re: #217 Naso Tang
I believe this started with the allegation that Muslims “then” were better than Muslims now (with regard to Jews); whereas in the final analysis, IMHO, “then” was just a different point in the political cycle of pragmatism.
I don’t know what ‘the political cycle of pragmatism’ is, but there are certainly times historically when parts of the Muslim world were better to Jews than they are now.