Judaism
The history of the Jews in Kuwait is connected to the history of the Jews in Iraq. In the 1920s, there was an exodus of Jews out of Kuwait to Baghdad because of the Jewish-friendly King Faisal the First who rose to power there. These were largely "Babylonian Jews" who have existed in the region for centuries, and have helped greatly in the economic development of Kuwait, Baghdad and the surrounding regions throughout the 19th-century. Today, there are no Jewish Kuwaiti citizens.
The Kuwaiti government is more tolerant of Christians and Jews than many of it's Arab and Muslim neighbors. In the new city of Madinat al-Hareer, a Jewish synagogue will be included in the landmark skyscraper together with a mosque and a Christian church.
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