I was responding to the text I quoted, not the full post π
The Koran and Torah yield similar results. I think that is the main reason why religions try, or have tried in the past, to restrict reading to a select few leaders and try to keep the propaganda to what they want it to mean at any given time in history.
Regarding the Koran, your statement is verifiably false. It was widely read and memorized by the masses so that a select few leaders couldn't control what they want it to mean.
Amazing story π«
Figured it out. Weirdly, knowing you solved it made me confident I could too, and I don't even know you π€
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I focused on the anomaly ignoring the rest, tried to see what possible rules could lead to it, then went back to see which rule also applied to the "non-anomalous" numbers.
India is the official name. I think Bharat or Hindustan is commonly used tho as folks speak in their local languages instead of English typically. I could be wrong. Worth noting that Hindustan would basically translate to "India" or Land of the Indus River.
Morocco (al-Maghrib "The West"), India (Bharat named after a legendary king), China (ZhΕngguΓ³ δΈε½ "Middle Country"). There are probably several more...
At first I thought they were a couple of worms that thought the lures were girls and they didn't notice the anglerfish at all.
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Not knowing the language is a problem which doesn't fully eliminate the issue, you're right, but it does eliminate the possibility of changing the written scriptures. As a result there will always be thinkers who can return to the original text and come to their own conclusions, challenging the prevailing thoughts of their region or era, something that has repeatedly occurred in Muslim history.