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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
This article was written by non-Muslim Arabs in response to the strange translation of the verb ''darb'' (meaning "hit" "beat" or "strike") that has been presented on a few | This article was written by non-Muslim Arabs in response to the strange translation of the verb ''darb'' (meaning "hit" "beat" or "strike") that has been presented on a few websites which claim to have "modern" translations of the [[Qur'an]].<ref>Such as [http://free-minds.org Free-Minds.org] and [http://progressive-muslims.org Progressive-Muslims.org]</ref> | ||
There is no argument made here against progressive thinking, this is something that should be encouraged. The objection and the need to respond lay in the fact that, rarely, are these arguments used in an attempt to "reform" [[Islam]]. It is only logical to conclude that you cannot reform something if you deny there was ever a problem with it to begin with. | There is no argument made here against progressive thinking, this is something that should be encouraged. The objection and the need to respond lay in the fact that, rarely, are these arguments used in an attempt to "reform" [[Islam]]. It is only logical to conclude that you cannot reform something if you deny there was ever a problem with it to begin with. | ||
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These apologetic arguments are clearly directed at non-Muslims who are ignorant of Islam, as any Muslim who has an adequate command of the [[Arabic]] language or is familiar with the [[hadith]] and [[tafsir]] text [[Wife_Beating_in_Islam#Islamic_Scriptures_and_Wife-Beating|related to this issue]], will find the claim being presented to be ridiculous. | These apologetic arguments are clearly directed at non-Muslims who are ignorant of Islam, as any Muslim who has an adequate command of the [[Arabic]] language or is familiar with the [[hadith]] and [[tafsir]] text [[Wife_Beating_in_Islam#Islamic_Scriptures_and_Wife-Beating|related to this issue]], will find the claim being presented to be ridiculous. | ||
An example of this can be found in the case of Laleh Bakhtiar, an | An example of this can be found in the case of Laleh Bakhtiar, an American Muslim apologist. She too has incorporated this error into her "translation" of the Qur'an, a translation which the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) refused to sell in their bookstore. | ||
==Apologetic Claim== | ==Apologetic Claim== | ||