Editing Maxime Rodinson (section)

===Syria and Lebanon (1940–1947)===
In 1940, after the beginning of the [[Second World War]], Rodinson was appointed to the French Institute in [[Damascus]]. His subsequent stay in Lebanon and Syria allowed him to escape the [[persecution of Jews]] in [[Vichy France|occupied France]] and extend his knowledge of Islam. His parents were murdered in [[Auschwitz]] in 1943. Rodinson spent most of the next seven years in Lebanon, six as a civil servant in [[Beirut]] and six months teaching in [[Sidon]] at the Maqasid{{dubious|Means what? As in WP article on maqasid? So an Islamic school?!!|date=March 2016}} high school.<ref name = "Young">{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Young |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2004/May-27/95172-some-thoughts-on-the-death-of-anti-marxist-maxime-rodinson.ashx |title=Some thoughts on the death of 'anti-Marxist' Maxime Rodinson |work=[[The Daily Star (Lebanon)|The Daily Star]] |date=27 May 2004 }}</ref>