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XIV THE HISTORY OF THE QUR'ANIC TEXT

III. An Appraisal of Orientalism

18. THE ORIENTALIST AND THE QUR'AN 303
1. The Necessity of Proving Distortions in the Qur'an 303
2. Orientalist Criticism of the Qur'an's Compilation 304
3. Transmutation of Islam into Foreign Idioms 305
4. Orientalist Accusations of Appropriation 306
i. Accusations of Botched Appropriation 306
ii. A Counterfeited Bible 307
5. Deliberate Distortion of the Qur'an 308
i. Fliigel's Attempted Distortion of the Qur'an 308
ii. Blachere's Attempted Distortion of the Qur'an 309
iii. Mingana's Attempted Distortion of the Qur'an 311
6. Puin and the San'a' Fragments 314
i. Are the Santa' Fragments the Only Proof of the
Qur'an's Completion by the First Century? 315
7. Conclusion 318
19. ORIENTALIST MOTIVATIONS: A STUDY OF SUBJECTIVITY 321
1. TheJewish Analogue 321
i. The Validity of an Anti-Semitic Work 321
ii. Can an Anti-judaic Scholar be Impartial When Dealing
with aJewish Theme? 322
iii. Are Jewish Scholars Free to StudyJewish Topics? 323
2. The Muslim Counterpoint 325
i. Israeli Suppression of Palestinian History 325
ii. An Orientalist Pioneer and Deceiver of Muslims 326
3. Searching for Impartiality 327
i. A Historical Perspective: Jews, Christians, and Romans 327
ii. Impartiality in Modern Studies 330
4. Pressures and Motives 331
i. Colonialism and the Demoralisation of Muslims 331
ii. TheJewish Question and the Erasure of History and
Fabrication of a New One 333
5. Conclusion 339

20. CLOSING REMARKS 341
BIBLIOGRAPHY 347
INDEX 357