Re "Study The Koran?"

Submitted by Paul Nelson (United States), Jan 21, 2004 at 09:14

It is also worth noting that the Koran, like the Bible, is an historical document and an assemblage of texts from multiple sources,
many questionable and inconsistent, that incorporates numerous implicit political and religious opinions and agendas (eg, to legitimize various branches of Islam or Muslim rulers).

See, for example, the following article:

http://www.secularislam.org/research/origins.htm

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