You are not getting my point. I am not defending Islam here and I am not saying that Islam is tolerant of Jews or other religions. What I am saying is, technically, a Muslim state cannot kill somebody for being a Jew. It has been done but that does not mean that Islam allows it. As a result of this, for most of history, Muslim states have been more tolerant of Jews than the west, and I would much rather have been a Jew in a Muslim state than an idolator.
Got your point aliadiere & I agree with it. Muhammad indeed preached more tolerance towards the Jews than Medieval Christians' displayed-although he was far less tolerant of Judaism & Christianity than the Meccan Arab society he was born into.
As for Muslim antipathy towards Jews being caused due to Israel , I accept that there was a historical injustice done to the Muslims of Israel, who lost their lands 60 years ago. However, I think the Muslim ummah also needs to be more objective towards all faiths. After all, 60 years ago Pakistan & Bangladesh were also created from British colonial states-which lead to the deaths & displacements of far more people than the creation of Israel did. Just like Israel was created as a Jewish state, Pakistan & Bangladesh were created as Muslim states. The non Muslims who lost their loved ones & their lands in erstwhile Bangladesh adjusted to the loss, moved on & there's been not a single suicide attack or terrorist attack in Pak or Bangladesh by the non Muslims who suffered losses there. Terrorists attacks in Pakistan are regular occurences, but also done by Muslims. In the Mumbai terror attack,Islamist terrorists from Pakistan also went into the only Jewish Centre in the city-the Chabad House & slaughtered 5 Jews living there including a Rabbi & his pregnant wife.
Much of this Muslim hatred towards Jews is also explicitly a product of their faith & caused by the doctrines of their faith. For Muslims are taught
that Jews are tolerable but unequal to them, they can be made to pay the jizya tax, made to feel subservient to Muslims, but they can't claim equalityThus, for the Muslim terrorists from Pakistan, or the larger Ummah-its prefectly allright to steal land from the idolaters, kill those who resist-coz they are actually meant to be slaughtered anyway- & create a separate state in Pakistan.However, its an intolerable outrage if a Non Muslim kuffar like a Jew-who's only given protection as a "protected faith" dares to take any land from any member of the Ummah. Then its perfectly allright for Muslims, like the Pakistani Muslim terrorists to avenge the outrage against Jews in any part of the world-even Jews in Mumbai.
The cause of increased Jewish Muslim tension certainly owes a great deal to the creation of Israel & its devastating consequences for Palestinian Muslims, but it owes as much, if not more to the Muslim belief, enshrined in the Quran, that they're chosen people & while its allright for them to
conquer lands for propagating Islam & suppress other faiths, its a grevious wrong for any other faith to deprive them of any inch of their lands.
Muslim land is "Dar ul Islam" or House of Islam & Kaffir land is "Dar ul Harb" or House of War. No territory once added to Islam can ever be relinquished, which is a large reason why the Palestinian Muslims couldn't forget & move on, like the non Muslims expelled from Pakistan could easily do. Similarly, no mind, once added to Islam, could be relinquished-which is where Muslim hatred towards apostates spring from.
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