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A Layman Looks At The Critical Qur’an

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I opened Robert Spencer’s The Critical Qur’an with some trepidation. Would I, a layman unschooled in Islamic studies, be able to penetrate the thicket of verses whose sense I often cannot make out unaided, in order to understand what the Qur’an has meant through time, and especially what it means to Believers today, a meaning that – […]

The Critical Qur’an: ‘A Valuable Tool in the Civilizational War of Ideas’

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A terrific review of The Critical Qur’an by Dr. Bill Warner. The Critical Qur’an will be out in eight days. Preorder the hardcover here or kindle here. “The Critical Qur’an: A Weapon In An Ideological War,” by Bill Warner, FrontPage Magazine, October 18, 2021: [Pre-Order Robert Spencer’s ‘The Critical Qur’an’: CLICK HERE.] Robert Spencer’s new book The Critical Qur’an is a one […]

The Critical Qur’an: ‘A Gift to Thinking People’

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I’m grateful to Danusha Goska for this fine, thoughtful review of The Critical Qur’an, which will be out May 3. Preorder the hardcover here or kindle here. “Robert Spencer’s ‘The Critical Qur’an’: A must-read, essential book,” by Danusha V. Goska, FrontPage Magazine, February 22, 2022: [Robert Spencer’s new book, The Critical Qur’an, will be out May 3. Preorder now: HERE.] If I […]

The Critical Qur’an: A Weapon In An Ideological War

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In his version of the Islamic holy book, Robert Spencer gives us a valuable tool in the civilizational war of ideas. [Pre-Order Robert Spencer’s ‘The Critical Qur’an’: CLICK HERE.] Robert Spencer’s new book The Critical Qur’an is a one volume encyclopedia of the Qur’an. It is a superb reference book with a sound foundation, using multiple translations. […]

Does the Qur’an say that Allah prays for the prophet?

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The translation of Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, which is quite common in the West, renders Qur’an 33:56 this way: “Lo! Allah and His angels shower blessings on the Prophet.” The Critical Qur’an says: “Indeed, Allah and his angels pray for the prophet.” That’s can’t be right! Allah is supposed to be the supreme God. To whom […]

The Critical Qur’an: Find out what the Qur’an REALLY says

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Some of what you’ll find in The Critical Qur’an. Preorder here. Many Islamic spokesman claim that the surrounding context mitigates the sheer horror of Qur’an 9:5, “Kill the polytheists wherever you find them.” But is that really true? Find out how the most influential Islamic commentaries understand this passage. Many suras of the Qur’an begin […]

Many Qur’an translations try to obscure what it really says. This one makes it clear.

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My latest book, The Critical Qur’an: Explained from Key Islamic Commentaries and Contemporary Historical Research, will be available in a few weeks, and is available for preorder now here. This is another one that I’ve wanted to write for years, and have finally had the opportunity. It’s the fruit of thirty-plus years of research and […]

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