Language:
English
Year of publication:
1990
Titel der Quelle:
Mosaic; Jewish Student Journal
Angaben zur Quelle:
8 (1990) 19-30
Keywords:
Jews
;
Judaism Relations
;
Islam
;
Islam Relations
;
Judaism
Abstract:
Summarizes conflicting interpretations by historians whether the realities of Jewish-Muslim relations in Morocco were harsh or harmonious. Mentions the demeaning dhimmi status and frequent pogroms in the 19th-20th centuries. Advances a symbiotic thesis that similar folk customs showed that a common spiritual ground existed between Jews and Muslims. Examines the "Ziara, " a pilgrimage to tombs of saints where both Jew and Muslim are blessed, and the "Mimuna, " a spring festival which involved a high degree of Muslim-Jewish interaction. Concludes that Jews in Morocco enjoyed normal social and economic relations with their neighbors despite occasional antisemitism.
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