Spiritual Pollution Quotes

At the time, most Muslims and Jews of Andalusia lived together very amicably. Ibn Hazm was a brilliant scholar of philosophy, law, theology, and science and the leading Islamic intellectual of Andalusia. However, he had one major rival, a Jew named Samuel ibn Naghrela who was just as brilliant a scholar, but also one of the best military leaders, and physicians of the kingdom. (See {623786} & {623774}) Ibn Hazm was very jealous and tried to turn the Muslim Berber King Habbus al-Muzaffar against ibn Naghrela and other Jews. The king however made Samuel ibn Naghrela his hajib (prime minister / vizier) of Grenada in 1037. He was also made military commander and excelled at both areas while continuing his scholarly activity. Samuel ibn Naghrela held his political and military positions for 17 years and both these intellectuals wrote brilliant books in several field which added to the reputation of this era as the Golden Age of Islamic Spain.

Manava Dharma Shastra. The Hindu religion is one of the few that religiously institutionalizes inequality amongst people—even in modern times. This “caste system” places people in classes—castes—into which they are born. No matter what their behavior they cannot move to a different caste. The Indian government has outlawed the caste system, but none-the-less it is still observed by most Indians. It is the total opposite to a meritocracy. There can be no social mobility in this life. The Hindus believe in reincarnation, where when a person dies, the soul is reborn in another body—another human or an animal. If a person has led a good life within his caste, he will come back as a higher caste; if not, a lower cast or an animal. This text is a part of the Hindu Holy Texts. Hindus believe that Manu was a prophet whose text is revealed or inspired.