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It’s nearly universally accepted that al-Andalus, Spain during its seven centuries of Muslim rule, was a paradise of tolerance, mutual respect, and multiculturalism. Tuesday, however, was the 959th anniversary of a long-forgotten incident that shows not only that al-Andalus never was what its contemporary boosters claim it to have been, but also that Islamic antisemitism is not (as is often claimed today) simply a reaction to the alleged misdeeds of the State of Israel, but something much more deeply rooted and longer-lasting.
Islamic al-Andalus actually mandated in its laws the subjugation and second-class status of its two primary non-Muslim communities, Jews and Christians. Although Christian communities in Muslim Spain were a principal supply source for al-Andalus’ thriving slave trade, which provided slaves to the entire Islamic world, The History of Jihad makes it clear that Jews in al-Andalus sometimes had it even worse than Christians did.
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OLD GUY says
Islamic tolerance is only for the leaders of islam. Everyone else is subject to their whims and rules of the day.
Kepha says
As a history teacher, one of the things I cover in dhimmi status when Islamic culture is introduced.