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Old 10-09-2004, 12:12 AM   #11
Bullitt
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Found out an interesting little theory yesterday in my Non-Western History class here at good ol OU.. Apparantly one well known middle eastern scholar is pointing to the current translation of the Koran into Islamic as flawed and that martyrs WON'T be getting their 79 or whatever virgin.. instead, they might get 79 kinds of fruit and other highly desireable foods. Apparantly, the language that the Koran was origionally written in said differently than the Islamic version they got now. The guy backs it up by showing that in descriptions of hell, the Koran goes into great detail as to what "hellish" foods you will have to eat and he cites a lack of the same kinds of food descriptions in the Islamic version as a sign of a mistranslation from fruit to virgins.
I'll get a bit more info for ya'll in this monday when we have class again.
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