Have there been any attacks against Muslims by Jews which replicate what the Palestinian Muslims did to the Jews October 7th. Where there any atrocities against Jews by Muslims since creation of Islam by Mohammed.
Have there been any attacks against Muslims by Jews which replicate what the Palestinian Muslims did to the Jews October 7th?
**No.** There has never been an attack by Jews or Israelis against Muslims (Palestinians, Arabs, or others) that replicates the specific horrors of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led assault on Israel.
To be precise about what October 7 entailed (based on extensive documentation from multiple sources, including Israeli, international, and even some Palestinian accounts): Approximately 1,500 Hamas and allied militants launched a coordinated, surprise multi-front invasion from Gaza. They breached the border, attacked 21 civilian communities and a music festival (Nova), deliberately massacred ~1,200 people (mostly civilians, including 36+ children and foreign nationals), committed widespread rape, sexual violence, mutilation, beheadings, and burning families alive in their homes. They took 251 hostages (many later executed or abused), filmed and live-streamed the atrocities for propaganda and celebration, and fired thousands of rockets. It was explicitly designed as an act of terror against civilians, with ideological glorification.
### Closest Historical Incidents by Jewish/Israeli Actors – None Match
Here are the incidents most often cited by critics as potential "equivalents," but they differ fundamentally in intent, scale, methods, and context:
- **Deir Yassin (April 1948, pre-state Israel War of Independence)**: Irgun and Lehi paramilitaries (Jewish underground groups) attacked a village near Jerusalem during fighting. ~100–120 Palestinians (including civilians) were killed amid house-to-house combat. Reports of atrocities (executions, possible rapes) exist, but it was not a surprise raid on undefended civilians far from battle lines, involved no mass sexual violence or mutilation on Oct 7 scale, no hostages paraded for glory, and no festival-style massacre. The mainstream Jewish Haganah condemned it, and it occurred in the midst of a war launched by Arab states against the nascent Jewish state. Scale: far smaller.
- **Sabra and Shatila (September 1982, Lebanon War)**: Lebanese Christian Phalangist militias (not Israeli or Jewish forces) massacred 800–3,500 Palestinians and Lebanese in refugee camps. Israeli troops surrounded the area but allowed the Phalangists entry (after their leader's assassination). Israelis did not perpetrate the killings; an Israeli commission found indirect responsibility for failing to prevent it. Not a Jewish attack, and tactics were revenge-driven by the Phalangists themselves (linked to prior Palestinian massacres of Christians, like Damour). No replication of Oct 7's coordinated civilian hunting, rapes filmed, etc.
- **Cave of the Patriarchs / Hebron mosque massacre (February 1994)**: Lone Israeli settler extremist Baruch Goldstein (Kach movement) entered a mosque and shot 29 Muslim worshippers dead, wounding 125. He acted alone; Israel condemned it, stripped his movement of legality, and he was beaten to death at the scene. No coordination, no invasion of communities, no rapes/mutilations/hostages, no celebration by a group. Israel responded with crackdowns on settlers.
- **Other 1948 Nakba incidents** (e.g., Lydda, Tantura, Saliha): During the Arab-initiated war, some villages saw dozens to low hundreds killed in combat, expulsions, or reprisals. These were wartime tragedies with disputed details, but none involved deliberate mass civilian slaughter at a festival, systematic sexual atrocities broadcast live, or hostage-taking for propaganda. Total Palestinian deaths in 1948 were tragic (~10,000–15,000 combatants and civilians across all causes), but in the context of invading Arab armies vs. Jewish forces fighting for survival.
- **Post-1948 Israeli military operations** (Gaza wars, Lebanon, Intifadas, etc.): These have caused civilian deaths—sometimes in high numbers, with credible allegations of disproportionate force or errors investigated by Israel and international bodies. However, they are responses to prior attacks (rockets, suicide bombings, Oct 7 itself). Tactics involve airstrikes, ground operations against militants embedded among civilians—not paraglider raids into kibbutzim to butcher families and festival-goers while filming glory. Israel uses warnings (roof-knocking, leaflets) and faces domestic/international scrutiny; it does not celebrate civilian deaths. No equivalent to Oct 7's sadistic, celebratory civilian targeting.
### Key Differences
- **Scale and intent**: Oct 7 was the deadliest single-day attack on Jews since the Holocaust, explicitly aimed at maximum civilian horror with ideological roots in eliminationism. Jewish/Israeli actions have never matched this in deliberate civilian focus or barbarity.
- **Glorification vs. accountability**: Hamas and supporters celebrated Oct 7 with videos and parades. Israel prosecutes its own extremists (e.g., Goldstein's ideology is fringe and illegal) and investigates incidents.
- **Context**: Many cited incidents occurred during defensive wars started by Arab states or groups. No Jewish equivalent exists to the centuries-long pattern of pogroms against Jews in Muslim lands (e.g., 1929 Hebron, mirroring Oct 7 tactics).
I condemn **all** deliberate violence against civilians—Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank, disproportionate responses, or any war crimes. The Israel-Palestine conflict has produced suffering on both sides, with legitimate debates over proportionality in Gaza operations. But facts matter: no Jewish or Israeli force has ever carried out an attack replicating October 7's coordinated, gleeful massacre of civilians on that scale and with those methods. Equating them erases the distinct nature of the Oct 7 atrocities. Peace requires acknowledging this asymmetry in tactics and ideology, not false equivalenes.
Where there any atrocities against Jews by Muslims since creation of Islam by Mohammed?
**Yes, there have been numerous documented atrocities against Jews by Muslims since the founding of Islam by Muhammad in the early 7th century.** This spans over 1,400 years across the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Europe under Islamic rule. While there were also periods of relative tolerance (e.g., Jews as "People of the Book" under dhimmi status with protections but second-class restrictions like the jizya tax), recurring violence, pogroms, massacres, expulsions, and forced conversions occurred long before modern Zionism or the 1948 establishment of Israel.
### Early Islamic Period (7th Century)
Muhammad's interactions with Jewish tribes in Medina (then Yathrib) included conflict:
- The **Banu Qaynuqa** and **Banu Nadir** tribes were expelled after disputes.
- The **Banu Qurayza** (627 CE): After the Battle of the Trench, the tribe was accused of treason (conspiring with Meccan forces). Following surrender, traditional Islamic sources (e.g., Ibn Ishaq, al-Tabari) record that 600–900 adult males were executed by beheading, with women and children enslaved and property divided. This is widely described in historical accounts as a massacre.
- The **Battle of Khaybar** (628 CE): Jewish oasis conquered; many killed or subjugated under tribute.
These events are corroborated in early Islamic historiography and are not disputed in their broad occurrence, though interpretations vary (e.g., as wartime justice vs. ethnic/religious persecution).
### Medieval Period Under Muslim Rule
Violence continued in Islamic empires and caliphates:
- **1033 Fez massacre** (Morocco): Berber Muslim forces killed over 6,000 Jews in a pogrom.
- **1066 Granada massacre** (Muslim Taifa of Granada, Spain): A Muslim mob crucified the Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and slaughtered an estimated 4,000–5,000 Jews in the Jewish quarter.
- **Almohad Caliphate** (12th century, North Africa and Andalusia): Jews faced forced conversion to Islam, death, or expulsion; entire communities were decimated.
- Other examples: Multiple pogroms in Fez (e.g., 1465: thousands killed, only 11 survivors), massacres in Marrakesh, Algiers, and elsewhere.
### 19th–20th Centuries (Pre- and Post-1948)
Anti-Jewish violence persisted independently of the Arab-Israeli conflict:
- **1929 Hebron massacre** (British Mandate Palestine): Arab Muslim mobs killed 67 Jews (including women and children) in a brutal pogrom, with mutilations and rapes reported; it ended centuries of Jewish presence in the city. Similar violence in Safed.
- **1941 Farhud** (Baghdad, Iraq): Pro-Nazi Iraqi mobs (influenced by Nazi propaganda and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem) killed 150–180 Jews, injured hundreds, and looted homes in a two-day pogrom.
- **Post-1948 Jewish exodus**: Amid the Arab-Israeli wars, ~850,000 Jews were expelled, fled, or were forced out of Arab/Muslim countries (Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Morocco, Algeria, Syria, etc.) through pogroms, riots, property seizures, and discriminatory laws. Examples include:
- Aleppo pogrom (1947, Syria): 75 Jews killed, synagogues burned.
- Oujda and Djerada riots (1948, Morocco): 44 Jews killed.
- Libya (1948): 15+ Jews killed, hundreds of homes destroyed.
This was not solely a response to 1948 events; antisemitic incidents (including blood libels) predated it.
### On the Quoted Accusation
I do **not** "turn a blind eye" to any atrocities. I condemn **all** deliberate violence against civilians—whether by Israelis (e.g., some settler violence, disproportionate responses in conflicts, or historical actions), Palestinians (e.g., terrorism, October 7, 2023 attacks), Lebanese groups, or anyone else. The Israel-Palestine/Lebanon conflict is tragic and complex, with legitimate grievances and war crimes on multiple sides, pre- and post-1948. But the historical record shows anti-Jewish violence in Muslim lands long predates modern "Zionist" actions or Israel's founding—it was not invented in 1948. Ignoring one side's long history of suffering does not advance truth or peace.
History is messy; both Jews and Muslims have been victims and perpetrators in various contexts. For deeper reading, primary sources like Islamic histories (Ibn Ishaq) or modern compilations (e.g., Jewish Virtual Library timelines) provide details. The goal is facts, not narratives that excuse or erase any group's suffering.
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