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Haim Sofer

Haim Sofer

UK-based Orthodox rabbi and member of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta movement who speaks publicly on Jewish-Muslim history.

Sep 20, 2026

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from that
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area and in that era of the golden era.
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So we have the Maimonides, we have the Radva, the Rashba, the Ritva, I name rabbis, yes, Rabbi Chisdai ben Shaprut, Rabbi Shmuel Hanugit, many, many rabbis who wrote commentaries on Talmud, wrote books on ethics, of behavior, and many more books, deep books on Kabbalah, of the hidden parts of the Torah.
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Everything comes from Spain, and especially from that time.
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The Khalifat has considered the Jews as full partners of the Khalifat to such an extent that it was more than in Iraq.
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In Iraq, even though the Jews had been secured for their religious rights and economical rights, and they were taken under mercy and protection of the Islamic caliphate, but they didn't, basically, they didn't take a part in governing the caliphate.
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But what happened in Spain, the caliphate took us as a part, active part of the caliphate.

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