Blogging Theology

Dr. Safaruk’s academia page: https://safchowdhury.academia.edu/

Dr. Safaruk runs the website https://islamicanalytictheology.org

Dr. Safaruk’s handout: https://www.academia.edu/108690417/Blogging_Theology_Realism_Anti_Realism_and_Islamic_Theology_handout_PArt_1_and_2_

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Answer to a Christian Challenge: Why Can Mary Have a Son Without A Consort but God Cannot? https://binhamidali.com/2024/04/07/answering-to-a-christian-challenge-why-can-mary-have-a-son-without-a-consort-but-god-cannot/

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What the Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests Are Really About by Carl R. Trueman https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2024/05/what-the-pro-palestinian-campus-protests-are-really-about

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James: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary (International Critical Commentary) https://www.amazon.co.uk/James-ICC-International-Critical-Commentary/dp/0567077403

Matthew: A Shorter Commentary (International Critical Commentary) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Matthew-Shorter-Commentary-International-Critical/dp/0567082490/ref=asc_df_0567082490/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=344377247669&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3275296056119528389&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006886&hvtargid=pla-528219969991&psc=1&mcid=dd4821a993aa35bbbc905aecfcd20875&th=1&psc=1

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@5Pillarsuk is a UK-based news site covering current affairs related to Islam and Muslims

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The Palestine Exception to Academic Freedom Must Go: https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-palestine-exception-to-academic-freedom-must-go?sra=true

Follow Dr Fadel on X @Shanfaraa

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Here are the books Dr Jaan Islam mentioned:

https://www.muslim-library.com/dl/books/English_The_History_of_the_Khalifahs.pdf

https://kitaabun.com/shopping3/full-history-tabari-tarikh-rasul-muluk-p-71.html

Follow him on X (Twitter) @jaanislam

Dr Jaan Islam completed his PhD on Islamic political thought at the University of Edinburgh, and has researched and taught at the University of Oxford and King’s College, London. He writes on Islamic history, political philosophy and decolonial theory.

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The Truth About the Red Heifers that Nobody’s Talking about https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLR27s2e6Vg&list=PLeVtFJ5Wg2hsMY9OANXNSTfwsKAMiAIWU

Unapologetically Muslim: How to Flourish as Muslims and Deal With Islamophobia in Secular Societies https://whyislamistrue.com/islamophobia

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Islam and the Challenge of Epistemic Sovereignty: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/4/406#:~:text=51%20Being%20epistemically%20conscripted%20into,outside%20to%20even%20conceptualize%20their

Decolonizing Qurʾanic Studies: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/2/176

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http://www.theclearquran.org/

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Dr Louay Fatoohi's personal YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@louay.fatoohi his blog https://www.louayfatoohi.com/

The Hebrew Bible presents the Israelites as God’s perpetually chosen people. Historically, Christians claimed that the Church replaced the Jews as God’s chosen people, but in the last two centuries, a strong movement has developed that considers Israel to still be chosen, in addition to the Church. Christianity inherited from Judaism its misunderstanding of “chosen” as meaning “best”, which is irreconcilable with the history of both faiths. On the other hand, discussions of this concept in the Qur’an consistently conflate different terms and concepts. This video brings new insights to show the Qur’an’s clear, consistent, and compelling explanation of the chosenness of the Israelites. It reveals the misrepresentation of this concept in Judaism, which Christianity inherited. It concludes that the chosenness of Israel ended when the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was sent by Allah as the last Prophet.

00:00 Introduction

02:34 Challenges of studying “chosenness”

07:55 The Abrahamic covenant in the Bible

13:24 Chosen People without merit

19:40 The Abrahamic Covenant in the Qur’an

23:55 Concepts and terms in the Qur’an

26:40 The Covenant with the Israelites

33:13 Choosing and preferring Israel

36:43 Chosen for hosting Prophets

41:49 Custodians of the prophetic message

47:10 Qur’anic subtilty

53:20 Muslim prophets

59:29 The killing of prophets

01:05:50 The end of Israel’s chosenness

01:18:30 Abraham’s prayer for an Ishmaelite messenger

01:20:15 Misunderstanding “chosen” as “best”

01:20:47 Christian misunderstanding of “chosenness”

01:22:04 Replacement theology or supersessionism

01:27:49 “Replacement of Scripture” theology

01:33:20 Dispensationalism

01:37:23 Mistaking “Chosen People” for “Best Nation”

01:41:42 The “Best Nation” is all pious people

01:45:59 The “Best Nation” throughout history

01:49:29 Are Muslims the “Best Nation”?

01:53:12 Israel’s chosenness and covenant

01:54:45 Summary

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