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Virgins? What virgins?
by Ibn Warraq
Saturday January 12, 2002
Luxenberg tries to show that many obscurities of the Koran disappear if we read certain words as being Syriac and not Arabic. We cannot go into the technical details of his methodology but it allows Luxenberg, to the probable horror of all Muslim males dreaming of sexual bliss in the Muslim hereafter, to conjure away the wide-eyed houris promised to the faithful in suras XLIV.54; LII.20, LV.72, and LVI.22. Luxenberg 's new analysis, leaning on the Hymns of Ephrem the Syrian, yields "white raisins" of "crystal clarity" rather than doe-eyed, and ever willing virgins - the houris. Luxenberg claims that the context makes it clear that it is food and drink that is being offerred, and not unsullied maidens or houris.
What the Qur'an Really Says
by Saykh Prof. Abdul Haddi Palazzi
The Qur'an recognizes the Land of Israel as the heritage of the Jews and it explains that, before the Last Judgment, Jews will return to dwell there. This prophecy has already been fulfilled... Viewing the Jewish return to Israel as a Western invasion and Zionists as recent colonizers is new. It has no basis in authentic Islamic faith. According to the Qur'an, no person, people or religious community can claim a permanent right of possession over any territory. The Earth belongs exclusively to God, and He is free to entrust sovereignty over land to whomever He likes for whatever time period that He chooses.
Whose Land Is Israel?
by Vendyl Jones
I took out a photograph of the above satellite image and pointed out the perfect Hebrew words "Ki-Luz-HaShem-Efraiyim." The accountant was aghast. "How did you make that?" he inquired. When I had to explain that these were just the shadows of the mountains and that the words were written there since the creation, he was dumbfounded. He took the picture and showed it to everyone in the garage.

I'd quibble with this last one -- the writing that can be seen on those photos would have appeared at about the time the Covenant was made, more particularly, when the Cities of the Plain were destroyed.

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"Virgins? What Virgins?" Is what I always think of when I see the face of Atta. He gets to the gates of paradise, and allah hands him raisins...

"What the Qur'an Really Says" is incomprehensible - unless one understands the the HOW and WHEN and WHY the 'verses' were 'revealed' to mohammad. Each utterance was nothing but justification of crime.

"Whose Land is Israel?" Reminds me of 'The First Palestinian State' a look at the history of Arafat.
http://www.ourjerusalem.com/opinion/story/opinion20031210.html

And don't forget, America was discovered by islam, as was the Australian continent. Columbus was a muslim. As was Jesus and Abraham...
American Muslim History:
http://www.islam101.com/history/muslim_us_hist.html

Believe it not!