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Articles on Islam: the Qur’an, the Prophet, worship and law, and Islam’s view of the earlier faiths. Browse the articles.
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Badr and Uhud: two battles in the Qur’an
Badr and Uhud, the two battles the Qur’an discusses most fully: a victory of the few in 624 and a reverse in…
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Kairouan: the holy city of the Maghreb
Kairouan, the oldest Muslim city of the Maghreb: its founding in 670, the Great Mosque of ʿUqbah, and its scholars.
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Masjid al-Aqsa: the Farthest Mosque
Masjid al-Aqsa, the third holiest site in Islam: the Night Journey, the first qibla, the three mosques, and the history of the…
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Jews and Muslims in history: the record under Islam
Do Muslims hate Jews? What the Qur’an commands, and what historians find in the record of Jewish life under Islam compared with…
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What does ‘begotten’ mean? John 3:16 and the Qur’an
What does ‘only begotten Son’ mean in John 3:16? The Greek word, the creed of Nicaea, and the Qur’an’s answer that God…
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Can a Muslim marry a Christian? Interfaith marriage
Can a Muslim marry a Christian or a Jew? The Qur’an’s rule, the rights Islamic law gave the wife, and how Jewish…
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What the Qur’an says about the Torah, Psalms and Gospel
The Tawrah, the Zabur and the Injil: how the Qur’an honours the scriptures given to Moses, David and Jesus, and how it…
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The Kaaba: who built it, and its history
Who built the Kaaba? The Qur’an’s account of Abraham and Ishmael, and the history of the House from the Quraysh to the…
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Is Allah the God of the Bible?
Is Allah the same God as the God of the Bible? The Arabic word, the Arabic Bible, and the Qur’an’s declaration that…
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The Gospel of Barnabas: what Muslims should know
The Gospel of Barnabas echoes the Islamic account of Jesus, but its manuscripts and text are late medieval. Why the Qur’an’s account…
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The Messiah in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
What does Messiah mean? Mashiach, Christos and al-Masīḥ: the anointed one in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and the Qur’an’s account of Jesus…
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Ishmael in the Abrahamic traditions
Abraham’s firstborn son in Genesis and the Qur’an: the promise to Ishmael, the Kaaba, and why most Muslim scholars hold that he…