For the past few days we have been hearing news from Afghanistan regarding riots to protest the burning of a Qur'an in Florida. The results of these riots were the killing and injuring of tens of people, all for the sake of one book. Although no one should condone acts of burning the Qur'an or any other books for that matter, the puzzling question remains, why is it such a big deal when it comes to the Qur'an? In order to answer this question, one must understand the Islamic view concerning the Qur'an.
Perhaps the most sacrosanct belief of the Islamic faith is that the Qur’an is a miraculous book. It is believed to be the ultimate miracle of Islam: not only a book sent down from heaven, but a perfect book in language and structure that could never be replicated by mankind. As such, the Qur’an is not to be challenged. When questions arise, most Islamic scholars deal with them only from the perspective that the Qur’an is a miraculous message from Allah. If, in fact, this assumption could be proven to be in error, Muslims would be empowered to subject the Qur’an to true critical analysis, in the same fashion that all other religious texts in history have been analyzed. [more...]
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