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THE__JEWS__OF__MEDINA, page : 6
curiosity and also the apprehension of the Arabs of Yathrib, so they inquired where he
would appear and were told it would be somewhere in their region, in the direction of
Yemen, which was the direction of their ancestral homeland and also lies in the same
direction of Mecca.
Standards had fallen in the Jewish community to an all time low, many were just Jews in
name and greed for worldly enrichment was foremost in their minds. They were well
known for their business acumen through which they had amassed great wealth. But all
too often to gain that wealth they turned a blind eye, ignored or bent the rules of the
teachings of their Holy Book to suit their wants with the result corruption and unfair
trading had become commonplace. Some had intermarried despite their forbidding
dogma but they continued to resent and look down on their Arab neighbors perceiving
them to be illiterate and backward idolaters. However, despite their secularism and
departure from the Holy Scriptures, they clung tightly and proudly to their Jewish
heritage and ethnic origin, the value of which had become more important to them than
their religion.
As for their decency and morality there had also been a sharp decline most notably in
one of their chieftains named Fityun. Fityun usurped his power in such a disgraceful
would appear and were told it would be somewhere in their region, in the direction of
Yemen, which was the direction of their ancestral homeland and also lies in the same
direction of Mecca.
Standards had fallen in the Jewish community to an all time low, many were just Jews in
name and greed for worldly enrichment was foremost in their minds. They were well
known for their business acumen through which they had amassed great wealth. But all
too often to gain that wealth they turned a blind eye, ignored or bent the rules of the
teachings of their Holy Book to suit their wants with the result corruption and unfair
trading had become commonplace. Some had intermarried despite their forbidding
dogma but they continued to resent and look down on their Arab neighbors perceiving
them to be illiterate and backward idolaters. However, despite their secularism and
departure from the Holy Scriptures, they clung tightly and proudly to their Jewish
heritage and ethnic origin, the value of which had become more important to them than
their religion.
As for their decency and morality there had also been a sharp decline most notably in
one of their chieftains named Fityun. Fityun usurped his power in such a disgraceful