To quote the article:

"Orientalism, as it applies to religious texts, takes the Qur’an and tries to understand it through the lens of how one might understand the Gospels. Although most people would acknowledge that a Jewish reading of the Hebrew Bible is very different than a Christian reading of the same text, that same understanding does not apply to Muslim interpretations of their own tradition. This mistake, and sense of superiority, blinds them to the rich debate about revelation that exists in Muslim traditions, and creates a type of armchair theologian who is willing to read a text out of context and give a definite meaning of the text for all Muslims at all times. The fact that few...

To quote the article:

"Orientalism, as it applies to religious texts, takes the Qur’an and tries to understand it through the lens of how one might understand the Gospels. Although most people would acknowledge that a Jewish reading of the Hebrew Bible is very different than a Christian reading of the same text, that same understanding does not apply to Muslim interpretations of their own tradition. This mistake, and sense of superiority, blinds them to the rich debate about revelation that exists in Muslim traditions, and creates a type of armchair theologian who is willing to read a text out of context and give a definite meaning of the text for all Muslims at all times. The fact that few of even the “experts” among these commentators have access to the Arabic text means that they are using someone else’s translation, which by definition is an interpretation. (For more detailed examples of this type of reader and representative text, please see this article)."