Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 22 Mar 2026 05:18:21 GMT Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <10ojmjv$2ashr$1@dont-email.me> <10p9ti1$2c71i$1@dont-email.me> <10pantb$2kk45$1@dont-email.me> <10pc94h$36i8h$1@dont-email.me> <20260317123742.0000521e@gmail.com> <10pcu8n$3edfg$1@dont-email.me> <10pdspd$3mv8s$7@dont-email.me> <20260318122434.d7774816b147fba94b0b850c@127.0.0.1> <10pe83m$3rg2l$1@dont-email.me> <8a7r8mxvjt.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10per0k$2ghs$5@dont-email.me> <10pfhm2$aqf5$1@dont-email.me> <10pg2u5$f0nq$5@dont-email.me> <1rs7tqn.ajozxp1gi29boN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10phnao$113u1$6@dont-email.me> <1rsaf5i.1nrmqo3vtna18N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsaj4d.rtb8ajbdoy69N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10pkqka$22prd$1@dont-email.me> <22g39mxn5k.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net HF0M5Er7U7Y1TVRahE1cOAJvwEz7+f2FUQ6WDgQjc4rQcChpia Cancel-Lock: sha1:lfmgWPC8xk72sNxRfT6jArEd0YE= sha256:KzSxe2ABWDG2Ugj4/I9hZDPxPJzqjGr0Yq+7znz2rUc= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83688 alt.usage.english:1140362 On Sat, 21 Mar 2026 22:44:02 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > In North Africa, those who went to the Fez kingdom suffered all kinds of > ill-treatment and were plundered, even by the Jews who had lived there > for a long time. Yeah, well. The Ashkenazim still aren't all that comfortable around the Sephardim. > Those who fared the best were those who settled in the > territories of the Ottoman Empire, both in North Africa and in the > Middle East, such as in the Balkans and the Republic of Ragusa, > after having passed by Italy. Sultan Bayezid II gave orders to welcome > them, and exclaimed on one occasion, referring to King Ferdinand: "You > call him king who impoverishes his states to enrich mine?" This same > sultan commented to the ambassador sent by Carlos V who marveled that > "the Jews had been thrown out of Castile, which was to throw away > wealth."[99] Over the course of a few generations, the Ottoman Empire's > cities emerged as the heart of the Sephardic world.[98] Historically the Jews did well in the Muslim world, until the 20th century that is. I wonder why that is?