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Bucaille's writings have become not only a source of inspiration for them, but it also has become their principal source to confront the secularists who point out the various ambiguities, inconstancies and the unscientific nature that one could find scattered all over Qur'an.
In his book, Dr. Bucaille discusses the following main topics as revealed in the Qur'an
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If one reads Dr. Bucaille's discourse on these topics, it does not take much intelligence to note the twisted logic and his clever selection of only those verses that serve his purposes.There is not enough space in this short essay to deal with each and every aspect of Dr. Bucaille's topics.
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To say that the "water cycle" is something that is discovered by the Qur'an is simply laughable and reveals nothing but the real motive as to why Dr. Bucaille is so inclined in pleasing the Islamists.Let us look for some clues to this matter.
Dr. Bucaille was appointed the family physician of the late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia.King Faisal introduced him to the Islamic religion and its source, that is, the Qur'an and Hadith.At that time, Dr. Bucaille was a stereotyped westerner who had prejudicial ideas about Islam and the Qur'an.He was acutely aware of the perceived de-humanized face of Islam outside the Islamic world.This charlatan found a great opportunity to make good money out of this situation.He thought that if only he could please the Islamists by writing a few good things about Islam he can have a good share of the petro-dollar that was pouring in Saudi Arabia.This will be better than remaining as a lowly physician to the king.So he learned the Arabic language and started to study the Qur'an and wrote the book, "The Bible, The Qur'an and Science".Money—he did make and plenty of it.This is due to the fact that almost all the Islamic countries have translated his book in their languages and it is a must read book for the new Mullahs.Also, consider how much blessings he had received from all the oil rich Seikh doms.For all of these, he is deeply grateful to his paymaster, the Arabs.In fact, in the lengthy introduction part of his book he writes "The debt of gratitude I owe to the late King Faisal, whose memory I salute with deepest respect, is indeed very great: the fact that I was given signal honour of hearing him speak on Islam and was able to raise with him certain problems concerning the interpretation of the Qur'an in relation to science is very cherished memory.It was an extremely great privilege for me to have gathered so much precious information from him personally and those around him".
Dr. Bucaille's book leaves one with the impression that he (Dr. Bucaille) is convinced that Islam is the truest religion of all on earth and the Qur'an is indeed the words of Allah.Now when a person is so much convinced in a faith we naturally expect him to be a Muslim, isn't it?But Dr. Bucaille is not so stupid to follow this path.Having digested the Qur'an and the Hadith thoroughly he knew what fate awaits him (and his family) if ever he changes his mind on Islam (death for apostasy in Islam).He also realized that he could make more money if he does not convert to Islam.Therefore, until today, he is a Catholic.What bugs him to become a Muslim and follow the Qur'an, which he claims to be so divine and scientific?Being a man of science why does not he lend his ultimate allegiance to the scientific Qur'an?What answer the Islamists have for this enigma of Dr. Bucaille?
Qur'an has 114 Suras and thousands of verses.Why Dr. Bucaille deliberately chooses those verses that deal with a handful of natural phenomena?He very cleverly chooses to quote the following benign verses
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Dr. Bucaille writes that he could not find any verse in Qur'an that is against science.If we have to believe this blatant lie emanating from his pen, then
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When that happens (believe me, that would happened one of these days), how would they finance another Maurice Bucaille or Keith Moore?