Jews and Muslims coexisted for centuries. Did Zionism tear them apart? | Rabbi Haim Sofer | Deja Vu

In a wider sense, it was the decline of Osmanlia that led to re-thinking among the various groups. When the Russians came close to taking Konstantinyye in 1877, it led to more groups starting to really think about a future without the Osmantoglus playing a major role.<br><br>The Yahudis were a group that understood when things fell apart, it could really get nasty. Therefore there was a shift towards an alternate ideology. Just as there was a rise in Turkish ethnic consciousness.

It’s colonialism and is as evil as every colonialism in history. Who propped up apartheid in South Africa? USA and Israel, right up to the end. Before the protests, Britain kept the apartheid colony funded and secure. All apartheid must be boycotted and shunned.

Some of the history mentioned here is real-but the problem begins when ancient history, established facts, personal memories, religious interpretations, and disputed allegations are presented as one unquestionable story. Jewish exile from ancient Babylon, the Roman destruction of the Second Temple, centuries of Jewish life in Muslim-ruled lands, the flourishing of Jewish culture in Al-Andalus, the 1492 expulsion, and the Palestinian displacement of 1948 are all documented historical subjects. But claims such as &quot;Zionists carried out all the Baghdad bombings,&quot; &quot;Yemeni children were kidnapped and sold worldwide,&quot; or &quot;Zionism invented antisemitism&quot; require separate evidence, they can&#39;t simply be treated as established facts. And one important point: Neturei Karta represents a particular anti-Zionist Jewish religious movement-not all Jews or all Jewish religious thought. So the basic rule is simple: ancient history is history, evidence is evidence, personal memory is personal memory, and political interpretation is political interpretation. Mixing all four together doesn&#39;t turn a narrative into a fact.

It seems that while faring better than in Christian lands, Jews did not feel integrated and safe in Muslim lands either. When we&#39;re the majority somewhere, it&#39;s easy to dismiss the issues, but the minority group notices. It does not lie that so many Jews left straight for Israel in 1948. No one would do this if they felt happy at home. <br><br>Conversely, of course, Zionist narratives completely distort history and put a sinister spin on everything Islamic, like the Dhimmi rules. They don&#39;t acknowledge how harmful Israel has been to our relations.<br><br>Another strange thing is how much Western Islamophobia has tacked itself onto Jewish perceptions. They&#39;re talking like we want to attack any Jew nearby and they KNOW that cannot be true with this record of coexistence. The way some Ashkenazis Jews can speak, you&#39;d think they are so weary of us and we have been out to get them since Islam was born, but they have no personal history in Islamic lands!<br><br>These are my thoughts before even starting the video. Thanks for the topic