Age Quote by Bernard Lewis

“So the myth that Jews belonged to a distinct and inferior race continued to grow throughout Europe. That myth gave individuals and governments a…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“In contrast to much of northern Europe, where Jews faced persecution, Spain was a haven. From the eighth century onward, Jews there prospered under…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“As dhimmi, Jews and Christians had rights, including the right to practice their religion and establish their own communities. In return, they had to…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“The practice of “tolerance,” in the sense of allowing people to dissent, did not of course exist in any part of Christian Europe in…

— Henry Kamen

In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was…

— Jack Schwartz

“Ferdinand III of Castile (who ruled his kingdom in northern Spain from 1230 to 1252) proudly declared himself “king of three religions.” Yet even…

— Phyllis Goldstein

One of the challenges that happened in Europe is that in accepting many Muslim people they didn't explain to them that those countries have…

— Mark Durie

“Bernard Lewis, a lifelong student of Jews and Islam and himself a Jew, reflected on the fourteen centuries of Jewish life under Islamic rule,…

— Martin Gilbert

The Christians and Jews can live side by side with the Muslims, as they did in the heart of Europe for over 800 years…

— Anjem Choudary

Golden Rule lies at the heart of every religious and of every ethical system of morality, it what makes us look at one another.…

— Karen Armstrong

The Golden Age of Secularism has passed.

— Jacques Berlinerblau

Equality is not in the natural order of things, and the crusade to make everyone equal in every respect (except before the law) is…

— Murray Rothbard