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Allen S. Maller
Feb 6, 2025, 4:04 PM
Naskh is the Islamic law of Abrogation (cancelation)
Islam teaches that in the Quran there are some verses that “abrogate,” or “cancel out,” other verses. Certain verses are rendered null and void by other verses. Consequently, they are no longer applicable. Muslims do not consider these abrogations...
Allen S. Maller
Feb 5, 2025, 12:49 PM
Allah’s relationships with other religious communities
Holger Zellentin, a Faculty Member of Eberhard Karls Universität in Tübingen, Germany points out that the Qur'an considers the event of its own revelation to be a new religious community, clearly distinguishable from the Jewish and Christian religious communities. At...
Allen S. Maller
Feb 3, 2025, 4:46 PM
Allah’s 99 Names and the God of the Hebrews
The Qur’an contains 99 Arabic names (attributes or character traits) for the multifaceted essence of the one God, but not one of them connects the one God with one people, while one of the dozens of Biblical names for...
Allen S. Maller
Feb 2, 2025, 12:41 AM
Tahrif, Zero Sum, and Allah’s Religious Pluralism
Pope Francis recently stated that ‘All Religions Are Paths To God’. But what about the Qur’an’s claim that Jews and Christians have falsified (tahrif) some holy texts that had mentioned the future coming of Prophet Muhammad? Professor Marc Zvi Brettler...
Allen S. Maller
Jan 31, 2025, 5:36 PM
How Tahrif (Corruption) Began
Religious charges of Tahrif (corruption of sacred scriptures) began with Judaism and Christianity. Rabbi Elazar ben Yossi HaGelili who lived in the first half of the 2nd century C.E. said: “I said to the Cuthite scribes: You falsified the Torah...
Allen S. Maller
Jan 30, 2025, 12:17 PM
Tahrif is not falsification; it’s different ways of understanding God’s words
The dogma that so many Muslims believe, that Jews and Christians have falsified (Tahrif) their own Sacred Scriptures in order to hide references to the coming of Prophet Muhammad, is a great misunderstanding. It is true that the four Gospels...
Allen S. Maller
Jan 25, 2025, 10:40 PM
Who lived in Ancient Israel before the Jews?
The land changed hands many times. The Amorites came down from Syria, and the Philistines came in from across the sea 2-3 centuries after Prophet Abraham, the first Hebrew (Genesis 14:13) crossed over the Jordan river, at God’s command. The...
Allen S. Maller
Jan 23, 2025, 10:53 PM
Qur’an wisely states only NINE Plagues for all Egypt
The Hebrew Bible does not number the plagues of Egypt, but the number ten has been canonized in Jewish and Christian tradition, and a list of the ten plagues appears in the Jewish Passover Haggadah (Prayerbook for Passover). The...
Allen S. Maller
Jan 21, 2025, 1:34 PM
Tahrif, Zero Sum, and Religious Pluralism
Professor Marc Zvi Brettler points out in his article on Times of Israel (1/13/25) that the Book of Exodus begins with an accounting of the members of Jacob's family who went with him to Egypt. Our Torah, the Masoretic...
Shamai Leibowitz
Jan 19, 2025, 2:30 PM
Tevet, Palindromes, and the Ceasefire in Gaza
As we anxiously await the implementation of the ceasefire in Gaza, let's reflect on the current Hebrew month of Tevet: This word is a linguistic treat—it’s the only month that forms a palindrome, a word or phrase that reads...
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