The Newborn Christians and Jews that the World Really Needs
In January 2009, I published an article on my other website Qur’anicStudies.com that was triggered by a massive Israeli attack on Gaza, […]
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Fanaticism is a Problem of Arrogant Self-Belief Not of Faith
Having a strong faith that one’s religion is the ultimate truth usually implies that it is more truthful than other religions. This […]
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The Importance of Distinguishing Faith from Reason and Evidence
In an article on The Foundations of Belief in the Qur’an, I pointed out that “the Qur’an makes it clear that belief […]
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The Threat of the Religious to Religion and the Nonreligious to Freedom
I welcome Baroness Warsi’s remarks that “militant secularisation” is threatening religious freedom in Britain and Europe. Fanaticism is often associated with religious […]
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The Difference Between “Fact” and “Assumption”
On Tuesday 31st/January/2012, I gave a seminar to a group of postgraduate students at the Department of Theology and Religion at the […]
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