The Inimitable Quran
18th July 2008, 01:16 PM
Look what Western/Jewish Scholars say about Jews under Islamic rule....
Jews have been persecuted under Christian rule, secular rule and dictatorship. What about Islam? What was the reality of the Jews under Islamic rule?
An example of Christian oppression of the Jews was in Spain prior to Muslim arrival. One of the clauses in the text of the proceedings of 4th Council of Toledo (633 CE) states:
‘We decree that the sons and daughters of the Jews should be separated from the company of their parents in order that they should not become further entangled in their deviation, and entrusted either to monasteries or to Christian, God fearing men and women, in order that they should learn from their way of life to venerate the faith and, educated on better things, progress in their morals as well as their faith.’[1]
Zion Zohar, a modern Jewish scholar, had this to add to confirm the assertion made above:
‘Thus, when Muslims crossed the straits of Gibraltar from North Africa in 711 CE and invaded the Iberian Peninsula, Jews welcomed them as liberators from Christian Persecution’ [2]
“Islam is Anti-Semitic”. Sounds like a an outdated cliché to me.
[1] The Jews in the Legal Sources of the Early Middle Ages, edited by Amnon Linder, Wayne University Press, 1997, p.488.
[2] Zion Zohar, Sephardic & Mizrahi Jewry, New York, 2005, p. 8-9.
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Even in the Words of a Rabbi (in 1453):
After 1453 Jews were encourages to immigrate from Europe. A letter from one Rabbi to his persecuted brethren in Europe burns with the fervour of a Zionist immigration prospectus, urging settlement in the promised land:
Here in the land of the Turks we have nothing to complain of. We possess great fortunes; much gold and silver are in our hands. We are not oppressed with heavy taxes and our commerce is free and unhindered. Rich are the fruits of the earth. Everything is cheap and every one of us lives in peace and freedom...
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Jews have been persecuted under Christian rule, secular rule and dictatorship. What about Islam? What was the reality of the Jews under Islamic rule?
An example of Christian oppression of the Jews was in Spain prior to Muslim arrival. One of the clauses in the text of the proceedings of 4th Council of Toledo (633 CE) states:
‘We decree that the sons and daughters of the Jews should be separated from the company of their parents in order that they should not become further entangled in their deviation, and entrusted either to monasteries or to Christian, God fearing men and women, in order that they should learn from their way of life to venerate the faith and, educated on better things, progress in their morals as well as their faith.’[1]
Zion Zohar, a modern Jewish scholar, had this to add to confirm the assertion made above:
‘Thus, when Muslims crossed the straits of Gibraltar from North Africa in 711 CE and invaded the Iberian Peninsula, Jews welcomed them as liberators from Christian Persecution’ [2]
“Islam is Anti-Semitic”. Sounds like a an outdated cliché to me.
[1] The Jews in the Legal Sources of the Early Middle Ages, edited by Amnon Linder, Wayne University Press, 1997, p.488.
[2] Zion Zohar, Sephardic & Mizrahi Jewry, New York, 2005, p. 8-9.
Source: Click Here (http://hamzatzortzis.blogspot.com)
Even in the Words of a Rabbi (in 1453):
After 1453 Jews were encourages to immigrate from Europe. A letter from one Rabbi to his persecuted brethren in Europe burns with the fervour of a Zionist immigration prospectus, urging settlement in the promised land:
Here in the land of the Turks we have nothing to complain of. We possess great fortunes; much gold and silver are in our hands. We are not oppressed with heavy taxes and our commerce is free and unhindered. Rich are the fruits of the earth. Everything is cheap and every one of us lives in peace and freedom...
To read more click here (http://hamzatzortzis.blogspot.com)