“The ‘opening’ of the Qur’an”

Last updated on: October 1, 2016 at 4:16 pm

October 1, 2016 by Dan Peterson

Al-Fatiha al-Qur’aniyya — The first surah or chapter of the Qur’an, called the “Fatihah” or “Opener” (Wikimedia Commons)

I publish a column every Thursday in the Deseret News under the recurring title “Defending the Faith.” Additionally, with my friend and former BYU colleague William Hamblin, I publish a column every other Saturday that’s overwhelmingly devoted to non-LDS religious topics.

The latest installment of that latter column went up this morning, while I was on an airplane:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865663694/The-opening-of-the-Quran.html

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