Khandro - "... My post addressed the question in the OP; "Can anyone recommend a particularly good translation?", others have attempted an answer, you have not."
You're absolutely correct. I have not. The copy of the Koran that I posses is by Haleem. I use it in conjunction with various online Islamic sources.
Why do you ask? Interesting video link by the way.
Also, in your quoting of me you typed, "birdie; // take advice from a man who wholly embraces the concepts of............//". Why the apparent self-censorship? The remainder of my sentence was "... Kitman and Taqiyya." These are not dirty words to Muslims. They are concepts well known to, and embraced by them. They are just one of the many linguistic tools with which Islam is spread. One of the other tools being the redefining of everyday words to mean something quite different to the initiated so that they deliberately mislead the uninitiated. Words such as, "innocent", "freedom", "rape" and "slander" (to name just four) all have very different meanings when used within the context of the Islamic world-view. None of the Islamic definitions bear much resemblance to their English counterparts. Yet they and others are used by progressive Islamists to hoodwink the naive, largely good-natured non-muslims into believing that Islam is a harmless religion that is happy to integrate into whatever society it finds itself.
The reality is that nothing could be further from the truth. Islam doesn't "do" integration. It does passive aggressive insidiousness and when it reaches a critical mass in any particular society, it rapidly and ruthlessly takes control. It has happened many, many times before and it will happen again. It cannot be otherwise because it is written in the Koran. Mohammed (from his grave) instructs each and every one of his followers to impose a totalitarian Islamic regime on the entire world.
But don't take my word for it. Ask our resident Islamic scholar, "Keyplus". He has said on a number of occasions that Islam's goal is to rule and dominate the world. He's stated more than once that he can't wait for this to happen. Then people like you and me, Naomi, VE, et all, would be publicly executed for our beliefs while he and his other Islamic brethren grin like Cheshire Cats.