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is now dead (Jesus - The Quranic View, 2003). Those who would consider Jesus to be God, the Son of God, or part of a trinity are ...
within a larger holistic framework. For instance, in considering the first verse of the surah, which is entitled "Women" and dis...
the divine commands and the application of Mosaic tradition require a comparative view of these authors, their underlying purpose,...
This direction is sometimes general in nature yet it can be applied to specific components of our world. Other times this directi...
gender equality is seen throughout the world and not limited to the Middle East (Kandiyoti, 1991). To assess the link between wo...
the rulers. The differences between the Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam developed over a number of centuries, for many y...
who do not fight "with severe punishment in the hereafter" (Gould, 2005, p. 15). But the Koran does not make it clear whether Musl...