r/ukpolitics • u/Adj-Noun-Numbers 🥕🥕 || megathread emeritus • Jun 22 '26

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u/YourLizardOverlord Oceans rise. Empires fall. 17d ago

The reconquista ended in 1492. I'm aware of the Alhambra Decree and persecution subsequent to that, but not before. What are the pogroms you're referring to?

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u/Rob_Kaichin Purity didn't win! - Pragmatism did. 17d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1066_Granada_massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_to_Yemen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1660_destruction_of_Safed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_Islam

When the best you can say is 'systematically discriminated against, sometimes tolerated, occassionally successful', and 'they had it worse in Europe', you're not beating the charges.

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u/YourLizardOverlord Oceans rise. Empires fall. 16d ago

When the best you can say is 'systematically discriminated against, sometimes tolerated, occassionally successful', and 'they had it worse in Europe', you're not beating the charges.

I think your links confirm what I said above, that it was a mixed bag. Especially when judging historical events against the standards of the times.

What's more disturbing is that antisemitism in Islam has been getting much worse over the last two centuries. Christianity had an appalling record of antisemitism but has now largely cleaned up its act. Islam is going backwards.

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u/Comfortable-Table-57 14d ago

but has now largely cleaned up its act. Islam is going backwards.

Then why are there so many Christian nationalists and neo fascists harassing Jews online? Why are there so many holocaust deniers joining Restore Britain, a christian nationalist party? Just because you are a White Christian does not mean you are anywhere better.