Jews in the middle east???

Question

The Muslims say that the Jews are foreigners in the Middle East. That they need to return to Europe, where they came from.

Then how can they explain the contradiction in this situation where Muhammad encountered and defited Jewish tribes. And, in addtion, one of his wives was Jewish (from the same tribe that he defited)?

Can someone explain this contradiction, if Jewish people are from Europe only, how come they are mentioned as a tribe and from where was his Jewish Wife?

Serious answers (not slurs)

Answer 1

The "complaint" is that the overwhelming majority of Jews living in Israel are of European ancestry, not from the Middle East.

The fact is that Ashkenzim (European Jews) were brought from the ME to Rome as slaves, and ultimately settled trhoughout Europe, whereas the Jews that remained in the ME are the Sephardim. The ancestry IS common, so the complaint is really "they were kidnapped and enslaved, and didn't get their wrist's stamped for re-entry."

Answer 2

Look up the Diaspora. The Romans essentially kicked out the Jews from their old homeland and scattered them elsewhere. Most Jews ended up in Europe and only a very small fragment of Jews actually lived in the Middle East for a long time. The only significant rise in the Jewish population in the region came when the Jews of Spain were expelled from Iberia. The next wave of Jews came as Zionism gained momentum in the late 1800s. However, at this time, the vast majority of Jews lived in Europe. Thus, given that since the Diaspora Jews were primarilly based in Europe, its safe to say that Jews in the Middle East now are foreigners, since their relatives have been European-based for almost 1700 years.

Answer 3

because they are not looking for a rational reason. They are looking for an excuse.

To say that all Jews should go back to Europe first ignores as you said the fact most Jews in Israel are Sephardi and not from Europe. And second it shifts the responsibility on Europe instead of them.

Instead of actually trying to find a way for peace that allows for a Jewish state in the Middle East (something they cannot tolerate) it instead makes it Europe problem.

So when the Arab world is willing to let the state of Israel exist these augments will stop

Answer 4

A large number of European Jews went to Israel after it was founded post-WW2. It's not that there were no Jews in the Middle East prior to this, but the sentiment is probably based on this large influx.

It's not a perfect comparison, but a somewhat similar situation might be with the Irish and Eastern European immigration to the US in the late 19th century. There were immigrants from those places living in the US beforehand, but it was the sudden influx and the greater numbers that sparked widespread prejudice and discrimination against them.

Answer 5

The tribes of Judah and Benjamin remained in Isreal. (most of them) The remaining 10 tribes were all scattered. Thus, they(jJews) are the heirs to the land.The 10 "lost" tribes did migrate into Europe, and eventually all over the world.

Answer 6

The Jews are a Semitic people who were driven from their homeland by the Romans after the fall of the second temple. In general, they kept separate from the peoples they live amongst. By returning to what is now Israel they are coming home. The true, original Arabs were also a Semitic people. However, few of those who call themselves arabs today are of that genetic stock; they are descendants of people conquered by the arabs and took on arab customs and language. Those arabs who now refer to themselves as Palistinians today are probably true beduin arab stock, but they moved into the area only recently, as history goes. And they went from being a wandering nomadic people to village dwellers. They colonized Palistine but not to any great extent. No arab Palistinian state ever existed. The U.N. called for the partition of Palistine after WWII into jewish and arab states but only a jewish one was ever proclaimed. After the first arab-israeli war, Egypt and Jordon actually annexed territories that should have been part of this Palistinian state, something they (and Lebanon and Syria) had planned on doing to the whole of Palistine from the beginning. As to your other questions related to Muhammad: It is not unusual for a Moslem man to marry a non-Moslem woman. She does not have to change her religion. However, their children are raised Moslem.

Answer 7

They assume that the Arabs are actually from that area, and the Jews aren't . In fact, it is only the Lebanese, Egyptians and Jews who are from that particular area. Everybody else is from a warmongering conquering tribe of people from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran who invaded after their leaders told them to.

Answer 8

muslims will say anything that denies the right of israel to exist,and yes they are from that area long before any arabs were there,who built jerusalem?,massada?and all the other jewish places,in fact 3000 years ago there was no jordon no lebanon no palestine it was part of the earlier israel which also included parts of egypt and syria until the roman and arabs took it over .

Answer 9

Simply because mankind has a bad problem with keeping records in correct order and in correct terms.

Just a thought or maybe a past memory...

Answer 10

We are all Children of the Universe !
Peace be to the World