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To: gogogodzilla

And there still is the history that shows, in the past, that Jews were better treated in Islamic Spain and in the Ottoman Empire. Some of the most famous Jewish sages came from those areas. Most famously, being the Rambam (Maimonides).


You have got to be kidding. LOL

I know the rationale for the bigotry and the never ending thirst for revenge laid in history. But that obsession for revenge is keeping eyes focused on the past and not seeing what is in the works and unfolding right now. Tribalist hate and living in a cycle of revenge has a way of blinding people to current reality. Hate can always be rationalized but it’s nothing to be proud of.


20 posted on 04/21/2012 2:24:41 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: SaraJohnson

Believe what you will. Islamic Spain was a golden age for Jewry. Major philosophical works were written and new liturgy developed. Also, it was a time where, unlike the rest of Europe, individual Jews could work their way up in society... and did not live in fear of persecution.

As for the Ottomans, where to you think many European Jews fled to when Spain expelled all their Jews after the Reconquista (which, I might add, was not revoked until 1968, yes... 1968) and when the Spanish Inquisition kicked into high gear? As the Sultan of the time stated, “Ye call Ferdinand a wise king he who makes his land poor and ours rich!”

It wasn’t until the 18th century that the Ottoman empire became a place that wasn’t very welcoming for Jewry.


21 posted on 04/21/2012 9:55:24 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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