07-30-2008, 07:46 PM
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Re: Why Islam is a Greater Threat Than Christianity
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The principle of abrogation -- al-naskh wa al-mansukh (the abrogating and the abrogated) -- directs that verses revealed later in Muhammad's career "abrogate" -- i.e., cancel and replace -- earlier ones whose instructions they may contradict. Thus, passages revealed later in Muhammad's career, in Medina, overrule passages revealed earlier, in Mecca. The Quran itself lays out the principle of abrogation:
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So, it's just like the New Testament canceling out parts of the Old Testament?
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