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Scriptural Polemics

The Qur'an and Other Religions

A number of passages in the Qur'an contain doctrinal and cultural criticism of Jews and Christians, from exclusive salvation and charges of Jewish and Christian falsification of revelation to cautions against the taking of Jews and Christians as patrons, allies, or intimates. Mun'im Sirryoffers a novel exploration of these polemical passages, which have long been regarded as obstacles to peaceable interreligious relations, through the lens of twentieth-century tafsir (exegesis). He considers such essential questions as: How have modern contexts shaped Muslim reformers' understandingof the Qur'an, and how have the reformers' interpretations recontextualized these passages? Can the Qur'an's polemical texts be interpreted fruitfully for interactions among religious communities in the modern world? Sirry also reflects on the various definitions of apologetic or polemic as relevant sacred texts and analyzes reformist tafsirs with careful attention to argument, literary context, and rhetoric in order to illuminate the methods, positions, and horizons of the exegeses. Scriptural Polemics providesboth a critical engagement with the tafsirs and a lucid and original sounding of Qur'anic language, logic, and dilemmas, showing how the dynamic and varied reformist intepretations of these passages open the way for a less polemical approach to other religions.

In fact, al-Munīr published several translated versions of articles that appeared
previously in al-Manār. 41 Sometimes the editor of al-Munīr requested a fatwā (
opinion on legal issues) from Riḍā to clarify certain contentious issues, including
the question of whether Muslims were allowed to wear Western clothes, which
traditionalist 'ulama in Sumatra vehemently opposed. Apparently, according to
some of these 'ulama, imitating Western clothes and life styles was considered a
heretical ...