627Massacre of Banu Qurayza

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🔪 Massacre of Banu Qurayza

Between 600 and 900 Jewish male captives including any boys showing signs of puberty are beheaded by Muslims on Muhammed's orders, many in front of their families, and the rest of the Jews are taken or sold into slavery in the Massacre of Banu Qurayza.
Massacre of Banu Qurayza (627)
Early IslamMuhammadMassacreSlaveryArabiaMilitary ConflictJihadReligious ViolenceTribal Warfare600s
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia

⚔️ Battle of Khaybar and Safiyya's Enslavement

93 Jews are killed in the Battle of Khaybar. Among others, the 17-year-old Jew Safiyya bint Huyayy is enslaved by Muslims, bought by Muhammed to his bed on the very night of the day when her husband was tortured and beheaded and her family is slaughtered, and later manumitted and married to him.
Battle of Khaybar and Safiyya's Enslavement (628)
Early IslamMuhammadEnslavementWarArabiaMilitary ConflictReligious ViolenceKhaybar600sForced Conversion
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia

🔥 Massacre of Jews in Jerusalem

Byzantine Emperor Heraclius with his army marches into Jerusalem. Jewish inhabitants support him after his promise of amnesty. Upon his entry into Jerusalem the local priests convince him that killing Jews is a good deed. The only Jews that survived were the ones who fled to Egypt or the mountains.
Massacre of Jews in Jerusalem (629)
Byzantine EmpireJerusalemReligious ViolenceHeracliusPogrom600sForced ConversionJewish HistoryMartyrdomPersecution
IsraelIsraelPalestinePalestine

🔥 York Massacre of Jews

500 Jews of York were massacred after a six-day siege by departing members of the Third Crusade, backed by several people indebted to Jewish money-lenders.
York Massacre of Jews (1190)
PogromMassacreMiddle AgesCrusadesReligious ViolenceEnglandAnti-JudaismDebtYork
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🛡️ Massacre in Fez Prevented by Intervention

Massacre in Fez to kill all Jews stopped by intervention of the Emir
Massacre in Fez Prevented by Intervention (1276)
FezMassacreInterventionMuslim rulerReligious violenceNorth AfricaMiddle Ages
MoroccoMorocco

💀 Massacre of Jews in Brussels

The entire Jewish population of Brussels is massacred over allegations of Host desecration. It was an end of the Hebrew community in Brussels. The event was commemorated by local Christians as the Sacrament of Miracle.
Massacre of Jews in Brussels (1370)
MassacreBrusselsHost DesecrationMedieval PeriodReligious ViolenceSacrament of Miracle
BelgiumBelgium