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The Koran is the fundamental foundation of Muslim society. Thus we need to look at precisely what the Koran says about Jews to fully understand modern attitudes. Many modern Muslims take the Koran as the literal and perfect word of God so Koranic references are very important. It is useful to look at Arab attitudes toward the Jews both in historical times and in the modern era (19th and early 20th century) before the conflict in Palestine became pronounced. One important aspect to bear in mind is that the Jews since the Islamic era (7th century) have been a small minority in Aran countries without political power. The Arabs thus for centuries were the dominant power and even after conquest by the Ottomans, the Islamic religion was dominant. Thus while there was a varying spirit of toleration, there was no tradition in the Arab world of accepting Jews on a basis of equality, either morally or before the law. Until World War I, most of the Arab world was a colonial dependency or protectorate of either the Ottoman or different European powers. It is useful to look at what Arab political or religious leaders had to say about the Jews as well as what Jews had to say about the Arabs.
The Koran is the fundamental foundation of Muslim society. Thus we need to look at precisely what the Koran says about Jews to fully understand modern attitudes. Many modern Muslims take the Koran as the literal and perfect word of God so Koranic references are very important.
It is useful to look at Arab attitudes toward the Jews both in historical times and in the modern era (19th and early 20th century) before the conflict in Palestine became pronounced. One important aspect to bear in mind is that the Jews since the Islamic era (7th century) have been a small minority in Arab countries without political power. The Arabs thus for centuries were the dominant power and even after conquest by the Ottomans, the Islamic religion was dominant. Thus while there was a varying spirit of toleration, there was no tradition in the Arab world of accepting Jews on a basis of equality, either morally or before the law. Until World War I, most of the Arab world was a colonial dependency or protectorate of either the Ottoman or different European powers. It is useful to look at what Arab political or religious leaders had to say about the Jews.
We also want to look at shat what Jews had to say about the Arabs.
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