No, I wasn't familiar with this. But if I'm reading correctly, this is an outdated concept that is no longer practiced. Is that correct?
And no, I'm not objecting to Israel having a state religion. I don't think this is a necessity or a *right*--there's no Zoroastrian or pagan or atheist st…
No, I wasn't familiar with this. But if I'm reading correctly, this is an outdated concept that is no longer practiced. Is that correct?
And no, I'm not objecting to Israel having a state religion. I don't think this is a necessity or a *right*--there's no Zoroastrian or pagan or atheist state, for example--but I have absolutely no objection to a country whose official religion is Judaism.
I'm questioning the idea that Jews, whether secular or orthodox, have a special right to citizenship and status in Israel that other people, especially Muslims, do not. This concept, as far as I'm aware, is unique to Israel. And if it's not, I'd question it in whatever other countries it applied to as well.
"Are you familiar with the term dhimmi/dhimmism?"
No, I wasn't familiar with this. But if I'm reading correctly, this is an outdated concept that is no longer practiced. Is that correct?
And no, I'm not objecting to Israel having a state religion. I don't think this is a necessity or a *right*--there's no Zoroastrian or pagan or atheist state, for example--but I have absolutely no objection to a country whose official religion is Judaism.
I'm questioning the idea that Jews, whether secular or orthodox, have a special right to citizenship and status in Israel that other people, especially Muslims, do not. This concept, as far as I'm aware, is unique to Israel. And if it's not, I'd question it in whatever other countries it applied to as well.