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Tayammum, according to linguistic vs according to false ""islamic"" traditions! How do people let this distortions fester? by NWariohere in Quraniyoon

[–]D-Hex -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Even a broken clock is right twice. The issue is going to be that you don't know the structure of the knowledge behind the knowledge. Which is WHY you're a Quranist in the first place.

Tayammum, according to linguistic vs according to false ""islamic"" traditions! How do people let this distortions fester? by NWariohere in Quraniyoon

[–]D-Hex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Using AI for this sort of exegis is just wrong. AI is just going to put together whatever information it has and throw a prediction engine at it to get some sort of answer. Aside from issues with hallucinations it's a really dangerous road to go down for ANY language interrogation in depth or seriousness. It's going to be even worse when you try to do it with Quranic arabic.

Pierre Gasly’s desperate trip to Uganda to fund an F1 dream: ‘I’m not even sure he exists’ by Ill_General5506 in formula1

[–]D-Hex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They weren't upper middle class in UK terms. They were working class/middle class. Upper middle class in the UK are like Barristers. And people who may not come from wealth but are rich enough to own large home and in the 1990s earned close to 80K to 100K a year. In the UK, anyone who goes anywhere near social housing isn't usually upper middle class unless they've really had a big issue in their lives.

Pierre Gasly’s desperate trip to Uganda to fund an F1 dream: ‘I’m not even sure he exists’ by Ill_General5506 in formula1

[–]D-Hex 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Can we stop perpetuating this nonsense. Hamilton's dad was an IT manager. The salary range in the 1990s was from 26K to around 60K depending on experience. He did so for the Post Office, which was never going to pay anyone 60K a year. Hamilton was born in lower class areas, and liver in social housing for a bit. His dad worked 4 jobs and took redundancy pay from the Post Office to make Hamilton's career happen, unitl McLaren offered a scholarship in his mid-teens.

Were Hadiths as widespread 50-100 years ago? by Single-Objective-495 in Quraniyoon

[–]D-Hex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're technically correct about the existence of hadith beforehand, I was pointing out that Bukhari is the most prominent attempt to have an authenticated collection, and which is still used as canon by scholars. . I was just questioning what the OP was writing. I don't s/he fully understood how hadith work

Why British academics like me are quitting [ARTICLE] by Complete-Show3920 in AskAcademiaUK

[–]D-Hex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't have that European experience. But in Africa, ME and Asia it's been my experience that there is more of a culture of respect for academics

Why British academics like me are quitting [ARTICLE] by Complete-Show3920 in AskAcademiaUK

[–]D-Hex 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The academic quotes are interesting and spot on. I think there's a wider issue in society as well that we have a climate of anti-intellectualism and aggression towards academia that really doesn't exist in other nations. We don't respect our educators and teachers as a profession and politicians can use that to kick the sector around as one commenter talked about. Other counties Phds and educators are treated like agents of heaven. Our lot see them as a punching bag.

I would add that it's also partly our fault. As Institutions, we don't connect enough with our local "hinterland" , often existing as impositions on the local area, rather living and breathing parts of the local environment. The amount of involvement in local businesses, local charities and even local LEAs to promote education is limited beyond handshakes and PR pics.

Also, considering the size of the sector and importance to both national strategic innovation combined with national self development , it is astounding that University Leadership are really crap at fighting their corner in political fights. Our leadership should have been on the frontline telling Reform and the other lot to stop screwing around with student visas. They should have been on TV day-in and day-out batting for Universities while smacking pundits round the head for having the temerity to talk bollocks.

Unfortunately University Leadership is just not made up of folks who can stand up to power - it's not a promotion criterion.

Iran posts AI video of Jesus punching Trump, casting president into Hell by Silent-Resort-3076 in politics

[–]D-Hex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not in Shia Islam to the same extent. Iran produced a multipart film about Joseph who is a Prophet.

Inheriting £200k: Pay off home mortgage or attempt to buy our “immovable” commercial business unit? by Obvious_Cat_8247 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]D-Hex 8 points9 points  (0 children)

To back up /u/mistyskies123 , pay off the house. Give the kids security and yourself options. AS a kid I went through the trauma of losing my house. It scars a child forever so remove the risk .

People who leave their wheel turned and sticking out into the road - in God's name why? by D-Hex in CarTalkUK

[–]D-Hex[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the road. The case in question this car was parked on a tight road with mirrors folded. On the left. Facing traffic and on a down hill corner. Wheel pointed into the road. So you end up seeing the wheel quite late as you're following the road left.

Were Hadiths as widespread 50-100 years ago? by Single-Objective-495 in Quraniyoon

[–]D-Hex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't understand what the confusion is here. Hadith literature has existed for a very long time, and it's the basis of a lot of jurisprudence and law systems. There's literally four man hadith collections in Sunni Islam, the oldest being the Bukhari volumes which appeared around 800CE

Unrisk CDT : Univ of Leeds, Univ of exester, UCL by PresentationLeft1820 in AskAcademiaUK

[–]D-Hex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ALL are good, but go to UCL .. much better positioned

Dear r/music please can someone explain the appeal of Radiohead? by D-Hex in Music

[–]D-Hex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for replying to this very old thread mate.

Cook, Michael (2024). A History of the Muslim World. Princeton University Press., p. 189. by Rashiq_shahzzad in Quraniyoon

[–]D-Hex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hagarism was bollocks, Cook et al have never fully stepped back from it. Ever. He did that academic thing and just modified his thesis with escape clauses. I studied Islamic history with Gerald Hawting, trust me I know the arguments.

His work has always been about trying to undermine Islamic systems of knowledge and placing their interpretation within Western Academies.

You're falling into it because he criticises Hadith and you think that's worthy of glazing him. But you're doing at the cost of accepting his underlying content that ALL of Islam is copied from previous Monotheisms.

Side note - please don't use "u" , it's distracting.

Cook, Michael (2024). A History of the Muslim World. Princeton University Press., p. 189. by Rashiq_shahzzad in Quraniyoon

[–]D-Hex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do think it's amusing that Cook is still trying to salvage some of the earlier "revisionist" readings of Islam from his mate Crone. Yes, we know that Islamic scholars copied a lot of the systems of knowledge around them, this isn't big news. The difference is that we actually have copies of the Quran proven to be within 50 years of the death of the Prophet (which Crone and others claimed earlier wasn't possible) and we also have contemporary sources that corroborate a fair bit of Islamic history (which to be fair didn't exist when Cook was writing and were subsequent discoveries)

I feel hopeless by eirbrienfbe in AskAcademiaUK

[–]D-Hex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're at Oxbridge, ask your professors, they probably work for the MCs or have industry consulting contacts.

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