Fear of retaliation tempered Portugal’s expulsion of Muslims compared to Jews.
Evidence
The expulsion of Jews and Muslims in Portugal, for instance, was handled differently. While Jewish children were not permitted to leave with their parents, Muslim children were. Fear of retribution against Christians in Muslim empires’ lands translated into less harsh treatment of Muslims in comparison to Jews. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 839
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- QUESTION: Worth chasing: how consistent was this differential treatment of Jews vs. Muslims across the Iberian expulsions, and did Muslim retribution fears actually materialize?
Related
- Fear of reprisal against Christians abroad softened Portugal’s treatment of Muslims (similarity 0.85)
- Fear of reprisals on Christians abroad had previously held back family-breaking expulsions (similarity 0.84)
- Geopolitical leverage, not religion, drove Spain’s differential treatment of Jews and Muslims (similarity 0.82)
- Christian policy toward Muslims shifted once Iberian monarchs no longer feared Islamic reprisals (similarity 0.81)
- Geopolitical ties to Muslim states shielded Spanish Muslims from Jews’ harsher treatment. (similarity 0.81)
- Spanish Muslims’ liminal status tracked the feared power of the Ottoman Empire. (similarity 0.80)
- Sustained daily contact tempered hostile European images of Muslims. (similarity 0.79)
- Geopolitical leverage and economic value delayed Muslim persecution in Spain. (similarity 0.78)
- Muslims escaped full persecution in Spain through economic utility and Ottoman diplomatic leverage (similarity 0.78)