[Marxism] Islamic Translations

["DoC" <donaloc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Calvin, a chara,

The Koran itself has been maintained to an incredible level of detail.
There are dots and symbols in it which nobody knows what they mean.
However, it is not consistent throughout positions are developed e.g. in
one place it will say to not get drunk, then again to drink in
moderation, then to not drink at all. Most muslims believe that the
later passages are those taking precedence. They believe that the
variations are related to temporal considerations e.g. the difficulties
in getting people not to drink alcohol immediately. Of course, that
leaves some room for questions.

However, the arguments you refer to over texts mostly arise over
'hadith' which are sayings of Mohammed. Many clarify things and are
often contradictory. There are a huge variety of sources of 'hadith' and
just where you end is a point of some interest.

Of course, this is all within Sunni islam which takes Mohammed himself
to be the 'seal of the prophets'. The Shia muslims believe that the seal
refered to his lineage and therefore follow Mohammed's son with all
those implications.

I understand that Kautsky produced an excellent work on the
socio-historical roots of Judao-Christianity 'Foundations of
Christianity'. I wish someone would put it online as there don't seem to
be too many second hand copies available in Europe.

Le meas
DoC.


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