“The culmination of the Crusades was the defeat of the Islamic dynasties that had ruled over the Iberian Peninsula for 700 years. Muslim rule had created tolerant, culturally mixed, vibrant cities, the most famous being Cordoba, Seville, and Granada. Jews had thrived in the new climate of cultural […]
This article – which originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post – gives a fascinating insight into the Jewish rejection of idolatry which leads to a bar on entering a church but permits Jews to enter a mosque. In its advocacy for monotheism, the Torah warns of the spiritual perils of idolatry. The legal question of […]
By David J Wasserstein, Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University. Islam saved Jewry. This is an unpopular, discomforting claim in the modern world. But it is a historical truth. The argument for it is double. First, in 570 CE, when the Prophet Mohammad was born, the Jews and […]
It’s become quite common to hear Christian apologists claiming that Islam is an anti-Semitic religion. This off course is yet another game of them trying to put the wool over the eyes of the audience, because if anyone wants to talk about anti-Semitism, one need not look further […]
by Omar Qayum “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” – John F. Kennedy The East End Madrassah (EEM), a Shi’ite Islamic Sunday school in Toronto, Canada, is under high scrutiny due to accusations of an anti-Semitic, violent and sexist curriculum. At the request […]
The Muslim Debate Initiative 