Maimonides
In Our Time
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The Golden Age of Christianity, Islam and Judaism
He came from a family that was, we assume, relatively affluent professional family. His father was both a rabbinical leader, a doctor and so on. But by about the period of his ninth or ten, I think it was nine at the time, there had arisen to the south in Morocco, a more aggressive form of Islam. Andalusia is invaded, the city of Cordoba is itself taken. Under this movement, this al-Mohad movement, is really doesn't want to see either Jews or Christians living freely. They have a slogan, no synagogue, no church. At that point he and his family are faced with a choice,. whether to flee, whether to suffer martyr
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