Buddha said: "he who can tell a deliberate lie, there is no evil he is not capable of doing"
Islam was one of the world's great civilizations. It wasn't perfect but Jews thrived & Christians survived living under it
For example, when Jews were expelled from Catholic Spain, the Ottoman Sultan provided a home for many Spanish Jewish families
The "violent evil" in the world today, disguised as "Islam", has always been the tool of British & US Imperialism. Saudi Arabia, the home of modern Jihadism, is the ally of the USA, NATO, UK and partner in crime with Israel
The Spanish Jews (Sephardic Jews) were allowed to settle in the wealthier cities of the empire, especially in the European provinces (cities such as: Istanbul, Sarajevo, Salonica, Adrianople and Nicopolis), Western and Northern Anatolia (Bursa, Aydın, Tokat and Amasya), but also in the Mediterranean coastal regions (for example: Jerusalem, Safed, Damascus, Egypt). Izmir was not settled by Spanish Jews until later.[20] The Jewish population at Jerusalem increased from 70 families in 1488 to 1,500 at the beginning of the 16th century, while that of Safed increased from 300 to 2,000 families. Damascus had a Sephardic congregation of 500 families. Istanbul had a Jewish community of 30,000 individuals with 44 synagogues. Bayezid allowed the Jews to live on the banks of the Golden Horn.Egypt, especially Cairo, received a large number of the exiles, who soon out-numbered the pre-existing Musta'arabi Jews. Gradually, the chief center of the Sephardic Jews became Salonica, where the Spanish Jews soon outnumbered the pre-existing Jewish community In fact, the Sephardic Jews eclipsed and absorbed the Romaniot Jews, changing the culture and structure of Jewish communities in the Ottoman Empire. In the centuries that followed, the Ottomans reaped the benefits of the Jewish communities they adopted. In exchange for Jews contributing their talents for the benefit of the Empire, they would be rewarded well. Compared to European laws that restricted life for all Jews, this was a significant opportunity that drew Jews from across the Mediterranean
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histo...n_Empire#Influx_of_Sephardic_Jews_from_Iberia
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