“Knowing this is of no benefit, but ignorance of this is harmless” by Shukri Seytumerov

“…Among those who converted to Islam were also scholars who know the Torah and the Gospel. …”
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AKIL RİSALELERİ GELENEĞİ VE BU GELENEK İÇİNDE EBÜ’L-BEREKÂT EL-BAĞDÂDÎ’NİN AKIL RİSALESİ by Ferruh Özpilavcı

“…One of the most remarkable examples in this tradition of treatises of intellect was presented by Abu’l-Barakât al-Baghdâdî, the philosopher with Jewish origin but converted to Islam and well-known with his considerable critiques to peripatetic philosophy, in his treatise in which he tried to reconcile the religious, theological and philosophical views on the intellect in the light of the verses of Koran and hadith. …”
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The First Governor of Mecca: ʿAttāb b. Asīd, His Life and Political Activities by Ümit Eskin

“…He was chosen as the governor of Mecca at a young age when he had just converted to Islam. The appointment of one of the young people of Ḳurays̲h̲ as a leader rather than the prominent Companions while disregarding the question of tribe affiliation is a factor that should be carefully examined. …”
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Persistent Gender and Racial Hierarchies: Marriage Migration and Mixedness in Morocco from the French Protectorate to the Present by Catherine Therrien, Catherine Phipps

“…Today the Moroccan family law (Mudawana) states that a foreign man has to convert to Islam if he wishes to marry a Moroccan Muslim woman. …”
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