In this article, I propose to put into the balance the various theories (including my own) that have been advanced about the Qurʾān as a...
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A two-day workshop, hosted by Al-Mahdi Institute in conjunction with the UK Organ Donation and Transplant Research Centre at the University of Bedfordshire, hopes to facilitate multi-disciplinary scholarship dealing with...
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