tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post8247809237470630855..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: Baghdad hangings commemoratedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-21427862019025158892015-01-29T12:53:57.545+00:002015-01-29T12:53:57.545+00:00I was living in the US at the time of the hangings...I was living in the US at the time of the hangings and recall my horror at the time. Shortly afterward I went to a lecture given by Ismail al-Farouqi, a former Arab official in the British mandatory govt of Israel, at a university in the USA where he taught comparative religion. I asked him about the hangings and how they squared with his claim of Arab tolerance, etc. He answered that: <br /><br />If we had wanted to kill off all the Jews, we could have done it in Muhammad's time. <br /><br />And this was a professor!!!Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-9301658400427782102015-01-28T16:27:58.510+00:002015-01-28T16:27:58.510+00:00I still remember reading the horrible news at the ...I still remember reading the horrible news at the age of 17, knowing very little about the conditions of Jews remaining in middle eastern countries, and being dumbfounded that this could have happened, and with so little response.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com