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Tag Archives: Jesus
Qur’an in Context
The above picture from a famous 14th century manuscript, celebrated as one of al-Biruni’s (d. 1048) major works, shows two determined riders approaching a watchtower with a fearful looking guard. One rider has mounted a camel while the other is … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Uncategorized
Tagged Abdelmajid Charfi, Angelika Neuwirth, AsmaHilali, Aziz A-Azmeh, Christian Julien Robin, Claude Gilliot, Corpus Coranicum, David Kiltz, Dominique Cerbelaud, Emran El-Badawi, Francois Deroche, Francois-Xavier Pons, Frederic Imbert, Gabriel Said Reynolds, Gérard Mordillat, Guillaume Dye, Guy Stroumsa, Hichem Djait, Holger Zellentin, Jacqueline Chabbi, Jérôme Prieur, Jesus, Mehdi Azaiez, Michael Marx, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Muhammad, Patricia Crone, Qur'an, Shawkat M. Toorawa, Suleiman Ali Mourad, Sydney H. Griffith, Yousef Kouriyhe
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Judas’ Kiss
On yesterday’s Good Friday, I stumbled across Ukrainian Artist Andriy Dutka’s almost iconic “Judas’ Kiss” of 1990. It can be viewed at Wurzburg’s “Museum am Dom”. When earnestly considering Judas’ role in the Gospel, his betrayal and kiss were undoubtedly … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Christianity, Religion
Tagged Andriy Dutka, anti-semitism, Good Friday, Jesus, Judas
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The Farewell Sermon of the Prophet of Islam (S.A.W.)
I was sitting in an airplane of Saudi Arabian Airline. It had turned out to be extremely difficult for me, the infidel, to get the visa for the, at least for foreigners, isolated country of Islam. Countless times I had … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Islam, Religion
Tagged Arafat Day, Eid ul Adha, Farewell Sermon, Hajj, Jesus, Makkah, Prophet Muhammad, Saudi-Arabia, Sermon on the Mount
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Circular Reasoning
In the May 2008 issue of New English Review, Ibn Warraq briefly reports on the proceedings of an “Inarah Conference On the Early History of Islam And the Koran” earlier this year in Otzenhausen, Germany. The well-known ‘revisionists’ had been gathering … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Islam
Tagged Ali, amulets, Dhul fiqar, Inarah, Islam, Jesus, Muhammad, Tawfiq Canaan
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