The Qur’an mentions in several verses that the full, absolute truth regarding disputed religious matters, and one’s true actions will only be fully revealed after death, on the Day of Judgment (Qiyamah). “Then to your Lord shall you return, and He will inform you of that over which you differed.” (5:48, 6:164, 32:25). 

So, no human being knows the absolute truth. What counts most is not deep religious truth, but how kind a person is to strangers. As Prophet Micah said “Three things the Lord requires of us; do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God.  (Micah 6:1-8)

GITIT HOLZMAN, in a paper presenting the unique philosophy of Rabbi Moshe Ben Joshua of Narbonne (d. 1362), known as Moshe Narboniand; and the Muslim Philosopher Ibn Rushd who was sympathetic to the problematic situation of philosophers, who had to spend their lives within societies whose members were not philosophically trained, for the general public is only able to grasp philosophical knowledge in its popular adaptation, in the manner it was presented by the religious tradition, to which it belonged. 

The Muslim Ibn Rushd encouraged philosophers to consciously choose a religion which would be most beneficial to them, since there was no real difference between religions; it was only historical circumstances which caused them to reach their golden era in different periods; in his words: he is under the obligation to choose the best religion of his period, even when they are all equally true for him, and he must believe that the best will be abrogated by the introduction of a still better. 

Therefore the learned who were instructing the people in Alexandria became Muslims  when Islam reached them, and the learned in the Roman Empire became Christians when the religion of Jesus was instructed there. And nobody doubts that among the Israelites there were many learned men, and this is apparent from the many books which are found amongst the Israelites and which are attributed to Prophet Solomon.

Ibn Rushd explained that the different religions share the same basic beliefs, goals and means. They all teach the existence of God and hold the doctrine of life after death. They address both the common people and the intellectuals, aiming at........

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