People of the Book

2007-02-21 Thread Scott Saylors
I know that somewhere in the Qur'an and the immediately following documents there is a place where the People of the Book are defined: as Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians and Sabaeans. In particular where is the reference to the Parsis (Zoroastrians)? Regards, Scott The information

Re: People of the Book

2007-02-21 Thread Teresa Taylor
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:08:59 -0800 (PST), Scott Saylors wrote I know that somewhere in the Qur'an and the immediately following documents there is a place where the People of the Book are defined: as Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians and Sabaeans. In particular where is the reference

Re: People of the Book

2007-02-21 Thread Gata
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Re: People of the Book

2007-02-21 Thread smaneck
While the Magi or Fire Worshippers are mentioned in the Qu'ran, I don't think they're counted as People of the Book. Of course some Muslim scholars have a lose interpretation of this, and I have heard of some Moghuls even justifying People of the Book status for Hindus and Buddhists