TY  - JOUR
ID  - 2200
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/afnan_hatcher_islamic_scholarship
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins
T2  - 
JF  - Religion
JA  - 
A1  - Afnan,Muhammad
A1  - Hatcher,William S.
A2  - 
A3  - 
Y1  - 1985
Y2  - 
VL  - 15
IS  - 1
SP  - 29
EP  - 51
M2  - 
PB  - 
CY  - 
M1  - 
M3  - Articles
SN  -         
LA  - English
L3  - 
DO  - 
U1  - 
U2  - 
U3  - 
AB  - A critique of articles by Denis MacEoin, and a defense of Bahá'í interpretations of history vis-à-vis academic criticism.
N1  - See follow-up discussions of this at Debates between MacEoin et al., specifically MacEoin's Bábí Concept of Holy War and his article on 'Abdu'l-Bahá.  Also available as a proofread Word document, prepared by Mike Thomas.
C1  - 
KW  - Criticism and apologetics
KW  - Jihad (Holy war)
KW  - Nayriz, Iran
KW  - Qayyumul-Asma (book)
KW  - Scholarship
KW  - Shaykh Tabarsí siege
KW  - Zanjan, Iran
ER  -