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  2. Judaism and abortion - Wikipedia

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    [51] NCJW has created resources that explain misconceptions, Hebrew scriptures, and Jewish support regarding Judaism and abortion and their work makes clear that abortion access is an issue of religious freedom. In their work, they advocate for reproductive justice for all people, including marginalized groups who are affected the most by ...

  3. Religion and abortion - Wikipedia

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    Many Orthodox Jews oppose abortion, except when it is necessary to save a woman's life (or, according to some, the woman's health). In Judaism, views on abortion draw primarily upon the legal and ethical teachings of the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the case-by-case decisions of responsa, and other rabbinic literature.

  4. Islam and abortion - Wikipedia

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    According to religious studies scholar Zahra Ayubi, historically, Muslim thought was more concerned with the topic of preservation of human life and safeguarding of the mother's life than with determining when life begins. [11] Several contemporary Muslim writers have also stated that pre-modern Islamic scholars were more tolerant of abortion. [12]

  5. History of abortion law debate - Wikipedia

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    Judaism and Islam also taught various forms of pre-existence of a soul created by God, but believed in only one earthly incarnation, and that the soul enters the body at conception. [ citation needed ] Plato believed that the pre-existent soul enters the body at first breath.

  6. Judeo-Islamic philosophies (800–1400) - Wikipedia

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    One of the most important early Jewish philosophers influenced by Islamic philosophy is Saadia Gaon (892–942). His most important work is Emunoth ve-Deoth (Book of Beliefs and Opinions). In this work Saadia treats of the questions that interested the Motekallamin so deeply—such as the creation of matter, the unity of God, the divine ...

  7. Muhammad's views on Jews - Wikipedia

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    The Islamic prophet Muhammad's views on Jews were formed through the contact he had with Jewish tribes living in and around Medina.His views on Jews include his theological teaching of them as People of the Book (Ahl al-Kitab or Talmid), his description of them as earlier receivers of Abrahamic revelation; and the failed political alliances between the Muslim and Jewish communities.

  8. History of the Jews under Muslim rule - Wikipedia

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    As noted, “The Hebrew language could not isolate itself from the cultural world in which it was located,” emphasizing the profound influence of Arab-Muslim culture on Jewish thought and literature. [22] Hebrew poetry of the period adopted Arabic meters, genres, and forms, granting Hebrew a new cultural status beyond its traditional use as a ...

  9. Musta'arabi Jews - Wikipedia

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    Musta'arabi Jews (Arabic: المستعربين al-Mustaʿribīn "Mozarabs"; Hebrew: מוּסְתערבים Mustaʿravim) were the Arabic-speaking Jews, largely Mizrahi Jews and Maghrebi Jews, who lived in the Middle East and North Africa prior to the arrival and integration of Ladino-speaking Sephardi Jews of the Iberian Peninsula, following their expulsion from Spain in 1492.