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		<title>No &#8216;compulsion&#8217; in &#8216;religion&#8217;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Verse 2:256 is generally translated as: There is no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah hears and knows all things. The first part of the verse is one of the most quoted phrase from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iqrabismirabik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1268539&amp;post=53&amp;subd=iqrabismirabik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Misogynistic interpretations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sisters! Know this: In fighting for intellectual space within our religion, we cannot pay enough attention to grammar. Take it as an axiom, embroider it on a pillow, or tattoo it on a discreetly-covered limb: The believer with the best grammar wins. I’m talking about winning liberation from erroneous and oppressive interpretations, winning room to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iqrabismirabik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1268539&amp;post=51&amp;subd=iqrabismirabik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A short note on the English Translations of the Quran</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The English translations of the Quran can be divided into two broad categories: Pre-Twentieth Century Translations Christians who wanted to convert Muslims to Islam and in the process also expose Islamic theories as forgeries were the first to translate the Quran into English. Alexander Ross who was the chaplain to Charles I was the first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iqrabismirabik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1268539&amp;post=49&amp;subd=iqrabismirabik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beating women, or beating around the bush, or &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 11:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article is by the Turkish Muslim scholar and writer Edip Yuksel.  &#8220;Verse 4:34 of the Quran orders believers to beat their wives; so, Islam is a male dominant religion.&#8221; Many of us have heard this criticism from Christians, atheists, agnostics, etc. Personally, every time I read 4:34, I felt that something was wrong. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iqrabismirabik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1268539&amp;post=46&amp;subd=iqrabismirabik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons that can be learnt from the Satanic Verses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t know if the case of the Satanic Verses or what we Muslims call the “Gharaniq verses” is true or not, but I wonder why anyone would treat it as scandalous or use it to suspect the authenticity of prophet Muhammed (pbuh) as a Messenger of God. Almost all modern students of Islam dispel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iqrabismirabik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1268539&amp;post=44&amp;subd=iqrabismirabik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mary in the Quran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago someone wrote to me asking me to explain why Mary is the only woman mentioned in the Quran if Jesus is not the son of God. S/he claimed that Mary is the most important woman in the history of Islam because God had chosen her Himself: &#8220;Behold! the angels said: &#8216;O [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=iqrabismirabik.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1268539&amp;post=42&amp;subd=iqrabismirabik&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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