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5 reasons why Islam is the religion of peace

5 reasons Islam is called the religion of peace, plus an honest look at the violence done in its name. Read the case.

Six days or eight, a thousand years or fifty thousand, and who takes the soul: the classical answers. 4 points. Read on.

The challenge to match the Quran, the report from A’isha and the verses critics cite, 4:162 and 20:63, read with al-Tabari.

Revelation or composition? How the claim was argued from the start, how the text was fixed and what each side can and cannot show. 5 answers.

Praise, disagreement and the command to dialogue: 7 answers on what the Quran says about Christians.

Decree, heavenly Book, revelation and written page: the Quran uses kitāb in four ways. 7 points on what that settles. Read on.

7 Bible verses that Christians and Muslims read in opposite ways, with the reasoning on each side laid out plainly. Read them.

Why does the Quran name no prophet for the Germans? 6 answers on 16:36, 40:78, Jonah at Nineveh and the last messenger.

Does the Quran confuse prophet and messenger? 6 answers on 22:52, the scrolls of Abraham, the 315 report and the word nabi.

Justice, honest dealing, kindness to parents, keeping promises: 7 ethical commands from the Quran and what they ask. Read the list.

Idris, Hud, Dhul-Kifl, Elisha and Elijah: 5 lesser-known prophets of the Quran and what the text says about each. Read on.

Show me five daily prayers from the Quran alone, critics say. 5 answers on the Quran, the Prophet and practice. Read on.