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Subject: Re: Good and bad English translations/interpretations of the Qur'an
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In article <1990Nov8.013556.15190@wpi.WPI.EDU> heru@byron.acs.washington.edu (heru-ra-ha) writes:
>
>Rashad Khalifa PhD of Masjid Tucson is a native Arabic speaker (egyptian)
>who knows western society and culture well. He has prepared a translation
>of Quran. I am aware he is considered heretical by many Muslims.
>
>Joshua Geller
>heru@byron.u.washington.edu

For your information, anybody who claims he is a prophet after Mohammed (p.b.u.h)
is considred heretic by ALL muslims.
The guy you are referring to did not know anything about Islam before claiming
he was a prophet. The only thing he did is use computers to show that 
a lot of things in quoran are in multiples of 19. You might say: so what?
but believe it or not, this is the reason behind his claim of prophethood.
I read some interviews were he predicted the end of the world (i do not remember
the date), and when he will die! At least the latter was proven wrong as he
was killed only one year after that!
He was either a mad person or a mercenary although the latter is the most 
probable because of the huge amounts of funds he received from some quarters
known for their hostility to Islam.

I do not know why I am spending all of this space on time on him, but
I thought some of you might need this information.