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Submitters PerspectiveDecember 1987The December 1987 issue reports the Egyptian arrest of Al-Azhar professor Dr. Ahmad Subhy Mansour, presented as a Saudi plot, and the journalists and public who rose to demand his release. It also announces the Third International Conference of the United Islamic Nation, details Suzanne Ramadan's finding that the pillars of Islam fit the Quran's code of 19, and cites three fallen governments as fulfilled prophecy.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveNovember 1987New mathematical findings by Sister Lisa Spray tie the verses, suras, and occurrences of the word ALLAH between the initials of 2:1 and 68:1 to multiples of 19, presented as proof that the Quran is dictated by God and perfectly preserved. The issue begins a history of the miracle's discovery and adds evidence that 9:128 and 129 are false verses, citing Ali's efforts and Marwan's destruction of the original.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveOctober 1987A reprinted New Straits Times essay argues that the Quran, not secular ideologies, Iranian style theocracy, or Hadith, should guide Malaysia after 30 years of independence, and lists Quranic social principles. Also included are a notice that the contact prayer works through the numerical combination of Al Faatihah's sounds despite Satan's distractions, a report on young British Muslims turning to the Quran alone, and Lisa Spray's book on Jesus.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveSeptember 1987Polygamy is permissible under God's law but strictly limited by the Quran, with Muhammad's single marriage to Khadijah as the example and criteria for avoiding abuse. The issue also reports Sayyidah Ahmad's discovery of 38 un-initialed Suras between Suras 2 and 68, a new publishing company in Egypt, and a call for Universal Unity through devotion to God alone based on 3:64.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveAugust 1987The Quran's mathematical code is presented as Muhammad's perpetual miracle, hidden until the computer age, in contrast to the temporary miracles of Moses and Jesus witnessed by few. The issue warns that pilgrims who venerate the Prophet's tomb in Medina nullify their pilgrimage through idolatry. It also rebuts a traditionalist publication claiming Sunnah equals the Quran, citing Ibn Katheer's claim that the earth rests on a whale.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJuly 1987The perfect preservation of the Quran is explained through its mathematical code based on 19, which exposes misprinted Arabic in popular translations and the two false verses 9:128 and 129 added after the Prophet's death. A new Egyptian postage stamp featuring 19 is reported, along with the Quranic initials' counts and a rebuttal of the charge that honoring 19 is Bahai.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJune 1987Sheikh Metwally El-Sha'rawy's customary opening, which calls Muhammad the most honorable messenger and our master, is judged a violation of the Quranic command to make no distinction among God's messengers. The issue also argues that the correct Shahadah is there is no god except God alone, citing 3:18. It contends the Quran nowhere requires women to cover their hair, and it advertises an evolution versus creation video and Quran recitation tapes.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveMay 1987The May 1987 issue argues that Imam Ali and Imam Hussein died trying to remove two false verses added to the end of Sura 9, not fighting for power. It also answers a reader's objection to defending the Bible, defines shirk against an Ahmadiyyah editorial, and questions the counts of sound hadiths. It closes with a report on the UIN conference in Monte Carlo and a new mosque in Cairo.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveApril 1987Sample pages of the new English translation of the Quran appear for readers' feedback, with footnotes on the code built on 19 in the opening statement and on Adam's redemption. A rebuttal answers the Hadithists' question about the number of units in each contact prayer, citing worship as Abraham practiced. Ramadan dates are calculated by computer, and recitation tapes are offered.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveMarch 1987Translations of the Quran are tested against its criteria for belief in the Hereafter: worshiping God alone, rejecting hadith, and upholding the Quran alone. Yusuf Ali's and Pickthall's renderings of 39:45, 17:45-46 and 20:15 are compared with Dr. Khalifa's, with the argument that dropping the word alone and hiding the end of the world are Satan-inspired distortions. Notices for books and videos follow.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveFebruary 1987Most believers in God fall into idol worship and head for Hell, the lead article argues from verses 12:103 to 12:106. It faults Muslim practices that defy the Quran: Hadith and Sunna, extra ablution steps, silent contact prayers, and mentioning Muhammad in worship. Also included are tapes on the correct Salat, a video on evolution versus creation, and readers' letters, including a Saudi decree that the earth is flat.ICS

Submitters PerspectiveJanuary 1987Kassim Ahmad's six point challenge to the 'Ulama over Hadith, and the reply of Malaysian scholar Ariffin Suhaimi, read as a confession of idolatry: the Quran says the messenger's sole duty is delivering the Quran, and adding Muhammad to the Shahadah distinguishes among messengers. Readers' letters follow, then a rebuttal of Muhammad Hamidullah's proposal to change the Quran's spelling, set against its mathematical code of 19.ICS

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