Has the Chief Rabbi of Yemen become a Muslim? The mind boggles at this statement which appeared in the Arabic newspaper Al-Thawra on 27 July.(With thanks: Kyle, and to Iraqijews for summarising it).
The Chief Rabbi of Yemenite Jewry Yahia Ben Yaish Ben Yahia says that he has a 54- part Torah scroll more than 500 years old which he inherited from his father. He claims that the scroll mentions the prophecy of the prophet Muhammad - the same as is written in the Koran. He says that he believes in Muhammad as much as he believes in Moses and in other prophets of God.
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it's an article in the arab press, which also routinely claims that presidents and celebrities converted to islam on their deathbeds
ReplyDeleteany person can make such a claim but when your living among hostile followers of another religion and could possibly face death!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteyour going to satisfy the residents.