In a message dated 12/22/03 11:49:48 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

<< All of these numerological systems are purely deductive. In one case, with 
the late Rashad Khalifa, when a couple of qur'anic verses did not fit into 
his model, he argued that they did not belong in the Qur'an. In all of his 
translations, they have been removed.
  >>
Reminds me of the attitude of a Christian "scholar" I met while teaching in 
Arizona in the late 1970's - he was involved in a translation of the Bible. 
When asked what language texts he was using - he replied "English, I am just 
re-writing it to agree with our church."

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