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05-24-2016, 02:48 AM #1
CNN’s ‘Why They Hate Us’ examines the Quran’s promise of 72 raisins
CNN's 'Why They Hate Us' examines the Quran's promise of 72 raisins
Posted at 11:40 pm on May 23, 2016 by Brett T.
There was some minor breaking news on CNN Monday night: Fareed Zakaria is still on the air at CNN. Along with that revelation were many others made as part of Zakaria’s prime-time special, “Why They Hate Us.”
It remains to be seen how many viewers were roped in by the sensational title, but Zakaria championed a moderate interpretation of Islam while arguing that Islamist terrorists are motivated by a hatred of all things modern, not simply America and the West.
To that end, Zakaria cited Canadian author and academic Irshad Manji, who argued that martyrs are working from a drastic misinterpretation of the Quran.
What’s the surprise? Manji maintains that “virgins” is a mistranslation of the word for “raisins,” meaning that the faithful are promised a date with dried grapes in the afterlife.
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05-24-2016, 12:37 PM #2
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Well, that is definitely kind of odd. You can have sex with raisins?
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05-25-2016, 01:16 AM #3
Virgins is definitely a mistranslation. The Arabic word is "houri". Literally meaning gazelle eyed. Commonly believed to be supernatural pure beings existing only to please their companions.
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