tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post6030717192856723778..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: A thoroughly-researched study by Sir Martin GilbertUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-82269596679421505902012-02-15T21:30:07.845+00:002012-02-15T21:30:07.845+00:00Thank you Mr Bataween for your answer unforunately...Thank you Mr Bataween for your answer unforunately confirming gloomy view. Proselitism to convert is as old as monotheism but after Christian diffusion it became a powerful tool in the hands of the power. On my side I discovered forced conversion and "progroms" are easily traceable since third century BC when modern notion of West did not exist.<br />Intestine and cruent struggles between Christians favoured Islam exceptional expansion and what it is sure is that Western influence did not made Middle East a better place. Yet a vision of a more tolerant Islam cultivated by some Jews as well was only a desperate illusion .andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666641765041353914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-22683305033372119642012-02-15T07:50:06.432+00:002012-02-15T07:50:06.432+00:00The answer to your question is no, the pogroms can...The answer to your question is no, the pogroms cannot all be blamed on the West. See<br />here<br />http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2011/01/massacre-of-jews-by-muslims-before-1948.html<br />This is not exhaustive, by any means. Sporadic pogroms were accompanied by continuous pressure to convert - see Maimonides' writing in the 12th c. <br />Muhammad certainly had no help from the West when he massacred the Jews of Arabia in the 7th c, and that is the template for the jihadists of today.bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-64072847102518613912012-02-13T20:07:20.748+00:002012-02-13T20:07:20.748+00:00I have still one question in my head : did progrom...I have still one question in my head : did progrom against Jews in Arab countries start after the turn of XIX/XX century ? Really ? If it is like that it seems reasonable to me to find a possible cause in western influence ( idea of race, of nation and National Socialism ). Otherwise maybe it is only question of missing of documented historical evidence that missed before XIX century.<br />i will buy this book anyway...andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03666641765041353914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-33788726223540205992012-02-08T15:59:11.355+00:002012-02-08T15:59:11.355+00:00I have that book (In Ishamel's House")and...I have that book (In Ishamel's House")and it is a monument.<br />Sir martin is Jewish like most of us and writes beautifully in a flowing ENglish as should be!<br />I encourage you to get hold of it.<br />sultana latifaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com