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Qur'an
On how Everything Sam Harris says about Islam is Wrong: Part 2 on “Unbelievers”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This is the second installment in a series on Sam Harris’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad book, “The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Religion” (Norton, 2005). Part 1 is here. On page 31, Harris says, “It is clear, however, that Muslims hate the West in […]
Why Muslim Survivors of N. Zealand Massacre can Forgive: Islam is about Compassion
“Allah says if we forgive one another he loves us.”
Building Bridges: Juan Cole Interview on Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires
Andrew C Condon interviewed me in this podcast on my new book abut peace themes in the Qur’an and the life of the Prophet Muhammad. Andrew is with the Bridge Initiative, aimed at combating Islamophobia, of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) at Georgetown University Building Bridges Interview with Juan Cole […]
Dear Sen. Anning re: Mosque Shooting: The Qur’an Forbids Murder and Commands Peacemaking
the servants of the All-Merciful who walk humbly upon the earth—and when the unruly taunt them, they reply, ‘Peace!’
New Historicism: A Manifesto for Writing the History of the Qur’an
This emphasis on historical methodology is not meant to be positivist
New Archeological Evidence for the Kaaba, Sanctuary of Peace, in Early Islam
“This inscription was written in the year when construction work was done on the sacred shrine in the year 78 [697-8].”
The West Has Islam Dangerously Wrong
Western accounts have discounted this emphasis that the Qur’an clearly has on peace-building, peace-making, striving against violent conflict.
My “Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires” now a Bold Type Book
And just a reminder: The New York Times Book Review has a glowing review of my new book
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