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Mar 2022
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Who are the Quranists?

FILIP HOLM
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There is talk within the Muslim community (and outside) of the so-called "Quranists" or the movement "Quranism". In this episode I talk about, in very generalizing terms, what this term is referring to, and what its characteristics are.





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