> islamic tradition regards jews as a legitimate community of believers in god (called "people of the book") legally entitled to sufferance. > however, the qur'an specifies that the land of israel is the homeland of the jewish people, that god himself gave that land to them as heritage and ordered > after world war i, the sharif of mecca, hussein bin ali and his son, the king feisal of hijaz and then of iraq, proclaimed pro-zionist views. > nephew of dona gracia mendes nasi, and an influential figure in the ottoman empire during the rules of both sultan suleiman i and his son selim ii. joseph nasi was a great benefactor of the jewish people. a court jew, he was appointed lord of tiberias, with the expressed aim of resettling jews in palestine and encouraging industry there. > later, he was appointed duke of naxos > he was the first person to attempt to settle jews in the cities of what was then ottoman palestine by practical means, as opposed to waiting for the messiah. nasi secured a grant giving ruling authority from the sultan > > jews fought side-by-side with saracen soldiers to defend jerusalem against the crusaders. saint louis university professor thomas f. madden, author of a concise history of the crusades, claims the "jewish defenders" of the city knew the rules of warfare and retreated to their synagogue to "prepare for death" since the crusaders had breached the outer walls. according to the muslim chronicle of ibn al-qalanisi, "the jews assembled in their synagogue, and the franks burned it over their heads." one modern-day source even claims the crusaders "[circled] the screaming, flame-tortured humanity singing 'christ we adore thee!' with their crusader crosses held high." umm. are we sure these people are actually fighting???
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