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An interpretation of the Cosmology of the Koran & a critique of Islamic

Fundamentalism

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Introduction1. Are you fed up hearing Islamic Fundamentalists proclaiming how

wonderful their Religion is supposed to be and why the wholeWorld should embrace Islam?

2. Are you also fed up with Islamic Fundamentalists talkingnonsense about the Koran supposedly being free from error?

3. Have you heard claims that the Koran contains ScientificMiracles that prove its divine origin?

4. If so, then read on.I shall attempt to falsify Islam by showing thatthe Koran assumes that the Earth is Flat and immobile at thecentre of the Universe. A book written by God would never contain such beliefs.

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Islamophobia?1. When anyone criticises any aspect of Islam, some people are likely to

say that it is wrong to criticise any Religion.2. Some may complain that criticism is “Islamophobia” or evenRacism.Is criticism of Christianity “Christophobia?”

3. But this is just an authoritarian attempt at censorship by people withextreme religious or political views.

4. Many Muslims routinely criticise followers of other religions for supposedly being in error. The Koran itself strongly criticises non-Muslims, especially Jews and Christians.

5. Labelling criticism of Islam as as Islamophobia is like saying thatanyone who criticises Barrack Obama is a racist or that anyone whodoes not agree with the policies of Israel is anti-Semitic and a Nazi.

6. Furthermore, the Koran challenges its readers to find any flaws init.Therefore criticising Islam is actually encouraged by Islam.Muslimswho do not like criticism of Islam are acting contrary to their ownreligion. (Surah 4:82)

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The Challenge of the Koran

“Will they not ponder the Qur'an? If it had beenfrom other than Allah, they would have found

many inconsistencies in it.” (Surah 4:82)

These Presentations will seek it inconsistencies and errorsand attempt to demonstrate that the Koran is a flawed humancreation and not from Allah or any supernatural source.

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Earth orbiting Sun not in Koran

Nowhere in the Koranis there any reference

to the Earth orbitingthe Sun.

In fact, the Koran saysthat the Sun orbits theEarth just as the Moon

does. (Surah 21:33)

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Divine Revelation & the Koran .

1. Many Religious Scriptures such as the Bible are believed bymany to have been Divinely inspired.2. The Islamic Fundamentalist view of Divine Inspiration is very

strict compared with Judeo-Christian ideas of Divine Inspiration.3. Islamic Fundamentalists deny that Mohammed is the author of

the Koran.They say that he just recited what he was told to say.4. God or Allah, is said to have created the Koran in Heaven long

ago before the Bible or other Scriptures were written.5. Mohammed is said to have been given the words of this

Heavenly Koran by the Angel Gabriel and it is believed that herecited it in many instalments over many years to scribes who

wrote the first Earthly Koran in the early C7th AD in Arabia.6. It follows from this belief that the Koran must be perfect and

infallible in every way since its presumed author is perfect andinfallible.

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Birth of Mohammed

Left:The birth of Mohammed in Mecca,

Arabia in AD 570.

Contrary to popular belief & the claims of

some IslamicFundamentalists,

There is no universalprohibition in Islam

on depictions of thehuman form includingimages of Mohammed

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Mohammed meets the Angel Gabriel

Left: In the year AD 610

Mohammed is saidto have met the

Angel Gabriel whorevealed the 1 st of 114 Surahs or

Chapters of theKoran. The Koranactually says that

Angels have wings.(Surah 35:1)

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Mohammed teaching his Disciples

Soon after hisReligious Experience,

Mohammed began topreach Islam to a

small group of followers as shown

in this traditional

Islamic picture.

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Mohammed meets Biblical charactersin Heaven

While in HeavenMohammed is

said to havemet Adam,Jesus, Moses,

Enoch, Abrahamand the

other prophetsof Islam

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Mohammed flees Mecca (The Hijra)

In AD 622Mohammedwas forcedto flee from

Mecca byhis enemies& he soughtrefuge in the

City of

Medina.

This is the starting point for the Islamic Calendar.

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Mohammed preaching to followers inMedina

Left: While in Medina,Mohammed gained a lot

of followers and became theleader of the City.

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Mohammed returns to Mecca in triumph.

In MedinaMohammedgained many

followers.

War ensuedbetweenMecca

& Medina.

In 630 ADMohammedconquered

Mecca.

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Death of Mohammed

Left: The death of Mohammed in AD 632

while in Medina

Azrail (or Malik)

the Angel of death arrivesin order to carry the

Prophets soul to Heaven.

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Mohammed in

Islamic Heaven

Left: Mohammed up inHeaven after his death with

various Angels.

Some Islamic artists depictMohammed, but with his face

hidden as shown here.

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Modern Iranian picture of Mohammed.

Many Muslims argue that the Korandoes not explicitly forbid pictures

of Mohammed.

This picture and others like it are

openly on sale in Iran with approvalfrom religious authorities.

Muslims in Iran, Turkey and CentralAsia do not have any problem with

images of the Prophet.

The caption reads “There is no Godbut Allah & Mohammed is his

Prophet.”

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Islamic Fundamentalist Hypocrisy

Such attitudes arehypocritical since many

Muslims will not hesitateto produce cartoons

attacking other religiousgroups such as Jews.

http://somebodyhelpme.info/cartoons/anti-Semitic/anti-Semitic.html

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Mohammed's successors conquer Middle East

Left: By AD 750the Muslims had

conquered ahuge Empire.

This began the500 years of

the Golden Ageof Islam in which

Science andLearningprospered

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Islam Today

Today Islam is the 2 nd largest Religion in the World with perhaps1.5 Billion followers. (Christianity is thought to have about 2.2 Billion

followers.)

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Koran Science

Some people have claimed thatthere is hidden Scientific knowledge

in the Koran that proves its divineorigin.

Many books and articles havebeen written on this subject.

In fact, the Koran, like the Biblepresumes a Flat Earth. There are

no explicit statements on the shape

of the Earth, since everyone “knew”what shape it was. Instead, thereare many statements that imply or assume a Flat Earth in the Koran.

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Koran Science

In reality, “Koran Science” is an oxymoron. The arguments used arespurious and I shall examine them in detail in Presentation 10 of 11

in this series.

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Definition of Islamic Fundamentalism

• The belief that the Koran is divinely inspired, of supernatural origin and not a human creation.• The belief that the Koran is literally true in all instances

and inerrant on absolutely all matters.• The belief that the Islamic Fundamentalist

interpretation of the Koran is the only acceptable one.• The belief that non-Fundamentalists are enemies of

God, either knowingly or unknowingly.• The belief that the whole World should be a Theocracy

based on the Fundamentalists interpretation of theKoran and related traditions.

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According to the Koran

1. The Earth is Flat, Circular & sits in a Cosmic Ocean.

2. The Sky is solid & held up by Pillars.

3. Heaven is a place up in the Sky where God lives.

4. The Sun, Moon & Stars are just little lights in the Skymoving around a stationary Earth.

5. Dead people exist under the ground.

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Korans used

1. It is difficult to find a reliable translation of the Koranthat everyone will accept.2. There is always the possibility that Western

Translations may contain some degree of Anti-Islamic bias.

3. However, there is also the possibility that IslamicTranslations may contain some degree of Pro-Islamic bias.

4. For this reason, twelve different translations havebeen used. Six are Islamic translations and six areWestern Translations.

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No DIY Translations accepted

1. Only genuine published translations of the Koranwill be accepted here.2. Some Muslims often say that the Arabic word

translated as “X” really means “Y” if they run intodifficulty.This is dishonest and unacceptable.

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No Circular reasoning accepted here

Islamic Fundamentalists often use faulty logic and circular reasoning to “prove” a point.

1. They assume that the Koran is of Divine origin because itsays so.

2. Based on this assumption, they further assume that there are

no errors in the Koran.3. When they find an apparent error, they try to think up some

interpretation that still allows them to accept the Koran asinfallible.

4. Often, their interpretation stretches and distorts the text to

vaguely allude to some modern Scientific phenomena.5. This “discovery” of modern Science in the Koran is then

taken as “proof” of its divine origin.

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Map of the World of the Koran

All the parts of the World

mentioned in theKoran fit into this

map.

The Americas,EastAsia,Sub-Saharan

Africa and Australiaare not mentioned in

the Koran.

RomanEmpire Persian

EmpireArabiaEthiopia

Mecca

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Another view of the World of theKoran

The World of theKoran is Flat &

circular belowa solid Sky domeor Firmament.

Mecca isat the centre of

the World.

Canopy of the Sky

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The Cosmos of the Koran (See legendon the next page)

Contrary to theclaims made by some

Muslims, the Korandoes not agree

with modern Science.

The Koran assumesa Universe like theone shown on the

left.

Dozens of verses inthe Koran support this.

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Legend for the Cosmos of the Koran

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Other Presentations in this SeriesFlat Earth Koran 01 of 13 - Introduction (This one)Flat Earth Koran 02 of 13 - The Flat EarthFlat Earth Koran 03 of 13 – The Two Seas & the Ocean of HeavenFlat Earth Koran 04 of 13 - The Solid Sky DomeFlat Earth Koran 05 of 13 - Heaven in the Sky

Flat Earth Koran 06 of 13 - The Sun Moon and StarsFlat Earth Koran 07 of 13 - Beneath the Flat EarthFlat Earth Koran 08 of 13 - Cosmology in the HadithFlat Earth Koran 09 of 13 - The Golden Age of Islam

Flat Earth Koran 10 of 13 - Koran Science & Cosmology (Part 1)Flat Earth Koran 10 of 13 - Koran Science & Cosmology (Part 2)Flat Earth Koran 10 of 13 - Koran Science & Cosmology (Part 3)Flat Earth Koran 13 of 13 - Conclusions

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Fundamentalist Denials1. Of coarse, Islamic Fundamentalists cannot accept this without

rejecting their own Religious beliefs

2. They are likely to respond to such suggestions with outrightdenials based on blind faith or Islamic pseudo-science

3. They might even quote a couple of verses from the Koran to tryand support their beliefs. (These do not stand up to scrutiny)

4. In reality, there are dozens of verses in the Koran supportingthe point of view outlined in these Presentations.

5. The following Presentations systematically explore the Cosmosof the Koran and Hadith and provide numerous verses tosupport all the interpretations presented.

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