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'''Rashad Khalifa''' (رشاد خليفة‎; November 19, 1935–January 31, 1990) was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International, which promoted a heterodox [[Quranism|Quranist]] interpretation of Islam. Khalifa was responsible for popularizing the theory that the [[Qur'an|Quran]] is replete with [[Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an|numerological]] [[Islam and Miracles|miracles]] related to the number 19. He was [[List of Killings Ordered or Supported by Muhammad|assassinated]] by one of his former students, a traditionalist radical, on January 31, 1990.
'''Rashad Khalifa''' (رشاد خليفة‎; November 19, 1935–January 31, 1990) was an Egyptian-American biochemist, closely associated with the United Submitters International, which promoted a heterodox [[Quranism|Quranist]] interpretation of Islam. Khalifa was responsible for popularizing the theory that the [[Qur'an|Quran]] is replete with [[Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an|numerological]] [[Islam and Miracles|miracles]] related to the number 19. He was [[List of Killings Ordered or Supported by Muhammad|assassinated]] by one of his former students, a traditionalist radical, on January 31, 1990.
== Life ==
Rashad Khalifa, born in Egypt in 1935, obtained an honors degree from Ain Shams University in Egypt before emigrating to the United States in 1959. In the States, he completed a Master's Degree in biochemistry from Arizona State University and a Ph.D. in
==The Rashad Khalifa verses==
==The Rashad Khalifa verses==
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===Allegations of deception===
===Allegations of deception===


Daniel Pipes, a long time colleague of Khalifa and renowned specialist on the Middle East, accused Khalifa of multiple fraud:
Individuals online claiming to know him have accused Khalifa of multiple fraud.


{{Quote|[http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/58654 Discussion board post from DanielPipes.org from someone who claimed to know him personally]|It is amazing to discover that a once colleague and ex Egyptian country-man Rashad Khalifa, self-proclaimed "a Messenger of Covenant ", had fooled many naive people. I personally knew Khalifa since we both were Egyptian graduate students of agricultural sciences in USA, 1959-66 in both Arizona and California; in Cairo 1966-68 as researchers at both the Ministry of Agriculture and Ein-Shams University; in Tripoli, Libya, 1975-76, as a professor at Triploi University (myself) and researcher at the Arab Institute for Development (Khalifa).
{{Quote|[http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/58654 Discussion board post from DanielPipes.org from someone who claimed to know him personally]|It is amazing to discover that a once colleague and ex Egyptian country-man Rashad Khalifa, self-proclaimed "a Messenger of Covenant ", had fooled many naive people. I personally knew Khalifa since we both were Egyptian graduate students of agricultural sciences in USA, 1959-66 in both Arizona and California; in Cairo 1966-68 as researchers at both the Ministry of Agriculture and Ein-Shams University; in Tripoli, Libya, 1975-76, as a professor at Triploi University (myself) and researcher at the Arab Institute for Development (Khalifa).
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