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From: zvs@bby.oz.au (Zev Sero)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: The Torah in the Koran
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Date: 5 Dec 90 08:40:10 GMT
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Farrukh   = khan@remus.rutgers.edu (Farrukh Shah Khan)
Elizabeth = ta00est@unccvax.uncc.edu (elizabeth s tallant)

Elizabeth> 2)  If Islam teaches that the Torah has been altered, then
Elizabeth> why has the Koran also not been altered? 

Farrukh> Quran has only one Arabic version and that is included in most
Farrukh> reliable translations. Bible (and Torah) have been translated many
Farrukh> times into many other languages and from those other languages into

If that is the problem, then the simple solution is to go directly to
the original Hebrew.  There is only *one* Hebrew version, which is the
same (bar a few insignificant spelling variations) all over the world,
and has been in use since well before Mohammed.  To claim that this
text was deliberately changed in order to contradict the claims of
Islam would imply that the people who did the forgery were prophets.
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				Zev Sero  -  zvs@bby.oz.au
`...And the way to do something about it is to do something about it.'
					- Joan Kirner (29/11/90)