Jews For Muhammad

From a religious stand point there is a bit of a problem with Muhammad's pedigree. To be a Jewish Messiah you have to be a descendant of the House of David. So unless you ASB away his ancestry he can only run for divinely anointed king of the Arabs. Now if you say that some Jews have to convert for it to fufill the OP but it doesn't have to maintain a Jewish identification then you can just paste on the Christian model and get a fair idea of what would happen.

I'm sure it could be thought that for example that Muhammad was the man most related to the House of David due to the rest of the line being extinct.

Well as has been previously stated they are called that because many are ethnically Jewish. In the long term as this Messianic Mohammedan group grows that is likely to cease to be the case. Much like Christianity.

Well Mohmadean Judaism would also be ethnically Jewish.
 

Philip

Donor
Um no. I recall something about the Navvare royal/noble family under Charlmenge being of the House of David.

It would not surprise me in the least if they claimed such. As for it actually being true, I doubt I could be more surprised.
 

Hashasheen

Banned
Did Muhammad claim to be a Messiah, I thought he was a prophet?
Never a Messiah. Best of the Prophets and the Last one, yes. There were a few heretical movements calling Ali God or his avatar, but even Ali didn't like them.
 
How plausible is it for there to be a Jewish sect proclaiming Muhammad to be the Messiah?
Quite plausible. You can go out and start right now (PoD in 5 minutes).

But how plausible is it that a significant number of people would follow this idea?
Tends to zero.
Beside the "Muhammad was not a Jew" issue:
You need a material number of Jews to join in the first place.
But the time when Judaism was actively expecting the appearance of the Messiah
is largely restricted to the time from the successful Maccabean revolt (~165 BC) until the
defeat of the Bar Kokhba revolt (136 AD).
The expansion of Christianity may also have contributed to the lack of popularity of Messianic ideas in Judaism.
So Mohammed was late for this role.
 

Philip

Donor
But the time when Judaism was actively expecting the appearance of the Messiah
is largely restricted to the time from the successful Maccabean revolt (~165 BC) until the
defeat of the Bar Kokhba revolt (136 AD).
I am not sure that is true. There were other Messianic 'candidates' around the time of Mohammad. Moses of Crete is my favorite, but Abu Isa had a bit more success.
 

Philip

Donor
Speaking of Shabbetai Tzevi (sp?), didn't he convert to Islam? Would/could he count?
Putting aside the question of whether or not he actually converted, not he doesn't count. He claimed that he was the messiah. He did not claim that Muhammad was the messiah.
 
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