violence, Peace, Justice and Change in Islam

Dr. Muqtedar Khan

mae, non-violence

On the New Revised Edition of Yusuf Ali’s Qur’an Translation

Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, Ph.D.

On the Theory of Abrogation (Naskh) in the Qur’an

Jeffrey Lang

response

Polygamy and the Qur’an

Asghar Ali Engineer

Qur’an & Hadith - article collection

compiled by Sheila Musaji

Qur’an 18:86 Commentary

http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1119503547494&pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaEAskTheScholar

response

Qur’an 2:190-194 Commentary

http://soundvision.com/info/peace/quran.asp

response

Qur’an 2:191 Commentary

response

Qur’an 2:244 and 4:76 Commentary

response

Qur’an 2:282 commentary

response

Qur’an 33:23 Commentary

response

Qur’an 47:4 Commentary

http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/15543.htm

response

Qur’an 48:29 and 5:54 Commentary

response

Qur’an 4:34 Commentary

response

Qur’an 4:34 Commentary by Edip Yuksel

http://www.quran-islam.org/228.html

response

Qur’an 4:34: Chastising Women: A Means to Resolve Marital Problems?

AbdulHamid A. Abu Sulayman

response

Qur’an 4:89 Commentary

response

Qur’an 4:95 Commentary

response

Qur’an 5:33 Commentary

response

Qur’an 5:51 and 9:5: Some Misappropriations of Qur’anic Verses

http://www.karamah.org/docs/dakake_misappropriations.doc

response

Qur’an 5:60-64 - Is There Anti-Semitism in The Qur’an?

Muzammil H. Siddiqi, Ph.D.

response

Qur’an 5:60-64 Commentary

http://archive.muslimuzbekistan.com/eng/islam/2002/09/a11092002.html

response

Qur’an 8:12-13 Commentary

response

Qur’an 8:12: A “New” Qur’an?

Dr. Hesham Hassaballa

response

Qur’an 9:29 Commentary

response

Qur’an 9:5 - Was It Abrogated?

http://www.load-islam.com/C/rebuttals/Misquoted/#10

response

Qur’an and Women (Dr. Amina Wadud)

Farzan Hassan Shahid.

book review, gender, Qur’an

Qur’an has changed the course of history

Gregory Elder

Qur’an, Hadith and Women

Asghar Ali Engineer

Qur’an: Reason, Authority, and the Text

Louay Safi

Qur’an: Message of the Qur’an (Muhammad Asad translation, new edition)

QUR’AN: Playing into the Hands of the Extremists? (Hilali-Khan Qur’an Translation)

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Qur’an: Translation by Thomas Cleary

Radical ?New? Views of Islam and the Origins of the Qur’an

Taha Abdul Basser

Reading the Qur’an, Islam’s holy book

Eric Walberg

Reflections on the Qur’an (Irfan Ahmad Khan)

books

Robert Spencer’s Interpretation of the Banu Qurayza “Massacre” Myth - updated 6/11

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Sahih al Bukhari, English Translation - 9 vol.

Sound Hadith on Nonviolence, Peace, and Justice

Compiled by Dr. M. Hafiz Syed, Edited by Kabir Helminski

(MAE)

Surah al ‘Asr on Sharing the Wealth through Justice: A Ramadhan Reflection

Dr. Robert D. Crane

Ramadan

Surah al-Fatiha: The Meaning behind the Beginning of the Beginning

Habib Siddiqui, Ph. D.

Tafsir ibn Kathir - 10 vol.

The Dynamics of Male-Female Relationships: A Contemporary Analysis (Qur’an 4:34) *

Amina Wadud-Muhsin

The Nature and Role of Hadith: An Analysis of a Re-evaluation

Dr. Robert D. Crane

The Place of Tolerance in Islam: On Reading the Qur’an - and Misreading It

Khaled Abou El Fadl, Ph.D.

MAE

The Use and Abuse of Scriptures

Sheila Musaji

dialogue

Themes from the Holy Quran Seen Through Native American Eyes *

Maria Abdin

Through the Looking Glass: Qur’an 8:55

Sheila Musaji

Throwing Stones at the Qur’an From a Biblical Glass House

Sheila Musaji

propaganda, Qur’an, scripture, interfaith

Towards Multiple Understandings of the Qur’an

Asghar Ali Engineer

Wife beaters set the tone as backward Imams threaten to overwhelm 21st Century Muslims

Mona Eltahawy

Qur’an 4:34, domestic violence

In the name of God,The Compassionate, The Merciful

Oh mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other (Not that you may despise each other). 49;13

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