Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Actually Hindus were treated fairly well by the Moghuls until the reign of Aurangzeb, a viscious zealot.
Actually Hindus were treated fairly well by the Moghuls until the reign of Aurangzeb, a viscious zealot.
Edan, saying that the Jews were oppressed under the Moslems is like saying the Greeks were oppressed by the Romans. Everyone was oppressed by the Romans, but the Greeks were better off than most, and ended up taking over the Empire.
In an empire with four classes of citizens (Moslems, Children of the Book, pagans, and slave), being a second class citizen isn't really oppression. Depending on where you stand, it could seem to be priveledge. Oppressed people don't prosper, and the Jews prospered under Moslem rule (mostly).
Finally, you fail to take into account that what we consider opression today was the norm back then. The French kings oppressed the French. The English knigs oppressed the English. The Turks were oppressed by the Sultan. Everyone except for monarchs were oppressed back then. Restrictaded trades, special taxes, limitations on property were the norm for everyone. Having your property arbitrarily seized, being spit on and cursed by your fellow subjects, assaulted, murdered, etc. that was oppression back then.
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