Egyptian Intellectual: Scientific Reading of Quran Is a Great Delusion That Stems from Laziness

Egyptian intellectual and journalist Dr. Khaled Montaser, interviewed by Sky News Arabia on April 20, talked about the scientificmiraculous nature of the quran (i jaz), which he called a great delusion an anesthetic or a nice sedative for the Arabs and the In science, nothing is absolute, while the Arab individual is paralyzed and in need of reassurance, unable to do a thing without a fatwa from his cleric; consequently, he said, superstitions constitute a sweeping current in the Islam