Jews enjoyed milder treatment under Islam than under Christianity

Evidence

It was not only his fellow Jews who incurred his wrath. He reserved his most hateful denunciations for Christianity. For Goldziher, Islam was not only a theological advance upon Christianity, it was surely a social one as well. After all, it had not discriminated against the Jews living in its orbit as Christianity had done. While he never shied away from highlighting Muhammad’s intolerance and even violence toward Jews, Goldziher was of the opinion that there existed a significant difference in the way Jews and Judaism were treated in Islamic doctrine and the social reality that prevailed after Muhammad’s death, claiming that “after the foundation of the Muhammedan community a milder sentiment with respect to the Jews was introduced.” — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 408 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ottoman society was relatively tolerant toward Jews and Christians; Muslims tolerated Jews speaking against their faith more than Christians tolerated dissent; Islam treated Jews more mildly than Christianity did. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 408 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Islam treated Jews more mildly than Christianity did. #corroborates (1.00) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 408
• Religious othering of Jews and Muslims has historically been intertwined. #complicates (0.70)