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Fourteellth Friday Senno11 Feb 22, 1991 THE JEWISH TRIBES OF BANU OUNKAH, BANU NAZEER AND BANU OARIZA There were three tribes well known in Islamic history who were treacherous and turned against the Holy Prophet time after time. These tribes violated treaties they had entered into and treacherously joined the enemies during the course of wars. They betrayed the Muslims. In the end the Muslims had to take strong action against them. The three tribes were Banu Qun. kah, Banu Nazeer and Banu Qarii. a. In 1947 when the United Nations was debating the creation of Israel, the Israelis taunted the Muslims. They said, "we have a right to a home and you are in the habit of banishing us from our home. We have still not forgotten what you did to the three tribes of Banu Qariza, Banu Nazeer and Banu Quan. lea. " It is indeed amazing how Israelis kepi alive those imaginary atrocities of 1400 years earlier. But Israelis conveniently forget the good deeds the Muslims did to them. They are a peculiar people. They have little sense of gratitude. They forget the o ccasion in 1490 when Isabella and Ferdinand ordered their expulsion from Spain. Before that, for nearly 200 years the Jews were subjected lo indignities and cruelties. The Jews nevertheless stayed on in Spain and in the end they were compelled to convert to Christianity. When large numbers of Jews became Christians, the clergy alleged they were not true Christians, but had converted merely as a convenience, and in deceit. They became very rich, and the clergy made efforts to discover ways of relieving them of their wealth. The Christian clergy strenuously tried to persuade Isabella and Ferdinand to distrust the Jews and to reject their purported conversion to Christianity. The clergy asked that the Jews be handed over to them and be subjected to the "Inquisitions". The Inquisition was a method used by Christians to investigate heretics and those whose beliefs and doctrines were suspected or were opposed to the established Church. The punishments meted out were gruesome, and many victims were badly tortured. The struggle by the clergy to have the Jews investigated by the Inquisition went on for a long time. Isabella was at odds with the then Pope Sixt us IV. The Pope did not appoint cardinals of her choice. Thus she refused to hand over the converted Jews to the Inquisitions in Spain. In the end, greed 268