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Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) is a British non-governmental organisation established in August 2014 by members of the Anglo-Jewish community. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It conducts litigation, runs awareness-raising campaigns, organises rallies and petitions, provides education on antisemitism and publishes research.
Professor of Medieval Islamic history, David Waines, in a 1987 review of an English edition, writes that the "portrait of the dhimmi, however, is executed in monochrome." If the book portrayed the actual situation, he notes, it would be "inconceivable that the rich Judeo-Islamic cultural tradition of the middle ages could ever have been created."
An August 2005 review of the book in Asia Times opined that: ... The Myth of Islamic Tolerance warrants our attention. Any study of contemporary Islam would be incomplete without it. Collectively, the essays expose an unsettling fact: that Islam's famed tolerance of non-Muslims has over the centuries fallen well short of an embrace ...
The imposition of tribute upon the conquered Jews of the Khaybar Fortress served as a precedent. Islamic law came to require exaction of tribute known as jizya from dhimmis, i.e. non-Muslims under Muslim rule. For many centuries, the oasis at Khaybar was an important caravan stopping place. The center developed around a series of ancient dams ...
The Jewish students, represented by lawyers from the nonprofit Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, asked Scarsi to issue an injunction that would prevent UCLA from applying "policies in a way that ...
"A History of Jewish-Muslim Relations - From the Origins to the Present Day". Princeton University Press (2013) Poliakov, Leon (1974). The History of Anti-semitism. New York: The Vanguard Press. Stillman, Norman (1979). The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America. ISBN 0-8276-0198-0
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to reunite a Jewish family with an Impressionist painting looted by Nazis. The law was designed to reverse a recent court ruling.