Ask Me About Judaism

kds1980 · #10 (**permalink**) 26-Apr-2011, 08:22 AM

Only 1 questio .Why Jews were and still are hated by muslims and Christians.From long time these 2 Religions have been persecuting Jews.
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xkatz · #11 (**permalink**) 26-Apr-2011, 08:28 AM

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Only 1 questio .Why Jews were and still are hated by muslims and Christians.From long time these 2 Religions have been persecuting Jews.

There are a multitude of reasons.

1) The Jewish communities of the time(s) rejected Jesus and Muhammad as Messiah and Prophet respectively
2) These groups had historical conflicts (a good example is Muhammad fighting against the Jewish tribes of Arabia)
3) Stereotypes
4) Nationalism (ie Israel vs Palestine)

That said, certainly not all Muslims or Christians hate Jews. I have some really good friends that are devout Christians and I know some good Muslim people. It's a very complex relationship between Judaism and the latter two religions. It's much like the relationship Sikhism has with Hinduism and Islam

kds1980 · #12 (**permalink**) 26-Apr-2011, 08:40 AM

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There are a multitude of reasons.

1) The Jewish communities of the time(s) rejected Jesus and Muhammad as Messiah and Prophet respectively
2) These groups had historical conflicts (a good example is Muhammad fighting against the Jewish tribes of Arabia)
3) Stereotypes
4) Nationalism (ie Israel vs Palestine)

That said, certainly not all Muslims or Christians hate Jews. I have some really good friends that are devout Christians and I know some good Muslim people. It's a very complex relationship between Judaism and the latter two religions. It's much like the relationship Sikhism has with Hinduism and Islam

But still Zionist conspiracy theories are everywhere.Even the Nazis which were non religious hated Jews .Is it because Jews were always capitalist businessmen so workers use to hate them?

xkatz · #13 (**permalink**) 26-Apr-2011, 08:49 AM

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But still Zionist conspiracy theories are everywhere.Even the Nazis which were non religious hated Jews .Is it because Jews were always capitalist businessmen so workers use to hate them?

Not all Jews were businessmen but they were successful so your hypothesis is probable but TBH I am not completely certain.

Ambarsaria · #14 (**permalink**) 26-Apr-2011, 09:58 AM

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Essentially the same thing. It is important to recognize, understand, and try to preserve G-d's creation(s).

Jewish people believe that they were "chosen" (Sikhism does not believe we are chosen but are part of all creation) to recieve G-d's message (via the Hebrew prophets), (our Gurus did not portend that they were delivering God's message and neither is it believed to be so, the emphasis is in understanding creation and God through wisdom and guidance and live in consonance with creation) HOWEVER that does NOT mean we are any better than other people (and most Jews don't think so!). It also, in my opinion, does not mean that he gave similar messages to other peoples

It's probable some men in 15th Punjab got the message too (though a bit later)

(the messages and means are quite different so any correlation in basis for these, the methods thereof is not likely and Sikhism does not believe in any of this)

Sat sri akal ji!

xkatz ji thanks for answering my questions. I flagged in Red my comments if you want to clarify or elaborate or otherwise response.

Shalom and Sat Sri Akal.

xkatz · #15 (**permalink**) 26-Apr-2011, 10:18 AM

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xkatz ji thanks for answering my questions. I flagged in Red my comments if you want to clarify or elaborate or otherwise response.

Shalom and Sat Sri Akal.

Just to clarify the last part was mostly sarcasm I don not literally believe that Guru Nanak Dev or any of the other Gurus got a 'message' from G-d like in Judaism necessarily.