Posted on 11/15/2008 6:15:53 AM PST by reaganaut1
MÜNSTER, Germany -- Muhammad Sven Kalisch, a Muslim convert and Germany's first professor of Islamic theology, fasts during the Muslim holy month, doesn't like to shake hands with Muslim women and has spent years studying Islamic scripture. Islam, he says, guides his life.
So it came as something of a surprise when Prof. Kalisch announced the fruit of his theological research. His conclusion: The Prophet Muhammad probably never existed.
Muslims, not surprisingly, are outraged. Even Danish cartoonists who triggered global protests a couple of years ago didn't portray the Prophet as fictional. German police, worried about a violent backlash, told the professor to move his religious-studies center to more-secure premises.
"We had no idea he would have ideas like this," says Thomas Bauer, a fellow academic at Münster University who sat on a committee that appointed Prof. Kalisch. "I'm a more orthodox Muslim than he is, and I'm not a Muslim."
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Prof. Kalisch, who insists he's still a Muslim, says he knew he would get in trouble but wanted to subject Islam to the same scrutiny as Christianity and Judaism. German scholars of the 19th century, he notes, were among the first to raise questions about the historical accuracy of the Bible.
Many scholars of Islam question the accuracy of ancient sources on Muhammad's life. The earliest biography, of which no copies survive, dated from roughly a century after the generally accepted year of his death, 632, and is known only by references to it in much later texts. But only a few scholars have doubted Muhammad's existence. Most say his life is better documented than that of Jesus.
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I’ll put the over under on this profs remaining lifespan at one week.
Heh. :)
“There must be a free discussion of Islam,” [Kalisch] says.
Ain’t gonna happen, Kalisch. And you’ll probably be killed for daring to say that aloud.
This guy may want to update his life insurance policy.
Germany is such a boring country.
If the phone doesn’t ring, it’s probably the Prophet Muhammad.
:)
This is what Islam needs. That there never has been any serious questioning about what it fundamentally means to be Muslim allows radicals to make interpretations which support terrorism. The Renaissance in Islam was cut short and there never was anything like a Reformation or an Enlightenment that shaped Christianity
But I have a feeling that Islam will subject Prof. Kalish to the same "scrutiny" as Christians and Jews.
If Mad Mo never lived then who cobbled together their phony “holy” book?
THE BIBLE AND THE QUR’AN
AN HISTORICAL COMPARISON
Introduction
Manuscript Evidence
The Qur’an
The Bible
Documentary Evidence
The Qur’an
The Bible
Archeological Evidence
The Qur’an
The Bible
Conclusion
References Cited
Overview
http://debate.org.uk/topics/history/bib-qur/contents.htm
He’s in over his head, and will be cut down to size.
Nov 5, 2008
MI GOP Chairman Comments on Election Day Results
LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Republican Party Chairman Saulius “Saul” Anuzis today commented on the results of the 2008 General Election, offering thanks to the thousands of GOP volunteers who worked tirelessly to support candidates and turnout voters to the polls.
Michigan GOP Chairman Saulius “Saul” Anuzis:
“Michigan Republicans made a valiant effort to fend off a national ‘anti-Republican’ tsunami. I can’t say strongly enough how proud I am of the individual efforts by so many of our Republican grass-root supporters. As I traveled the state this last week on our ‘Fight to the Finish Tour,’ there was story after story of creative door-to-door blitzes, localized calling rallies, and candidates fighting hard against long odds. Michigan Republicans rallied as a team to fight to the finish, regardless of what pundits and others said or did.
“While others gave up on us, Michigan Republicans never gave up. Thousands of volunteers came out in the final weeks to fight for our values and our beliefs. It is my fervent belief that we are the right party with the right ideas. I do not believe these results indicate a repudiation of those ideas. Unfortunately, America lost faith in our ability to deliver on those ideas. In this environment, there was very little to be done on a state or local level to ride out the storm.
“Our challenge going forward is to renew the faith of the American people in our party. We are the party that represents the best hopes of America. Unfortunately, some of our elected leaders broke faith with the American people, on so many of our Republican core issues, that Republicans lost the ability to appeal to middle class families. On issues of national security, spending, taxes, and values, too many Republicans have not kept their promise to America. But by returning to those fundamentals, we can once again be a majority party. It is more then just tactics and mechanics. It is about believing in and living your principles.
“I believe that when our party once again adheres to our core values and beliefs, and can again demonstrate to America that we can be trusted on those issues, we will make a comeback – stronger than ever.”
Well shoot Calypso Lewie saw him in the mother ship.
evil exists. He may not have been any more then a child molester while meeting then marrying a nine year old girl that later killed him for his evil. But, history has him going from town to town and being thrown out of each town by it people because of his evil.
A little off topic, don’t you agree?
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