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               <div id="importantnote" style="width:100%;text-align:left;font-size:95%;">Please note: Many of the very problematic issues and views within Islam and its history are often rejected or subject to widely varying knowledge and opinions (if any) by Muslim cultures and many people who identify as Muslim today</div>
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*[[Abrogation (Naskh)]]
*[[Chronological Order of the Qur'an]]
*[[Chronological Order of the Qur'an]]
*[[Asbab al-Nuzul (Revelational Circumstances of the Quran)]]
*[[Naskh (Abrogation)]]
*[[List of Abrogations in the Qur'an]]
*[[List of Abrogations in the Qur'an]]
*[[Revelational Circumstances of the Quran|Revelational Circumstances of the Qur'an]]
*[[Textual History of the Qur'an]]
*[[Pedophilia in the Qur'an]]
*[[Parallelism Between the Qur'an and Judeo-Christian Scriptures|Parallelism Between the Qur'an and Other Scriptures]]
*[[Parallelism Between the Qur'an and Judeo-Christian Scriptures|Parallelism Between the Qur'an and Other Scriptures]]
*[[Misinterpreted Qur'anic Verses]]
*[[Child Marriage in the Qur'an]]
*[[Mistranslated Qur'anic Verses]]
*[[Mistranslations of Islamic Scripture (English)]]
 
 
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*[[Cosmology of the Quran|Cosmology of the Qur'an]]
*[[Cosmology of the Quran|Cosmology of the Qur'an]]
*[[Geocentrism and the Quran|Geocentrism and the Qur'an]]
*[[Geocentrism and the Quran|Geocentrism and the Qur'an]]
*[[Flat Earth and the Quran|Flat Earth and the Qur'an]]
*[[Islamic Views on the Shape of the Earth]]
*[[Embryology in the Quran|Embryology in the Qur'an]]
*[[Embryology in the Quran|Embryology in the Qur'an]]
*[[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Controversy]]
*[[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Setting in a Muddy Spring - Part One|Dhul-Qarnayn and the Sun Controversy]]
*[[Bucailleism]]
*[[Bucailleism]]
*[[Did Muhammad and the early Muslims know that the Earth is round]]
*[[Creation of Humans from Clay]]
*[[Creation of Humans from Clay]]
*[[The Islamic Whale]]
*[[The Islamic Whale]]
*[[Science and the Seven Earths]]
*[[Science and the Seven Earths]]
*[[Quranic Claim of Everything Created in Pairs|Qur'anic Claim of Everything Created in Pairs]]
 
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*[[The Farewell Sermon]]
*[[The Farewell Sermon]]
*[[Muhammad's Miracles]]
*[[Muhammad's Miracles]]
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*[[Convenient Revelations]]
*[[Satanic Verses]]
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*[[Circumstances Surrounding Muhammad's Death]]
*[[Muhammad's Death]]
*[[Abdullah]]
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*[[The Timeline of Muhammad]]
*[[Muhammad ibn Abdullah#Timeline|The Timeline of Muhammad]]
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                         <p><strong>Prophet Muhammad: Wives and Concubines</strong></p>


*[[List of Muhammads Wives and Concubines|List of Muhammad's Wives and Concubines]]
*[[Muhammad's Marriages#Wives_and_Concubines_.28list.29|List of Muhammad's Wives and Concubines]]
*[[Ages of Muhammads Wives at Marriage|Ages of Muhammad's Wives at Marriage]]
*[[Ages of Muhammads Wives at Marriage|Ages of Muhammad's Wives at Marriage]]
*[[Aishas Age of Consummation|Aisha's Age of Consummation]]
*[[Aisha's Age]]
*[[Muhammads Marriages and Poor Widows|Muhammad's Marriages and Poor Widows‎]]
*[[Muhammad's Marriages‎]]
*[[Khadijah bint Khuwaylid]]
*[[Khadijah bint Khuwaylid]]
*[[Safiyah]]
*[[Safiyah]]
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*[[Sahabah]]
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*[[Ali]]
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*[[Mary the sister of Aaron in the Quran]]
*[[Mary, Sister of Aaron]]
*[[If Anyone Slew a Person]]
*[[If Anyone Slays a Person (Qur'an 5:32)]]
*[[Allah Forbids You Not (Qur'an 60:8)]]
*[[Sources of Islamic Theories of Reproduction]]
*[[Allah the Best Deceiver]]
*[[Dihya the Berber Queen (Al-Kaahina)]]
*[[Dihya the Berber Queen (Al-Kaahina)]]
*[[Banu Qurayza]]
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*[[Isa al-Masih]]
*[[Isa al-Masih (Jesus Christ)]]
*[[Shahid]]
*[[Shaheed (Martyr)]]
*[[Sahih Bukhari]]
*[[Sahih Bukhari]]
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*[[Zakat (Tax)]]
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*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Satanic Verses|Satanic Verses]]
*[[Mahr]]
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*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Jihad|Jihad]]
*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Heaven|Heaven]]
*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Heaven|Heaven]]
*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Hell|Hell]]
*[[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Hell|Hell]]
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*[[Pagan Origins of Islam]]
*[https://persecution.exmuslims.org EXMNA's Persecution Tracker]
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*[https://reddit.com/r/exmuslim Reddit's Ex-Muslim Discussion group]
*[[Corruption of the Qur'an]]
*[https://ExMuslims.Org Ex-Muslims of North America]
*[[Uthman and the Recension of the Qur'an]]
*[https://quranx.com QuranX]
*[[Sana Manuscript]]
*[[Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in the Quran]]
*[[Dhul-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romance]]
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The Quran and Mountains

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The Quran has a particular conception of the nature of mountains, their formation, and the geological role they play. In recent times, many Islamic scholars have argued that this conception is both scientifically sound and an instance of miraculous scientific foreknowledge on the part of the Quran.

Critics argue that these verses contain multiple mistakes from a scientific viewpoint. They describe the creation of mountains as one stage in the creation of the Earth. One verse describes mountains as pegs, while other verses state that they were cast into the Earth in some sense to stabilise it. This is commonly interpreted today as a reference to earthquakes, though multiple lines of evidence including hadith and pre-Islamic poetry indicate rather that the Quran here means that mountains prevent the Earth as a whole from shifting. (read more)