The Divergence of Judaism and Islam. Interdependence, Modernity, and Political Turmoil

172 · Dalit Atrakchi Laskier, “The Aliya of Moroccan Jews,” 327–29; Assaraf, Yehudey Marrōqō, 245–49, 293–301. The Central Zion ...

10 Jewish-Muslim Relations in Libya Rachel Simon Jews have lived in Libya since time immemorial, long before the Arab conquest t ...

174 · Rachel Simon in the Muslim world and the Middle East, including the Arab-Jewish con- flict in Palestine. Moreover, the Bri ...

Jewish-Muslim Relations in Libya · 175 Legal discrimination resumed in post-1952 independent Libya when the legal status of the ...

176 · Rachel Simon the lower and middle ranks. This was also the case with the police with whom the Jews came in contact more of ...

Jewish-Muslim Relations in Libya · 177 law to rule—Jewish, Muslim, or Italian—even the sole case regarding inheritance that was ...

178 · Rachel Simon they lived rather than attain a prestigious victory, because this might not have solved the problem and might ...

Jewish-Muslim Relations in Libya · 179 economic condition. They tried to deepen their hold among the masses and draw them to nat ...

180 · Rachel Simon activities of the Arab nationalists and forbade overt Zionist activity in Jewish clubs. Serious riots erupted ...

Jewish-Muslim Relations in Libya · 181 the additional reminder of June 1948, coupled with the overall feeling of insecurity due ...

182 · Rachel Simon For fifteen years, from early 1952 until June 1967, Jews enjoyed relative security in Libya. The last anti-Je ...

Jewish-Muslim Relations in Libya · 183 period. It was based on some 160 Jews, the first to be mobilized to the Ottoman army in t ...

184 · Rachel Simon reached agreements with local sources of power. Organized and wide- spread attacks on political grounds start ...

Jewish-Muslim Relations in Libya · 185 Zionist activity did not really penetrate Libya at that period, possibly due to fear of r ...

186 · Rachel Simon a branch of the Italian Zionist Association.^41 The number of registered Libyan Zionists was not high, but th ...

Jewish-Muslim Relations in Libya · 187 not interested in developments outside its narrow boundaries, but the new leadership hope ...

188 · Rachel Simon schools were afraid to demonstrate Hebrew identity and Zionism. As a result, the Benghazi Hebrew School decid ...

Jewish-Muslim Relations in Libya · 189 to fight on the Arab side in Palestine. The Muslims were called to unite in the struggle ...

190 · Rachel Simon trade. Thus, some 80 to 90 percent of the trade houses in Tripoli were in Jewish hands. The indigenous Muslim ...

Jewish-Muslim Relations in Libya · 191 The authorities tried to prevent the escape of Jewish capital by putting property whose o ...