Word: korans
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...Koran: A Study...
...those who objected to the plan by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for incoming freshmen to read a book about the Koran [NATION, Aug. 19], I would note that every religion, past, present and future, is a fit subject for academic study anywhere. Those who are suspicious of the idea probably have a dripping ax in their closet. ALLEN N. WOLLSCHEIDT Chandler, Ariz...
...illicit sex, is out of power in Afghanistan, but the centuries-old punishment is still alive in other parts of the Islamic world. It has spread most recently to sub-Saharan Africa, a region once known for its moderate brand of Islam. Stoning is not actually mentioned in the Koran, but the harsh treatment the holy book prescribes for sex outside of marriage has been invoked to justify what Amnesty International calls "the ultimate form of torture...
According to the Koran, adulterous men and women should be flogged, while women found guilty of fornication should be put under house arrest until death or until "God ordains for them another way." It is this last phrase, along with anecdotal records of its use during the Prophet Muhammad's time, that radicals use to justify stoning. No one's interpretation of shari'a was more extreme than the Taliban's. Crowds of Afghans were forced to witness the stoning of couples convicted of adultery. Customarily, the woman was first buried up to her neck, the man tied against...
...question is deeply flawed. It might be posed equally fairly about Judaism, on the basis of the Hebrews' God-sanctioned rampages through the Book of Joshua, or Christianity, which inspired the Inquisition. But this is Islam's American moment, and its cause might be better served by citing the Koran's ban on killing civilians rather than totally ignoring the issue of killing...