"Qur'anic studies, as a field of academic research, appears today to be in a state of disarray. Those of us who study …"

"Based on archaeology, script geography and areal linguistics in the Late Antique Roman-Byzantine Middle East (includi…"

"In fact, “almost all the religious terms in the Qur’an,” Mingana notes, “are derived from Syriac.” These include word…"

"“There is no hard evidence for the existence of the Koran in any form before the last decade of the seventh century, …"

"It was Umar, Abu Turab and Salman the Persian who composed that (“your P’ourkan” [or Furqan]), even though the rumour…"

"Hajjaj “gathered together every single copy” of the Qur’an he could find “and caused to be omitted from the text a gr…"

"And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah? These will be brought before their Lord, and the witne…"

"And certainly We sent Moses with Our signs and a dear authority, To Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they followed the bid…"

"And We wronged them not but they wronged themselves. And their gods whom they called upon besides Allah availed them …"

"Is, then, He Who watches every soul as to what it earns? And yet they ascribe partners to Allah! Say: Name them. Woul…"