tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post634297635181141492..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: This Week on Nothing LeftMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-63243580809426916722018-07-10T18:49:58.215-07:002018-07-10T18:49:58.215-07:00“The conquests of Islam made Jews the subjects of ...“The conquests of Islam made Jews the subjects of Arab and Muslim rulers in a wide swath of land, stretching from the Atlantic coast of Morocco to the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan. Being non-Muslims, these Jews held the inferior status of <i>dhimmi</i>, which, despite giving them protection to worship according to their own faith, subjected them to many vexatious and humiliating restrictions in their daily lives.”<br /><br /><b>SOURCE:</b> <i>In Ishmael’s House: A History of Jews in Muslim Lands</i> (introduction chapter, page xx) by Martin Gilbert, year 2010, published by Yale University Press<br /><br />---------------------------------------<br />“In the 5th century [of the Common Era] Yemen [the land immediately south of Saudi Arabia] adopted Judaism as its religion. King Ab Karib Asad, the ruler of the Himyarite kingdom, introduced the change after converting to Judaism himself under the influence of Jews at his court. Many south Arabian converts to Judaism followed. Jewish rule in Yemen lasted almost 100 years.”<br /><br /><b>SOURCE:</b> <i>In Ishmael’s House: A History of Jews in Muslim Lands</i> (chapter 1, page 5) by Martin Gilbert, year 2010, published by Yale University Press<br /><br />---------------------------------------<br />“Internal Koranic evidence shows that the Jews of Medina [a city now in Saudi Arabia] were steeped in rabbinical tradition. While celebrating him [Mohammed] as an unlearned person, the <i>hadith</i> [Islamic holy books] acknowledges that Mohammed was confounded by the learned questions of these Jews.”<br /><br /><b>SOURCE:</b> <i>In Ishmael’s House: A History of Jews in Muslim Lands</i> (chapter 2, page 13) by Martin Gilbert, year 2010 CE, published by Yale University Press<br /><br />---------------------------------------<br /><b><i>Who are the Palestinians?</i></b><br />https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2018/06/who-are-palestinians.html<br /><br />---------------------------------------<br /><b><i>How Torah Can Defeat Terrorism</i>:</b><br />https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2017/08/defeat-terror-with-torah.html<br /><br />---------------------------------------<br /><b>NEW: <i>Basic Middle East Facts</i>:</b><br />https://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2018/04/basic-middle-east-facts.htmlMr. Cohenhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/DerechEmet/noreply@blogger.com