Question by ori c: why do arabs excuse their hate with existance of "zionism"- considering this list of masacres prior to zionism?
26 massacres in my list before 1897 (First Zionist Congress), and 12 after. Is that over a half?

Second, do the massacres in 1903 in Taza or 1907. In Casablanca really have to do with the First Zionist Congress in Bazel? Have any of the murderers ever heard of it? I doubt it.

Third, does "Zionist era" justify murdering innocent people?

In 1839, many Jews were massacred in Mashhad and survivors were forcibly converted. The Jews of Tabriz and Shiraz continued to practice Judaism in secret despite a fear of further persecutions. Jews of Barforush were forcibly converted in 1866; when they were allowed to revert to Judaism thanks to an intervention by the French and British ambassadors, a mob killed 18 Jews of Barforush, burning two of them alive

In 1910, the Jews of Shiraz were accused of ritually murdering a Muslim girl. Muslim dwellers of the city plundered the whole Jewish quarter. Twelve Jews, who tried to defend their property, were killed.

Driven by persecutions, thousands of Persian Jews emigrated to Palestine in the late 19th early 20th century. There they met Jews fleeing from similar persecution in Eastern Europe.

Here is a description of a disgusting ritual done to Persian Jews (recorded by a 19th century European traveler):

"At every public festival — even at the royal salaam [salute], before the Kings face — the Jews are collected, and a number of them are flung into the hauz or tank, that King and mob may be amused by seeing them crawl out half-drowned and covered with mud. The same kindly ceremony is witnessed whenever a provincial governor holds high festival: there are fireworks and Jews."

1790. Pogrom in Tetouan, Morocco. All Jews stripped naked, many women raped, most homes ransacked

1808. Mulay Suleiman orders Jews of Tetuan, Rabat, Sale, and Mogador into mellahs

1815. Jews of Mogador, Morocco ordered to pay sudden jizya poll-tax. Those who pay punched on the forehead after turning over coins, those who refuse thrown in dungeon

1830. Three quarters of Jews of Shiraz, Persia are converted to Islam by force

1830. Jews are massacred in Tabriz, Persia

1834. Suleika affair. Jewish woman from Tangier, Morocco refuses to convert and marry a high-ranking official. She is executed in Fez

1839. Jews of Meshhad, Persia are massacred. Survivors are forced to convert to Islam

1840. The Damascus Blood Libel. Father Thomas, a Franciscan superior, disappears. The French consul accuses a group of rabbis and other Jews of ritual murder and extracts a "confession" by torture in which one of the victims dies.
Others, including sixty children, are arrested and starved to convince their parents to confess. Pogroms follow throughout the Middle East. Sir Moses Montefiore, Adolphe Cremieux and Salomon Munk intervene on behalf of the Jews and the charges are dropped. Sultan Abdul Mejid issues a Firman against blood libels. He unconditionally releases nine survivors of the Damascus libel. Four had already died

1859. War starts between Morocco and Spain. Massacre and plunder of the Jewish community of Tetuan. About 400 killed, the rest flee

1863. British Jewish philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore visits Sultan Muhammad IV and requests equal rights for Jews. Sultan at first agrees, but after Montefiore's departure nullifies any change in status quo

1866. Jews of Barforush, Persia are forcibly converted, then allowed to revert to Judaism, then mob kills 18 Jews, burning two of them alive

1884-88. 307 Jews murdered over four years by Muslims in Morocco, yet no Muslims put on trial

1889. After anti-Jewish disturbances in Shiraz and Isfahan, Persia, new restrictions of food, dress, habits, inheritance, trade, etc. are put on Jews there

1903. 40 Jews killed by Muslims during riots in Taza, Morocco. More killed in Settat

1907. In Casablanca, Morocco 30 Jews killed, 200 women, girls and boys abducted, raped, then ransomed

1910. 12-year-old grandson of Fez's Rabbi Abensur abducted and forcibly converted to Islam

1910. Jews of Shiraz, Persia are accused of ritually murdering a Muslim girl. The whole Jewish quarter is plundered, the soldiers sent by the local governor to defend the Jews are the first to loot. Twelve Jews are killed, many others wounded

1912. Franco-Moroccan Treaty signed in Fez makes Morocco a French protectorate. Muslim rioters massacre 60 Jews in Fez, leave 10,000

1929. Hebron massacre. 67 Jews killed by Arabs in Hebron

1941. Farhood - a massive riot in Iraq. Pro-Nazi Arabs kill over 200 Jews, wound 2000 and destroy 900 houses

1946. Half of the 150 local Jews are murdered in Zanzur, Libya when Moslem instigators encourage the local population. The rioting spreads to small towns near Tripoli leaving a death toll of approximately 180 Jews and 9 synagogues destroyed. The local police and Arab soldiers join in the destruction and murder

Fun picture, isn't it? (sarcasm)

And why letup in massacres after 1954? Because there
(cont)...where no more jews to kill in arab/muslim countryes.

Best answer:

Answer by Michael B
All of this is well-known, in addition to the equally long and horrible history of persecution by Christians, who were just as eager to maim and kill people simply for going to the "wrong" church..

Luckily the Christians (or most of them) seem to have outgrown this sort of thing, leaving Islam alone to fight the fight. Perhaps one day they will grow up too.

One thing is certain: there is already too much hate and too many causes of conflict in this overcrowded world. We should be able, finally, to ditch the pretence that any one sect is in possession of the whole truth and on that account is allowed to rape, rob and torture at will.

In the long run, the world at large cannot afford to tolerate this sort of thing. By fair means or foul, it will be put an end to.

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