I fixed it and it was changed back to the false reading by someone else. I fixed it again and entered a comment on the discussion page. I'll probably be changed back again and I'll do it again. The issue is scholarship vs. some position that someone is trying to push forward that has no historical fact. "If Maimonides can convert then anyone can even if they decide to go back on it later" - Bullshit, especially as converting away from Islam is punishable by death.
> You can fix it. > They also have version control so you can see who changed it. > > On 2/22/06, Michael Dinowitz wrote: >> I was looking through Wikipedia for some terms to point out on the >> various "Muslims is good people" threads. Terms like Dhimmi and Hudna. >> We'll ignore those for now and get to what upset me. In the Dhimmi entry >> where it's speaking about the treatment of non-Muslims in Muslim lands, >> someone made a statement of historical inaccuracy. They said that >> Maimonides, the well known Jewish scholar, had accepted conversion to >> Islam when his city of Cordoba was conquered. It goes on to say that when >> he moved to Egypt, a friend of his said the conversion was void. >> This is supposed to show something and I don't know what. What it does >> show is false scholarship. When Cordoba was invaded in 1148, Maimonides >> was 13 and the Jews of the city were given a choice of conversion, exile >> or death. Maimonides, his family and most of the Jews chose exile. I'd >> really like to know where the false story of his conversion came from and >> why it was added. >> False scholarship irks me and Wikipedia, as a bastion of 'add your own >> scholarship' irks me to no end. Have we gone so far as to say everything >> is relative and nothing is true. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197865 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
