Jewish History in Islamic Countries

Because when we were kicked out of Catholic Spain in 1492,

when we were kicked out of Catholic Portugal, I think in 1503,

it was the Muslims that took the Jews in.

That's why there were Jewish communities in the Islamic

world until this very day.

The Jewish community of Istanbul dates from then.

It was specifically countries beyond the Ottoman Empire

where Jews were tolerated and they were welcomed in.

And they paid a jizya.

There was a poll tax they paid,

but they were never persecuted and there wasn't a holocaust in the Islamic world.