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“I realize that the Qur'an teaches Muslims that the distinction between questioning Islam and attacking the Muslim community is impossible to maintain,”
― Questioning Islam: Tough Questions & Honest Answers About the Muslim Religion
― Questioning Islam: Tough Questions & Honest Answers About the Muslim Religion
“The Shiv Sena takes its name from Shivaji and not the Hindu God, Shiva.”
― IN GOOD FAITH
― IN GOOD FAITH

“Reading the Koran on its own terms, trying to interpret it without resorting to commentaries, is a difficult and questionable exercise because of the nature of the text-its allusive and referential style and its grammatical and logical discontinuities, as well as our lack of sure information about its origins and the circumstances of its composition. Often such a reading seems arbitrary and necessarily inconclusive.
G. R. Hawting”
― What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text and Commentary
G. R. Hawting”
― What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text and Commentary
“for those of us who do not expect to be transported to Jannat (Paradise) or Heaven, for those of us who want to keep our humanity alive but still seek spirituality, the answers must lie in a tradition that operates on the idea of compassion and accommodation.”
― IN GOOD FAITH
― IN GOOD FAITH
“the original Muslim experience in India was shaped by the liberal, eclectic Sufis and part of the social transformation triggered by them.”
― IN GOOD FAITH
― IN GOOD FAITH
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