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Brother Peter Cunliffe’s Speech on the Syrian Crisis By Quran and Bible Blog Contributor Peter Cunliffe Editor’s Note: Below is a transcript of brother Peter Cunliffe’s speech at the Indo-Chinese Association Building in Winnepeg, Canada. Salaam alaikum. My name is Peter and I thank you for allowing me the chance to speak and share …
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As-salaam alaikum. Please welcome brother Peter Cunliffe (pseudonym), who has accepted an invitation to become a contributor on the blog. I look forward to his insightful discussions about social justice. Peter has been an activist with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) as well as other organizations.
As-salaam alaikum. I just finished reading Musa Furber's translation of Imam Al-Nawawi's famous book "Etiquette With the Quran" and firmly recommend it to all Muslims to read as well. Imam Al-Nawawi was a scholar of the Shafi'i school and is well-known for his important scholarly works. He died in the year 676 AH. May Allah …
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Missing Books in the Bible By Quran and Bible Blog Contributor stewjo004 بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْم “God had taken a Covenant from the Children of Israel… But they broke their Covenant, so I cursed them and made their hearts hard. They changed the words from their original places and have forgotten a huge piece of …
The Concept of Abrogation in Scripture By QuranandBibleBlog Contributor stewjo004 بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ “Whenever I abrogate any verse or cause it to be forgotten, I bring one better than it, or similar to it, don’t you know that God is able to do all things?” - The Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:106 Abrogation is …
More scholarly information debunking the apologetic myth that Cyprian quoted the Johannine Comma. See also: https://quranandbibleblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/13/did-cyprian-quote-the-johannine-comma-1-john-57-8/
The following is from J. Keir Howard's book "Medicine, Miracle and Myth in the New Testament" (p. 52): "...for the term 'virgin' was used in Jewish parlance simply to designate a girl who was considered too physically immature to conceive." What makes this more shocking is that Howard is specifically referring to Mary, the mother …
Continue reading The hole gets bigger for Cerbie…Numbers 31:18 and the “virgins”
Here is a good discussion of the apologetic claim that the 3rd-century "church father" Cyprian quoted the "Johannine Comma". Some Christians use Cyprian's quote as "proof" that the corrupted reading of 1 John 5:7 is authentic, but the evidence shows that this is false. Below are some relevant quotes from the article. The author gives …
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Since Cerbie/Paulus decided to bring science into the debate (instead of answering a simple question about what Jesus said to the high priest 🙂 ), let us explore some of the embarrassing scientific errors in the Bible. These are taken from an earlier article "Science in the Bible and the Quran: Searching the Holy Texts …
Some excellent points by brother John Stewart on why the Gospel of "John" could not have been written by the "beloved disciple" John: 1. No claims in the entire book to be authored by John Nope, not once. 2. The use of third person instead of first person If I’m telling a story to my …
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