Scriptural Polemics: The Qur'an And Other Religions
First Statement of Responsibility
\ Mun'im Sirry
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford, New York
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: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2014
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x, 311p
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Index
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The Qur'an and modern tafsir -- Islamic reform, tafsir, and religious diversity -- Reformist Muslim to Qur'an commentaries -- Towards understanding the Qur'an's polemical texts -- The Qur'an and its context -- The ambiguity of Qur'anic criticisms -- Is the Qur'an supersessionist? -- Contesting the theology of exclusivist salvation -- al-Islam as the only true path to salvation -- Between inclusive and exclusive Islam -- Re-interpreting the superiority of Islam -- The falsification of Jewish and Christian -- of scriptural distortion -- The concealment of truth -- Between twisting the tongues and writing the book with hands -- Qur'anic denials of sonship, human-divinity and trinity -- ''Son of God'' -- The divine nature of -- doctrine -- Inter-religious restrictions and engagements -- A. treatment of non-Muslim dhimmis -- with the unbelievers -- Obstacles to inter-religious relations