Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 157
157 invasion was that the Jews were divided amongst themselves at the time and engaged in internecine hostilities. The Jews had then two States-one was called Israel and the other was known as Jew, the former held Jerusalem and the latter had a separate centre. When the Iraq State launched an attack on the Jewish State to destroy it, one section of the. Jews joined it out of hostility to the other group. The result was that due to the mutual animosities of Jews, the Iraqi. State overran the territory and destroyed all the holy places of the Jews; even the synagogue of Jerusalem which was built by Solomon (peace be on him) was desecrated through pigslaughter in its precincts, and many other acts of carnage were committed. . TEN TRIBES. Since the Jews were long in opposition to the state, the latter decided to extirpate them totally. Accordingly, of the twelve Israel tribes, ten were taken captive and scattered all over the eastern territory. Only two tribes remained in. Palestine. These were the two tribes that had gone against their own people to the help of the enemy. . The enemy was, therefore, considerate to them. However, the ten tribes, scattered over the eastern countries, are briefly said in the Bible, to have been scattered east of Iran. Our research, however, shows that these territories were Afghanistan and Kashmir, but, since long distance had intervened and the. Babylonians also worked to the end that these tribes should not go back, their account has long remained behind a veil. . Again, they had not deported all the Jews to the East but kept some of them for attendance on them in Babylon and its suburbs. These latter returned to their homeland with the help of the Kings of Fars and Media and rehabilitated the