--- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gilbert responds: > I am so glad that you know the history well. And that is all the more > reason you should not twist and place my factual statements out of > context. > > The Portuguese v/s Muslim-Jewish animosity started when the Muslims > Moors ruled Spain and Portugal and the Jews were their principle > government advisors and ministers. This animosity continued when they > (Spain and Portuguese) rid themselves of the foreign yoke. You are right > this was not the time when the inquisition started. But this was the > start of the Portuguese v/s Muslim-Jewish animosity.
So you are saying that, because some Jews held positions of power under the Moors, their co-religionists were killed two hundred years later? How do you reconcile with the following facts? - Jews continued to occupy high positions of power under the Portuguese Kings. - Crypto-Jews that were killed during the Inquisition were not killed because of treason but because of apostacy or demonic rituals. > > This geo-politics will be more appreciated by Khoro-Niz Goenkars who > have lived at least 1-2 years in Goa. Their understanding of these dire > circumstances will be much better than that of some Vodlo Professor with > three Ph.D. degrees living in Southern California or Spain or Brazil, > (and at the most vacationed 1-2 weeks in Goa), writing web-pages or > books on the Inquisition or Crypto-Jews and others in Goa. Regards, > Gilbert I think you should give historians more respect than you are presently doing. -Tariq __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
