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 “scientific-miraculous“ nature of the quran (i’jaz), which he called a “great delusion“ - “an anesthetic or a nice sedative for the Arabs and the Muslims.“ 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