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The list below is not complete. It contains only a small, small fraction of all attacks on Jews in the Arab/Muslim world from 620 AD (when islam was born) to present time. The tip of an iceberg so to speak. And generally it does not specify numbers of victims. There have been and are many, many more atrocities perpetrated against the Jewish people. The total number of Jews, murdered for their etnicity and their religion, from 2000 BC until today is unknown and it is difficult, if not impossible, to make even a very rough estimation. It is definitely more than 10 millions (if we include Jews murdered outside the muslim-world). It could be 15 millions. Or even more. Perhaps much more. The list shows that almost independent of when or where, Jews have been and are still targets of acts of violence and other types of persecutions and harassments. Not for what they have done, but because of what and who they are. The list shows the absolute necessity of a Jewish home land!!!
The list below does not include pogroms in the Moorish Spain/Portugal. There were many of them, although the Jews in this area during certain periods were comparatively well treated. But during other periods they were killed in the thousands. One such pogrom took place 1066 in Granada, when a muslim mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, cruzified the Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacred most of the Jewish population in the city (about 4000 persons).
Note! The following list does not include pogroms etc outside the muslim-world (e.g. Europe where the Holocaust is the worst example).
When people say that “but it didn’t start on 7-Oct-2023”, few of them know how true that is. And it has nothing to do with founding the State of Israel, or “occupation”, or settlements in the West Bank.
This is how the cartoonist imagines the massacre of one of Medina's Jewish tribes. Muhammad sits on his "throne" on the far right and enjoys the spectacle. After all, it was he who gave the order for them to be executed. This event is depicted in quite some detail in Muslim historiography and muslims are not ashamed, but rather proud of it. The wives and children of the murdered Jewish men were enforced to witness the massacre and the wives were then married off to a Muslim or became slaves together with the children. This massacre is also briefly mentioned in the Quran (Sura 33:26). Read more about this here (sök på ordet "Medina")!
The list of Arab atrocities against Jews is very long, going back to the ethnic cleansing of Jews from Mecca and Medina by Mohammed in 622 627 CE, as documented in the Koran. Jewish boys were publicly inspected for pubic hair. If they had any, they were executed (decapitated).
And since then (and these are only the major events):
629: 1st Alexandria Massacres, Egypt,
622 634: Extermination of the 14 Arabian Jewish tribes,
822 861: Islamic empire passes law that Jews must wear yellow stars, (a lot like Nazi Germany), Caliph al-Mutawakkil,
1106: Ali Ibn Yousef Ibn Tashifin of Merakesh decrees death penalty for any local Jew, including his Jewish physician and military general,
1033: 1st Fez Pogrom, Morocco,
1148: Almohadin of Morocco gives Jews the choice of converting to Islam, or expulsion,
1066: Granada Massacre, Muslim occupied Spain,
1165 1178: Jews nationwide were given the choice (under new constitution) convert to Islam or die, Yemen,
1165: Chief Rabbi of the Maghreb burnt alive. the Rambam flees for Egypt,
1220: Thousands of Jews killed by Muslims after being blamed for Mongol invasion, Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Egypt,
1270: Sultan Baibars of Egypt resolved to burn all the Jews, a ditch having been dug for that purpose; but at the last moment he repented, and instead exacted a heavy tribute, during the collection in which many perished,
1276: 2nd Fez Pogrom, Morocco,
1385: Khorasan Massacres, Iran,
1438: 1st Mellah Ghetto Massacres, North Africa,
1465: 3rd Fez Pogrom, Morocco (11 Jews left alive),
1517: 1st Safed Pogrom, Ottoman Palestine,
1517: 1st Hebron Pogrom, Ottoman Palestine and
1517: Marsa ibn Ghazi Massacre, Ottoman Libya,
1577: Passover Massacre, Ottoman empire,
1588 1629: Mahalay Pogroms, Iran,
1630 1700: Yemenite Jews were considered “impure” and thus forbidden to touch a Muslim or a Muslim’s food. They were forced to humble themselves before a Muslim, to walk to the left side, and greet him first.
They could not build houses higher than a Muslim’s or ride a camel or horse, and when riding on a mule or a donkey, they had to sit sideways. Upon entering the Muslim quarter, a Jew had to take off his foot-gear and walk barefoot. If attacked with stones or fists by Islamists a Jew was not allowed to defend himself. (anti-Zionist miss those days),
1660: 2nd Safed Pogrom, Ottoman Palestine,
1670: Mawza expulsion Yemen,
1679 1680: Sanaa Massacres, Yemen,
1747: Mashhad Massacres, Iran,
1785: Tripoli Pogrom, Ottoman Libya,
1790 92: Tetouan Pogrom. Morocco (Jews of Tetouan stripped naked, and lined up for radical Muslim perverts),
1800: New decree passed in Yemen, that Jews are forbidden to wear new clothing, or good clothing. Jews are forbidden to ride mules or donkeys, and were occasionally rounded up for long marches naked through the Roob al Khali dessert,
1805: 1st Algiers Pogrom, Ottoman Algeria,
1808: 1st Mellah Ghetto Massacres, North Africa,
1815: 2nd Algiers Pogrom, Ottoman Algeria,
1820: Sahalu Lobiant Massacres, Ottoman Syria,
1828: Baghdad Pogrom, Ottoman Iraq,
1830: 3rd Algiers Pogrom, Ottoman Algeria,
1830: Ethnic cleansing of Jews in Tabriz, Iran
1834: Safed Pogrom, Ottoman Palestine,
1834: 2nd Hebron Massacre. 12 Jews killed.
1834: Safed pogrom lasted 33 days. Many Jews raped and killed and all property plundered. 500 Torah scrolls were destroyed.
1839: Massacre of the Mashadi Jews, Iran,
1840: Damascus, ritual killings (Muslims, along with French Christians kidnapped, tortured, and killed Jewish Children for entertainment), Ottoman Syria,
1840: Blood libels introduced to the Muslim world from Europe,
1844: 1st Cairo Massacres, Ottoman Egypt,
1847: Dayr al-Qamar Pogrom, Ottoman Lebanon,
1847: Ethnic cleansing of the Jews in Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine,
1848: 1st Damascus Pogrom, Syria,
1850: 1st Aleppo Pogrom, Ottoman Syria,
1860: 2nd Damascus Pogrom, Ottoman Syria,
1862: 1st Beirut Pogrom, Ottoman Lebanon,
1866: Kuzguncuk Pogrom, Ottoman Turkey,
1867: Barfurush Massacre, Ottoman Turkey,
1868: Eyub Pogrom, Ottoman Turkey,
1869: Tunis Massacre, Ottoman Tunisia,
1869: Sfax Massacre, Ottoman Tunisia,
1864 1880: Marrakesh Massacre, Morocco,
1870: 2nd Alexandria Massacres, Ottoman Egypt,
1870: 1st Istanbul Pogrom, Ottoman Turkey,
1871: 1st Damanhur Massacres,Ottoman Egypt,
1872: Edrine Massacres, Ottoman Turkey,
1872: 1st Izmir Pogrom, Ottoman Turkey,
1873: 2nd Damanhur Massacres, Ottoman Egypt,
1874: 2nd Izmir Pogrom, Ottoman Turkey,
1874: 2nd Istanbul Pogrom, Ottoman Turkey,
1874: 2nd Beirut Pogrom,Ottoman Lebanon,
1875: 2nd Aleppo Pogrom, Ottoman Syria,
1875: Jerba Island Massacre, Ottoman Tunisia,
1877: 3rd Damanhur Massacres, Ottoman Egypt,
1877: Mansura Pogrom, Ottoman Egypt,
1882: Homs Massacre, Ottoman Syria,
1882: 3rd Alexandria Massacres, Ottoman Egypt,
1890: 2nd Cairo Massacres, Ottoman Egypt,
1890, 3rd Damascus Pogrom, Ottoman Syria,
1891: 4th Damanahur Massacres, Ottoman Egypt,
1897: Tripolitania killings,Ottoman Libya,
1903 1907: Taza & Settat, pogroms, Morocco,
1890: Tunis Massacres, Ottoman Tunisia,
1901 1902: 3rd Cairo Massacres, Ottoman Egypt,
1901 1907: 4th Alexandria Massacres, Ottoman Egypt,
1903: 1st Port Sa’id Massacres, Ottoman Egypt,
1903 1940: Pogroms of Taza and Settat, Morocco,
1907: Casablanca, pogrom, Morocco,
1908: 2nd Port Said Massacres,Ottoman Egypt,
1910: Shiraz blood libel,
1911: Shiraz Pogrom,
1912: 4th Fez, Pogrom, Morocco,
1917: Baghdadi Jewish Inquisition, Ottoman empire,
1918 1948: law passed making it illegal to raise an orphan Jewish, Yemen,
1920: Irbid Massacres: British mandate Palestine,
1920 1930: Arab riots, British mandate Palestine,
1921: 1st Jaffa riots, British mandate Palestine,
1922: Djerba Massacres, Tunisia,
1928: Ikhwan Masacres, Egypt, and British mandate Palestine,
1928: Jewish orphans sold into slavery, and forced to convert to Islam by Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen,
1929: 3rd Hebron Pogrom British mandate Palestine,
1929: 3rd Safed Pogrom, British mandate Palestine,
1933: 2nd Jaffa riots, British mandate Palestine,
1934: Thrace Pogroms, Turkey,
1934: 1st Farhud Massacres, Iraq,
1936 1939 Arab riots (400 Jews killed, 20,000 expelled from Jaffa, British mandate Palestine,
1936: 2nd Farhud Massacres, Iraq,
1941: 3rd Farhud Massacres, Iraq,
1942: Amin al-Husseini or Amin al-Husayni’s collaboration with the Nazis, plays a part in the final solution,
1942: Struma disaster, Turkey,
1942: Nile delta Pogroms, Egypt,
1938 1945: Arab collaboration with the Nazis,
1945: 4th Cairo Massacres, Egypt,
1945: Tripolitania Pogrom, Libya,
1947 Haifa Oil refinery massacre (39 jews killed)
1947: Aden Pogroms
1947: 3rd Aleppo Pogrom, Syria,
1948: Ben Yehuda Street bombing (58 jews killed)
1948: Jewish Agency truck bombing (12 Jews killed)
1948: “Emptying” of the Jewish quarter of Damascus, Syria,
1948: 1st Arab Israeli war (1 out of every 100 Jew was killed),
1948: Oujda & Jerada Pogroms, Morocco,
1948: 1st Libyan Inquisition of Jews,
1951: 2nd Libyan Inquisition of Jews,
1955: 3rd Istanbul Pogrom, Turkey,
1956: 1st Egyptian Inquisition of Jews,
1965: 5th Fez Pogrom, Morocco,
1967: 2nd Egyptian Inquisition of Jews,
1967: Tunis riots, Tunisia.
1968: Eilat 2 killed, 28 children injured in landmine attack on school bus
1968: Jerusalem car bombing of Mahaneh Yehuda market, 12 killed, 55 wounded
1969: Gaza 35 Arabs injured by grenade attacks by Palestinians in Gaza, Jabaliya, Kahn Yunis, Rafa, and Deir el Balah
1970: Avivim 12 killed, 19 injured (mostly children) in attack on school bus with three bazooka rockets
1972: Ben Gurion Airport Israeli forces storm a hijacked Belgian Sebena airliner at Ben Gurion Airport, 10 dead
1972: Ben Gurion Airport 3 weeks later, 26 killed (including 20 Puerto Ricans), 78 injured in attack with guns and grenades
1972: Munich Olympics massacre
1974: Qiryat Shemona 18 killed (including 8 children), 16 injured in attack on residential building
1974: Ma'alot massacre members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine) held 115 Israelis hostages (including 105 children) for 2 days, ending in the murders of 25 hostages, six other civilians (including 2 Israeli Arab) and 134 injured.
1976: Entebbe hijacking
1985: Achille Lauro hijacking
2000 2005: the Second Intifada 2000 2005, the murder of hundreds of israelis
2001: A Hamas terrorist blew himself up outside the Dolphinarium discotheque on the beach front in Tel Aviv killing 21 Israelis, 16 of whom were teenage girls
2001: Sbarro Pizza Parlor bombing
2002: Matza restaurant bombing in Haifa (21 civilians killed)
2003: Maxim restaurant bombing in Haifa
2023: Hamas-led attack on Israel. Around 2,900 Palestinian militants infiltrated Israel from Gaza using trucks, pickup trucks, motorcycles, bulldozers, speedboats, and powered paragliders. Around 1200 people (Jews and other nationalities) were killed and more than 3000 wounded, mainly civilians.
About the Author: Richard Najjar Navy Vet, LEO-Retired,DoD Manager-Iraq War, Current Teacher. Former LE Investigator, Retired1988 2013 Studied Criminal Justice & History at University of South Carolina Lives in Port Royal, SC1997 present