princeton is the only university which has the balls to approach the quran and islamic studies with something of less than an obsequious attitude.

everywhere else, the quran is considered the highest form of arabic writing. which is actually a "proof" of its divine inspiration. reality is, though, it is full of grammatical errors, and line endings that do not rhyme (in any other literature, but they aren't considered incorrect in the quran, because they are "quranic" grammatical structures and rhymes.)

for example (which i have made up, purely illustration purposes), "-an" and "-am" don't actually rhyme. however, if used in the quran (and not any other literature) it counts as a rhyme.

the end point is this: the quran is best literature because every generation is bludgeoned/brainwashed into saying it is, but there is no actual critique of it, because you can't critique the quran (and live to see tomorrow).

gladiator, have you figured out who the caliph is? if you haven't, i'd really suggest it, before you give advice to East on Islam, which it is clear he has looked into more.

discussion and free speech annoy you?