[af_vet_rr]

Well the Persians at that was not Muslim.. I'm not sure which religion they where at the time..

Well, I think it gets into the Persian vs Arab thing (look into Iran's stance on changing the Persian Gulf to the Arab Gulf or whatever, you'll find a lot of hostility between Iran and the Arabs).

There were in fact Jews living in Persia at that time - quite a few. I want to say that the Persian leader depicted in '300' was married to a Jew. but I do know there was a Jewish presence back then.

[Sherman Logan]

At the time, just about all Jews lived in the Persian Empire. It's the time period of the biblical book of Esther.