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September 2020

September 07, 2020

Revision 4.20 “Some Similarities between the Qur’an and Latter-day Saint Scripture” (Part 3)

There are some parallels that are still closer. "Those that cry lies to...

September 06, 2020

A friend’s statement of faith

My friend Martin Tanner and I substituted tonight on the Interpreter Radio Show...

September 06, 2020

Revision 4.19 “Some Similarities between the Qur’an and Latter-day Saint Scripture” (Part 2)

The entire twelfth chapter of the Qur'an is devoted to a beautiful retelling...

September 05, 2020

Revision 4.18 “Some Similarities between the Qur’an and Latter-day Saint Scripture” (Part 1)

Some readers will already have noticed a number of similarities between the Qur'an...

September 04, 2020

Revision 4.17 “Jihad”

This is roughly how the relevant text read in my old book Abraham...

September 03, 2020

Revision 4.16 “The Hajj”

It is incumbent upon every Muslim who can afford to do so to...

September 02, 2020

Revision 4.15 “Almsgiving and fasting in Islam, preceded by a bit more on prayer”

Remarkably, although the duty of prayer is often mentioned in the Qur'an, that...

September 01, 2020

Revision 4.14. “Prayer in Islam”

There are essentially two kinds of prayer in Islam. The one with which...

August 2020

August 31, 2020

Nature and “Natural Theology”

Here's a passage from Alister E. McGrath, A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for...

August 31, 2020

Revision 4.13 “The Five Pillars of Islam” (Part 1)

President Spencer W. Kimball used to speak of the thirteen Articles of Faith,...

August 30, 2020

Revision 4.12 “The Treatment of Women”

In terms of their prospects for going to either heaven or hell, there...

August 28, 2020

Revision 4.10 “On the Moral Teachings of the Qur’an”

It is on the basis of his or her faith and good works,...

August 27, 2020

Revision 4.9 “Hell and Heaven in the Qur’an”

The ultimate destination of the damned is described in the Qur'an with highly...

August 26, 2020

Revision 4.8 “Judgment and Grace in Islam”

I continue chugging along with my manuscript on Islam for Latter-day Saints. Here,...

August 25, 2020

Revision 4.7 “The Qur’an on the Last Days”

As we saw in the last chapter, one of the major themes of...

August 24, 2020

Revision 4.6 “The Religion of Abraham”

Yet the Qur'an does not bring any new truths. It does not claim...

August 23, 2020

Revision 4.5 “Muhammad and the Restoration of Lost Truth”

After those prophets We sent forth Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming the...

August 22, 2020

Revision 4.4 “Dispensations”

We'll now proceed to examine some of the teachings of the Qur’an in...

August 21, 2020

Revision 4.3 “The Qur’an and the Doctrine and Covenants”

But there is a deeper theological reason for the claim that the Qur'an...

August 20, 2020

Revision 4.2 “Can the Qur’an Be Translated?” (Plus a Note on Religious Bigotry and Me)

This Muslim emphasis on the words and style of the Arabic Qur'an was...

August 19, 2020

Revision 4.1 “Islam and the Qur’an”

Muslims believe that the Qur'an as they have it today is an actual...

August 18, 2020

Revision 3.16 “The Passing of the Four Orthodox Caliphs”

These were astonishing conquests, rapid and seemingly without end, and it was not...

August 17, 2020

Revision 3.15 “The First Arab Conquests”

Abu Bakr was the first man to bear the title of caliph, to...

August 16, 2020

Revision 3.14 “The Succession to Muhammad”

In AD 632: Muhammad was dead. Now came the question of...

August 15, 2020

Revision 3.13 “So, was he or wasn’t he?”

So, the impatient reader is asking by now, just what are we to...

August 14, 2020

Revision 3.12 “Latter-day Saints in the Middle”

In an entry that I posted here a few days ago, I commented...

August 13, 2020

Revision 3.11 “What Are We to Make of Muhammad?” (An Introductory Comment)

Evaluations of Muhammad have varied wildly. Skeptical Western writers for years regarded him...

August 12, 2020

Revision 3.10 “The Death of Muhammad”

By the year 632, Muhammad had subdued all of the Arabian peninsula. The...

August 11, 2020

Muhammad frowned.

For all that it criticizes the unbelievers of Arabia, though, the Qur'an does...

August 09, 2020

Revision 3.7 “Muhammad’s Reception Among the Arabs” (Part 2)

In 622, the Prophet and his followers emigrated from Mecca to Yathrib. This...