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I have seen this practice myself
Reader comment on item: Istinja' with the Torah and New Testament
Submitted by Gary (United States), Sep 22, 2010 at 10:57
I spend about 10 years in the arab world, and have heard of muslims do istinja with the Bible and Torah. So this is not just an academic debate - this kind of disrespect is actually practiced by many.
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| Whatever Happened to Dena Milany? [5 words] | Geoffrey Gomersall | Apr 10, 2015 17:12 | 222801 | ||
| 2 | this story about torah istinja bible [49 words] | Amaal | Mar 4, 2013 23:37 | 204040 | |
| How Crazy Is This Nonsense? [30 words] | Amboyduke | Apr 8, 2011 12:33 | 184075 | ||
 it's a book.... [33 words] | fez | Apr 9, 2011 03:35 | 184075 | ||
| Alternative to screenshots for viewing old versions of websites [113 words] | James Forsyth | Dec 27, 2010 19:25 | 181306 | ||
| 4 | bigotry [109 words] | Peter Herz | Sep 28, 2010 05:33 | 178768 | |
| 4 | Ahamdinejad follows this [49 words] | Peter Herz | Sep 26, 2010 15:14 | 178714 | |
| 13 |  I have seen this practice myself [39 words] | Gary | Sep 22, 2010 10:57 | 178570 | |
| 4 | All's fair in love and war [147 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Sep 22, 2010 09:27 | 178569 | |
| 3 | It started in the 7th century AD [158 words] | Kepha Hor | Sep 25, 2010 23:26 | 178569 | |
| 1 | praise [40 words] | siegfried | Nov 19, 2010 00:31 | 178569 | |
| 4 | Is It Not Plain Enough Yet? [153 words] | M. Tovey | Sep 21, 2010 19:03 | 178538 | |
| How true [3 words] | Kepha Hor | Sep 26, 2010 00:04 | 178538 | ||
| 3 | traduction big troubles [124 words] | abdellah lasri | Sep 21, 2010 18:24 | 178536 | |
| 3 | no difference [144 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Sep 25, 2010 21:00 | 178536 | |
| 4 | Where are the Old and New Testaments corrupted [733 words] | Kepha Hor | Sep 26, 2010 00:02 | 178536 | |
| translation big problems [179 words] | abdellah lasri | Sep 27, 2010 10:20 | 178536 | ||
| corrupted [214 words] | abdellah lasri | Sep 27, 2010 10:38 | 178536 | ||
| 2 | What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate. [403 words] | M. Tovey | Sep 27, 2010 12:29 | 178536 | |
| 1 | Again, no evidence [187 words] | Kepha Hor | Sep 28, 2010 05:28 | 178536 | |
| 10 | The Islamic tradition and al-khara' wa al-istinja' and other sordid matters [1111 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 28, 2010 18:18 | 178536 | |
| to dhimmi no more [546 words] | abdellah lasri | Sep 29, 2010 03:06 | 178536 | ||
| 2 | use Scotts - it's a lot softer [320 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Sep 29, 2010 03:28 | 178536 | |
| 3 | Islamic ... [152 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 29, 2010 07:21 | 178536 | |
| 1 | There is No Corruption of Absolute Truth - Only Corruption in the Human Handling of It. [681 words] | M. Tovey | Sep 29, 2010 17:40 | 178536 | |
| 1 | the Greatly Disturbed [122 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Sep 30, 2010 05:36 | 178536 | |
| Do Try Reading Several Bibles Side By Side [385 words] | D.K.Milgrim-Heath | Sep 30, 2010 08:30 | 178536 | ||
| 1 | Islam and fatwas and the absurd [153 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 1, 2010 07:00 | 178536 | |
| 2 | More about the fatwa and the funny istinja' [1234 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 2, 2010 08:43 | 178536 | |
| 1 | another excellent example of cofusion [148 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Oct 2, 2010 22:15 | 178536 | |
| 2 | Abdella cannot be an Arab [147 words] | dhimmi no more | Oct 4, 2010 07:20 | 178536 | |
| By the Way - Understanding The Holy Bible is Hard Without the Spirit [127 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 4, 2010 19:46 | 178536 | ||
| 1 | running & hiding [103 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | Oct 5, 2010 03:32 | 178536 | |
| Furthering Understanding - Why Islam MUST Oppose the Holy Bible [362 words] | M. Tovey | Oct 6, 2010 18:32 | 178536 | ||
| Yes, your comments are clear [877 words] | Kepha Hor | Oct 11, 2010 18:44 | 178536 | ||
| 1 | I've taken your advice [156 words] | Kepha Hor | Oct 12, 2010 17:09 | 178536 | |
| 1 | corruption of islam [58 words] | yehuda | Nov 4, 2010 11:16 | 178536 | |
| I am back [154 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Dec 1, 2010 21:15 | 178536 | ||
| But What Have you Learned From Reading the HOLY BIBLE [201 words] | M. Tovey | Dec 5, 2010 20:41 | 178536 | ||
| My learning of HOLY BIBLE is given below [251 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Dec 6, 2010 20:55 | 178536 | ||
| 3 | Our dear Deb is worried about our native people but does he worry about his own Hindu ancestors? [108 words] | dhimmi no more | Dec 8, 2010 07:53 | 178536 | |
| Dig Deeper in the Hebrew Holy Bible for Its Truth in Your Life [733 words] | M. Tovey | Dec 8, 2010 19:12 | 178536 | ||
| The True Message of the Torah and the New Testament - Love of Almighty God [724 words] | M. Tovey | Dec 15, 2010 11:04 | 178536 | ||
| 1 | The exception or the rule? [51 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | Sep 21, 2010 14:40 | 178524 | |
| 5 | Arabic word: "istinja' " [66 words] | Charlie Griffith | Sep 21, 2010 12:59 | 178515 | |
| 4 | islam [41 words] | seraphime | Sep 21, 2010 10:26 | 178509 | |
| 11 | muslims have been brainwashed to hate the Bible, Torah, Christians, Jews, Israel, non muslims. [87 words] | Phil Greend | Sep 21, 2010 04:31 | 178499 |
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