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The Purchased Pulpit: Why You Can Never Pay Someone to Be Your Imam
Introduction: A Strange Thing to Defend A discussion recently unfolded among a group of submitters in which one participant — we will call him by the name he was addressed by throughout, Rangas — set himself the task of defending… Continue reading
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8:35 Was Never About Whistling and Clapping: How One Misread Verse Hides the Truth That Contact Prayer Predates the Quran
Introduction: One Verse, Two Stories If you have read a traditional translation of chapter 8 of the Quran, you have almost certainly been told that verse 35 is about pagans whistling and clapping during the Prophet’s prayer. It is a… Continue reading