Yemen's Jews Uneasy as Muslim Hostility Grows

[AP/Washington Post] Hamza Hendawi - Yemen's remaining Jews, estimated to number 250 to 400, are feeling new and sometimes violent pressure from Yemeni Muslims. "There is hardly a mosque sermon that's free of bigotry. The government's own political rhetoric marginalizes the Jews, and civil society is too weak to protect them," says Mansour Hayel, a Muslim Yemeni and human rights activist.


2009-04-30 06:00:00

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