History Of The Jews Under Muslim Rule
Aside the regions of Israel and Judea Jews have lived in the Middle East at least since the Babylonian Captivity (597 BCE), about 2,600 years ago.
After the expansion of Islam into the Middle East from the Arabian Peninsula, Jews, along with Christians and Zoroastrians, typically had the legal status of dhimmi. As such, they were accorded certain rights and generally not persecuted for their religious beliefs, unlike many other parts of Medieval Europe, but were not accorded equality of rights with Muslims.
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