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Generally any translation of the Qur'an not included in the Compendium of Muslim Texts (other than the literal translation) should be avoided. In particular, the translations by orientalists (e.g. Arthur John Arberry, Edward Henry Palmer, George Sale, John Medows Rodwell and N J Dawood) or obscure translations by "progressives" that are not accepted by mainstream Muslims (e.g. Rashad Khalifa, Maulana Muhammad Ali and Laleh Bakhtiar). | Generally any translation of the Qur'an not included in the Compendium of Muslim Texts (other than the literal translation) should be avoided. In particular, the translations by orientalists (e.g. Arthur John Arberry, Edward Henry Palmer, George Sale, John Medows Rodwell and N J Dawood) or obscure translations by "progressives" that are not accepted by mainstream Muslims (e.g. Rashad Khalifa, Maulana Muhammad Ali and Laleh Bakhtiar). | ||
Apologetic or "dialogue" sites should also be avoided due to not being reliable sources concerning mainstream Islamic thought. By their very nature, they are there to defend Islam from ''criticism'', they are ''not'' there to reflect current Muslim thought on anything. They are just as guilty of the bias sites such as [[Jihad Watch]] or [[Faith Freedom International]] are accused of. However, on the rare occasions they may actually agree with the views of scholarly Muslim sources, they may be used as a supplementary source. | Apologetic or "dialogue" sites should also be avoided due to not being reliable sources concerning mainstream Islamic thought. By their very nature, they are there to defend Islam from ''criticism'', they are ''not'' there to reflect current Muslim thought on anything. They are just as guilty of the type of bias that sites such as [[Jihad Watch]] or [[Faith Freedom International]] are accused of. However, on the rare occasions they may actually agree with the views of scholarly Muslim sources, they may be used as a supplementary source. | ||
===Other Sources=== | ===Other Sources=== | ||