Dear Friends:
1. What is your assessment of the Hudson Institute--Center for Islamic
Studies.
2. What is your assessment of the scholarship of Andrew Boston?
Thank you.
Richard.
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1. What is your assessment of the Hudson Institute--Center for Islamic
Studies.
Dear Richard,
The Hudson Institute is neo-conservative think tank. Their Center for
Islamic Studies is political in orientation, not academic.
2. What is your assessment of the scholarship of Andrew Boston?
He
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2. What is your assessment of the scholarship of Andrew Boston?
He is not recognized as a scholar within academia. He's a medical
doctor who publishes anti-Islamic propaganda.
Thank you Susan. He presented a very interesting
Thank you Susan. He presented a very interesting synopsis of his new book.
He seemed to know his sources.
I don't doubt that he has done his homework, but he does so from the
standpoint of a certain political agenda and so far as I know he
doesn't know the original languages.
The
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Susan wrote:
and so far as I know he
doesn't know the original languages.
That is rather odd for one who insists that he has studied the religion for
forty yeears.
Richard.
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You can study a religion for fifty years and not learn the original language
of the scriptures it was written in. A lot of American Christian preachers
have done this. They just read and re-read the Bible in English, and get a
feel for what it is about. Not everyone goes into the academic aspect
That is rather odd for one who insists that he has studied the religion for
forty yeears.
I've studied Zoroastrianism and Christianity for nearly that long
without knowing the original language of their scriptures. How much
time does a medical doctor in this country have to study religion,
