Reading Pickthall’s Quran (Part 2: more on ‘Opening’)
This is the second article chronicling my second reading of Marmaduke Pickthall‘s English translation of the Quran. It’s available for free by Project Gutenberg here. —————————– I left off the first...
View ArticleReading Pickthall’s Quran (Part 3: ‘The Family of Imran’)
This is the third of a series of articles detailing my experience of re-reading of Marmaduke Pickthall‘s English translation of the Quran. It’s available for free by Project Gutenberg here. —————————–...
View ArticleReading Pickthall’s Quran (Part 4: ‘The Women’)
This article is part of an ongoing project to document my thoughts during a second reading of Marmaduke Pickthall‘s English translation of the Quran. It’s available for free by Project Gutenberg here,...
View ArticleReading Pickthall’s Quran (Part 5: ‘The Food’)
This article is part of an ongoing project to document my thoughts during a second reading of Marmaduke Pickthall‘s English translation of the Quran. It’s available for free by Project Gutenberg here,...
View ArticleReading Pickthall’s Quran (Part 6: ‘The Cattle’)
This article is part of an ongoing project to document my thoughts during a second reading of Marmaduke Pickthall‘s English translation of the Quran. It’s available for free by Project Gutenberg here,...
View ArticleReading Pickthall’s Quran (Part 7: ‘The Elevated Places’)
This article is part of an ongoing project to document my thoughts during a second reading of Marmaduke Pickthall‘s English translation of the Quran. It’s available for free by Project Gutenberg here,...
View ArticleOn Profiling
I have the kind of complexion that cannot enter a blood bank without causing onlookers to question if I intend to make a donation or a withdrawal. Colour photographs of me are indistinguishable from...
View ArticleReading Pickthall’s Quran (Part 8: ‘The Spoils Of War’)
This article is part of an ongoing project to document my thoughts during a second reading of Marmaduke Pickthall‘s English translation of the Quran. It’s available for free by Project Gutenberg here,...
View ArticleMiraculous Knowledge – the “Scientific Miracles” of the Quran
Speaking at the Oxford Union on 11th Feb 2011, Dr Zakir Naik addressed the audience via satellite link from his television network, ‘Peace TV’, located in Dubai. Prevented from entering the UK by Home...
View ArticleWoolwich Reactions – Why All The Analogies Are Wrong.
On the 22nd of May, 2013, a man beheads a British solider in the town of Woolwich. He then turns to a civilian witness who films the man as he says the following: “The only reason we have killed this...
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