From this article:
From another article[LINK]:
A Google Image search on the name returns countless photos of the 2nd Iman and NONE of the 1st.
The 2nd one is also seen at the beginning of this video stepping off the podium.
Posted on 01/24/2017 2:13:52 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
Ditto.
2 Corinthians 6:14King James Version (KJV)
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
From this article:
From another article[LINK]:
A Google Image search on the name returns countless photos of the 2nd Iman and NONE of the 1st.
The 2nd one is also seen at the beginning of this video stepping off the podium.
"...with a photo of the photo of the "Iman Mohamed Magid"..."
btt
I thought the Koran is ordered by the size of the books, not a timeline.
The early writings in the Koran were written in Mecca. These suras were a call to leave paganism and believe in one God. They also contain the verses that call Christians and Jews the people of the book, and says other nice and moderate things. It is from the Meccan writings that Muslims will quote when dealing with others.
The later writings were written in Medina. These writings are what Sharia law is mostly based on. There is also the doctrine of “abrogation” which states that if there is a conflict between a Meccan verse and a Medinan verse the Medinan is authoritative. The Medinan verses actually contain instructions to use the Meccan verses to deceive the infidel. And are a call to conquer and subjugate the world.
We were watching live, and the organization this Imam represents, per the footer at the bottom of the screen, is “Moslems for Trump,” (Or some similar name) - supposedly an organization in support of Trump, which was founded by the guy who did the reading.
It would be interesting to have the script he read verified as to the proper translation.
Someone from thegatewaypundit.com must have been reading this thread on FR. They corrected the Iman’s name in the article to “Sajid Tarar.” (See post #43)
I use the NRSV Catholic Edition, which has a clear form of English.
“I thought the Koran is ordered by the size of the books, not a timeline.”
No not by size, but by when various suras were dictated to Mohammad.
Gabriel gave Mohammad the First Given Half in 610 AD, while Mohammad was in Mecca; this part only attracted 150 or so followers and the part mostly focused on being nice to others; this part is believed to have been mostly plagiarized from the Christian Bible and the Jewish Torah. Following threats he was forced to flee to Medina.
The Second given Half is often associated with having been given by Jinn; this part is the part that ISIS, AQ and others follow; this part was said by Mohammad to be the Last Words of allah and therefore superseded the previous suras given by Gabriel; this part gained Mohammad thousands of followers who began the conquest and utter destruction of the vast grain and animal herds of North Africa and eventually of Classical Christianity and of Classical Western Civilization (a feat ISIS hopes to replicate).
Further, reading the suras alone does not tell the reader what they meant in context of Mohammad’s life, nor what he said about the suras or how he answered his disciples’ questions about the suras; this is why to understand the import and value of the suras the other books must be read and, preferably, memorized.
Lately some very old koranic text has been found which may predate the birth of Mohammad - this and other bits and pieces are beginning to point top a pee-Mohammad existence of Islam. However, it is common practice and law in Saudi to destroy all religious items of whatever nature that predate Mohammad, making any real record very difficult to discover.
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