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<metadesc>An investigation of 'This is the Truth', a documentary made by Abdul Majeed Al-Zindani in which scientists made various statements in the 1980's and 1980's about the Quran</metadesc> | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
[[File:Abdul_Majeed_Al-Zindani.jpg|framed|right|Abdul Majeed Al-Zindani]]In 1984 a Muslim scholar named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Majeed_al-Zindani Abdul Majeed al-Zindani] formed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_on_Scientific_Signs_in_the_Quran_and_Sunnah Commission on scientific signs in the Quran and sunnah], a body sponsored by the Saudi government to discover information in Islamic texts which describe natural phenomena that could not be known at the time of Prophet Muhammad and must therefore have been revealed via a supernatural source. | |||
In 1984 a Muslim scholar named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Majeed_al-Zindani Abdul Majeed al-Zindani] formed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_on_Scientific_Signs_in_the_Quran_and_Sunnah Commission on scientific signs in the Quran and sunnah], a body sponsored by the Saudi government to discover information in Islamic texts which describe natural phenomena that could not be known at the time of Prophet Muhammad and must therefore have been revealed via a supernatural source. | |||
During the 1980's and 1990's Zindani organized various events in relation to this project, to which scientists from around the world (mainly the west) were invited to talk. The ultimate result of these events was a documentary by Zindani, This is the Truth, in which some of these scientists were shown to be confirming the miraculous nature of the Quran, or were quoted as making statements off camera. This documentary was followed up in 1998 by a book of the same name, authored by Abdullah M al-Rehaili, which is now in its [http://www.scribd.com/doc/156797089/This-is-the-Truth-Zindani 3rd edition]. | During the 1980's and 1990's Zindani organized various events in relation to this project, to which scientists from around the world (mainly the west) were invited to talk. The ultimate result of these events was a documentary by Zindani, This is the Truth, in which some of these scientists were shown to be confirming the miraculous nature of the Quran, or were quoted as making statements off camera. This documentary was followed up in 1998 by a book of the same name, authored by Abdullah M al-Rehaili, which is now in its [http://www.scribd.com/doc/156797089/This-is-the-Truth-Zindani 3rd edition]. | ||
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# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/This is the Truth: Alfred Kroner|Alfred Kröner]] | |||
# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/This is the Truth: William Hay|William Hay]] | |||
# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/This is the Truth: Tom Armstrong|Tom Armstrong]] | |||
# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/This is the Truth: Allison Pete Palmer|Allison (Pete) Palmer]] | |||
# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/This is the Truth: Joe Leigh Simpson|Joe Leigh Simpson]] | |||
# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/This is the Truth: Marshall Johnson|Marshall Johnson]] | |||
# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/This is the Truth: Gerald C. Goeringer|Gerald C. Goeringer]] | |||
# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/This is the Truth: Keith L. Moore|Keith L. Moore and associate TVN Persaud]] | |||
# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/This is the Truth: Yoshihide Kozai|Yoshihide Kozai]] | |||
# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/This is the Truth: Durja Rao|Durja Rao]] | |||
# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/This is the Truth: Professor Siaveda|Professor Siaveda]] | |||
# [[WikiIslam:Sandbox/This is the Truth: Tejatat Tejasen|Tejatat Tejasen]] | |||
==External links== | |||
* TheRationalizer, [https://youtube.com/watch?v=XgVfENG2BwE https://youtube.com/watch?v=XgVfENG2BwE] A summary of more recent interviews with four scientists in under two minutes | |||