http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/2010/02/did-maimonides-convert-to-islam-in-his-youth/ Unorthodox Jewish reflections on the issues of our day Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/2010/02/did-maimonides-convert-to-islam-in-his-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-114 admin Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:03:28 +0000 http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/?p=2646#comment-114 I wondered about that too, but I suspect the French Jews feared the worst from the Muslim armies living next store to them in Spain. Anthropologists observe that religious communities build force-fields within their world to keep the outsiders away. For the insiders, the message is no less clear; If you stray--you pay, i.e., the faith community will treat you like someone who is "dead." I wondered about that too, but I suspect the French Jews feared the worst from the Muslim armies living next store to them in Spain. Anthropologists observe that religious communities build force-fields within their world to keep the outsiders away. For the insiders, the message is no less clear; If you stray–you pay, i.e., the faith community will treat you like someone who is “dead.”

]]> http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/2010/02/did-maimonides-convert-to-islam-in-his-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Joseph Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:26:26 +0000 http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/?p=2646#comment-112 Nobody says islam is Idol Worship! No one takes the side of that rabbi in this debate! Nobody says islam is Idol Worship! No one takes the side of that rabbi in this debate!

]]> http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/2010/02/did-maimonides-convert-to-islam-in-his-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Yochanan Lavie Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:58:51 +0000 http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/?p=2646#comment-111 Some Muslims revere Musa ibn Mamun (Maimonides) because they think he was a great Muslim philosopher! Some Muslims revere Musa ibn Mamun (Maimonides) because they think he was a great Muslim philosopher!

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