The Philosopher's Stone: REPLY TO DAVID PILAVIN

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Monday, October 25, 2010

REPLY TO DAVID PILAVIN

When I said that the Qur'an was not like what people think, after reading 2%, I did not mean that it was benign [no one would ever accuse the Old Testament of being benign]. I meant that it is more deeply embedded in the tradition of the Old Testament than people think who conceive Islam as an utterly alien religion. And that, I am confident from paging through it, is not just a feature of the first 2%.