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Offer: $1 million for Finding "Jerusalem" in the Koran
by Daniel Pipes
For at least four years, Jamal Badawi, an Egyptian-born Canadian professor of management at St. Mary University in Halifax, Canada, who sidelines as an apologist for radical Islam, has made a standing offer : "a million dollars to anyone who finds the word of ‘holy war' in the Qur'an." Of course, Badawi is right: the Islamic scripture includes neither the words harb muqaddasa nor any synonyms.
In the same spirit, I offer a million dollars to anyone who finds the name "Jerusalem" (Iliya , Al-Quds , Bayt al-Maqdis ), in the Koran. Metaphors, similes, allegories, allusions, deductions, and implicit references do not count (and specifically, not 17:1 ), only an accepted proper name referring to that city, using the standard Egyptian text.
And, to be perfectly clear, I will be the one and only judge of all entries to this competition. (January 4, 2006)
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Muslims have nothing to do with Jerusalem [70 words]Michael Aug 6, 2008 22:02 Jerusalem is the second holiest place in Islam, not the third. [w/response] [162 words]Issam Sep 15, 2007 04:53 ↔ Reply to Mr. Daniel Pipes [w/response] [337 words] Issam Sep 16, 2007 03:36 ↔ Jerusalem [135 words] Issam Sep 23, 2007 15:12 ↔ Heaven. [150 words] Issam Sep 24, 2007 17:56 ↔ Israel has always belonged to the Jews- Issam. [467 words] Ynnatchkah Feb 6, 2008 18:01 ↔ To Ynnatchkah [96 words] Issam Feb 7, 2008 18:30 ↔ No Proof at all- But Bogus. [304 words] Ynnatchkah Feb 8, 2008 22:48 ↔ To Ynnatchkah [596 words] Issam Feb 16, 2008 09:23 ↔ Al Taqyia on muhamad. [349 words] Ynnatchkah Feb 19, 2008 14:43 jerusalem never islamic [113 words]Phil Greend May 28, 2007 01:03 ↔ Wow. Huge dissagreement. [363 words] Anna Dec 15, 2007 00:19 FACTS, not opinions! [48 words]johnny Jan 3, 2007 14:20 Jerusalem in Koran [190 words]Raqib Ahmed Asif Sep 19, 2006 05:45 ↔ Muslim patience running out [373 words] Humble infidel Jan 10, 2007 19:27 ↔ In Reply To Humble Infidel [69 words] Seamus MacNemi Jun 12, 2007 03:25 ↔ MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [209 words] alhagie Dec 7, 2007 15:12 ↔ A rare example of honesty and truth !!! [149 words] Jaladhi Feb 7, 2008 10:49 ↔ Are you kidding? [214 words] Islamosceptic Mar 30, 2008 13:30 ABOUT (Iliya, Al-Quds, Bayt al-Maqdis), [117 words]ALI Apr 24, 2006 14:45 Pointless challenge [179 words]Taj Ashaheed Apr 3, 2006 17:20 ↔ 2000 year old "Dead Sea Scroll", written in Arabic [46 words] M. Levy May 25, 2006 22:57 ↔ Missing the point [106 words] Y Dec 24, 2006 04:44 ↔ Jerusalem is mentioned in 8:127 [33 words] Issam Sep 15, 2007 05:05 ↔ Jerusalem is spiritually important in Islam [85 words] Issam Sep 15, 2007 08:14 answer of the question [15 words]ziba Apr 3, 2006 01:40 The Muslim Claim to Jerusalem [17 words]ajm Jan 9, 2006 07:21 Al-aqsa mosque is Quran [w/response] [209 words]Ali Jan 8, 2006 02:46 ↔ Al-aqsa mosque is Quran" (sic) [240 words] Lactantius Jan 9, 2006 04:35 ↔ The Al-aqsa mosque mentioned in the Quran could not be in Jerusalem... [98 words] yusuf Jan 9, 2006 09:01 ↔ yusuf, reality check, please? [16 words] Omar Kaj Jan 10, 2007 18:27 ↔ AL-AQSA / PALESTINE IN THE QURAN [96 words] ADAM Apr 4, 2007 18:46 ↔ AL-AQSA & PALESTINE - IN THE QURAN [w/response] [271 words] ADAM MUSTAFA Apr 6, 2007 13:07 ↔ Any place of worship is called a mosque. [94 words] Issam Sep 15, 2007 05:12 ↔ aqsa [16 words] Mohandez May 10, 2008 22:56 ↔ koran shows importance of jerusalam [22 words] dr john Jul 19, 2008 14:46 ↔ Masjid al Aqsa [22 words] Mak Aug 18, 2008 10:26 "Jerusalem's not there and never was Muhammad" [655 words]Lactantius Jan 6, 2006 08:56 ↔ Jerusalem [16 words] Bernardo Rawnicki Jan 6, 2006 17:54 ↔ Very informative post [17 words] Milton Jan 6, 2006 23:19 ↔ first mosque [138 words] Sulaman Jan 8, 2006 03:38 ↔ Where was the "farthest mosque"? [143 words] Kevin Snapp Jan 8, 2006 20:23 ↔ the furthest mosque [15 words] marial Jan 8, 2006 23:54 ↔ Neatly done, Lactantius [19 words] Earl Jan 9, 2006 10:15 ↔ But what about---? [186 words] john w. mcginley Jan 29, 2006 19:24 ↔ Do some real research [73 words] d Feb 8, 2006 20:56 ↔ Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa [318 words] David Mar 19, 2006 12:15 ↔ What about 3:96 of the Holy Quran? [314 words] Mohideen Ibramsha Jun 23, 2006 07:07 ↔ ALLAH IS LOVE [29 words] LARRY CLEMONSQ Sep 12, 2006 09:00 ↔ d, thank you [4 words] Omar Kaj Jan 10, 2007 11:05 ↔ the prophet did go on miraj [29 words] subhan May 5, 2007 11:27 ↔ It's so easy [42 words] Misha Jan 1, 2008 17:36 ↔ ok [9 words] jodie Feb 6, 2008 12:18 ↔ Jesus not in OT, but why does that mater? [53 words] Jack May 14, 2008 19:26 $1 million for Finding "Jerusalem" in the Torah [w/response] [14 words]Nabeel Jan 6, 2006 08:03 ↔ Find me the name "Jesus" in the OT [32 words] Robert Jan 30, 2006 14:32 ↔ find jesus' name in the old testement [220 words] countenay Mar 7, 2007 18:43 ↔ To those who are true to the true faith of Israel [79 words] Seamus MacNemi Jun 12, 2007 18:07 What's the Point? [w/response] [39 words]John Jan 5, 2006 11:52 ↔ "Palestine" is also not in the Quran.. [38 words] Yoseph Jan 6, 2006 12:39 ↔ Origin of the name "Palestine" [613 words] Lactantius Jan 9, 2006 07:22 ↔ ALLAH IS GOING TO TAKE BACK THE WORLD AND THE MUSLEMS IS THE SERVANTS OF ALLAH [46 words] ALLAH IS TAKING THE WORLD AND THE DEVIL CAN'T STOP HIM Sep 12, 2006 09:18 ↔ unity, belief & propaganda [57 words] mohammad yaqoub gowon Sep 22, 2006 10:06 ↔ PALESTINE [43 words] ADNAN Aug 29, 2007 21:51 Finding the unicorn [106 words]Ianus Jan 5, 2006 10:53 Israel in the Koran. [456 words]Genivald Jan 4, 2006 22:21 ↔ ISLAM APOCALYPSE CRITICISM BY NON-MUSLIM'S [728 words] MOHAMMAD YAQOUB GOWON Oct 13, 2006 11:38 Find & Replace All [14 words]lemmy Jan 4, 2006 20:32
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