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Re: General: The Kedushah of the Koran

The Kollel replied*:
>>(a) Islam, according to the Rambam (Hilchos Ma'achalos Asuros
>>11:7), is a monotheistic religion.  

There are those who disagree with the Rambam (Chidushei ha'Ran,
Sanhedrin 54b) but the SHA"CH

(YD 129:25) rules in favor of the Rambam.  As such, the Koran cannot
be considered Sifrei Minim:

"Sifrei Minim" means that the writer of the book (even if it is a
Sefer Torah) is a bona fide idolater.<<

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Y. Zirkind asks:

Doesn't the Koran contradict the Nevu'ah of Moshe Rabeinu? If so,
doesn't that make it qualify as Sifrei

Minim?

Y. Zirkind
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The Kollel replies*:

The Rambam (Hilchos Teshuvah, 3:7) lists five types of people that
are classified as a Min and none of

them sound like a Muslim.  They are: 1) an aetheist, 2) a polytheist,
3) one who subscribes corporeality to

G-d, 4) one who believes that the basic matter of the universe always
existed and G-d only formed it into

its present form, 5) one who prays to an intermediary.  Therefore, I
don't think we can say that -

according to the Rambam - the Koran is Sifrei Minim.  

The Rambam defines someone who contradicts the prophecy of Moshe
Rabeinu as an Apikores (see the

next Halachah in the Rambam) not as a Min.

The Rambam's definition of a Min is in agreement with Rashi that
defines a Min as someone who is

thoroughly immersed (Aduk) in idol worship (Chulin 13b).

It should be noted, though, that the Ritva (Rosh haShanah, 17a) does
describe a Muslim as a Min even

though the Ritva says clearly elsewhere (Avodah Zarah, 57b) that they
are not at all idol worshippers.  I

am inclined to say that regarding our Halachah we would follow the
Rambam's and Rashi's definition of

Min.

Kol Tuv,
Yonasan Sigler  

*This is not a Psak Halachah


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