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A Controversial Subtext to Maimonides Epistle
Maimonides’ liberal attitude toward the Jew who was forcibly converted to Islam may have an interesting subtext. Some Jewish and Muslim scholars (see the Islamic Encyclopedia for the bibliography) think that Maimonides was forced to convert to Islam as a child. However, at the first opportunity to return to his faith, and returned he did.
The source for this claim derives from an accusation a Muslim visitor to Cairo from Fez, who allegedly remembered Maimonides as a Muslim when he lived in Morocco. Thirty years later, the Muslim acquaintance was…

The above was quoted from a Jewish interpretation:rabbimichaelsamuel.com/2010/02/…

Also the above quote is clearly biased to prove that Maimonides was forcibly converted to Islam. None of the primary sources explicitly say that he forcibly converted to Islam, as those who reported him as a Muslim viewed him to be an Islamic scholar(As Allan Nadler points out that he may be actually doing Taqqiya which the Jewish law allows to do)

@MoriDoweedhYaAgob There is enough proof to make it obvious that most of his works were deeply influenced by Islamic theology and doctrines

e.g: The 13 principles of Judaism never existed until Rambam got inspired from the 6 articles of Muslim faith . Even the Misnah was aimed to parallel the Hadith sciences but failed as he was unable to source the sayings in the misnah . Due to this inability to source his claims in the Misnah,Rambam was severly opposed by Rabbis of his time for trying to copy the Islamic methods and androgogy.

Mishneh Torah

The Mishneh Torah (, "Repetition of the Torah") subtitled Sefer Yad HaHazaka (ספר יד החזקה "Book of the Strong Hand,") is a code of Jewish religious law (Halakha) authored by Maimonides (Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, also known as RaMBaM or "Rambam"), one of history's foremost rabbis. The Mishneh Torah was compiled between 1170 and 1180 (4930-4940), while Maimonides was living in Egypt, and is regarded as Maimonides' magnum opus. Accordingly, later sources simply refer to the work as "Maimon", "Maimonides" or "RaMBaM", although Maimonides composed other works. Mishneh Torah consists of fourt...

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