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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To correct the other guy, "before Israel existed" is wrong. It's before the Zionist project started. So you're looking at the 19th century and before.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Their quality of life under Muslim rule varied considerably in different periods, as did the attitudes of the rulers, government officials, the clergy, and the general population towards Jews, ranging from tolerance to persecution.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean yes, but what I'm trying to say is that antisemitism wasn't constant and came and went with time and place, like any other kind of xenophobia (or less so, because Jews and other people of the book are guaranteed civil rights in the Quran). Jews, as a rule, could live normal lives with no or minimal segregation under Muslim rule and the middle east was historically a safe haven for Jews fleeing persecution in Europe. It was, simply put, nothing like the region today or Europe historically.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Persecution in europe also wasn’t constant. It varied significantly as well.

In the best case Jews were second class citizens under Muslim rule. They had to pay a special tax, were forbidden to own horses or weapons, and wear special clothing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I mean you can look at this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_under_Muslim_rule

The Middle East was, as I said before, a safe haven for Jews who suffered from persecution in Europe for most of history. There were instances of persecution, but what was considered normal in Christian Europe was much more of an exception in the Muslim world.