Yemenite Jews with Ashkenazis

[Wadaad]

"Jews are a race"

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[Egyptian]

Jews of yemen are a mystery to me

[Wadaad]

Jews of yemen are a mystery to me

Its because of Dhu Nuwas. From time to time comes a king that forces his subjects to a religion...Charlemagne forced catholicism on the Franks, Shah Ismail the Ja'fari shia on Iranians, and Dhu Nuwas did it to Yemenis and had a Jewish Kingdom that persecuted the Yemeni Christians (who sought protection from the Najash of Habesha). The Najash sent an army there to liberate Yemen, and this army is where Abraha of sura al-fil came from.

[Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin]

I didnt know yemens had black jews and mixed ones. Pretty interesting

[Lucas]

Its because of Dhu Nuwas. From time to time comes a king that forces his subjects to a religion...Charlemagne forced catholicism on the Franks, Shah Ismail the Ja'fari shia on Iranians, and Dhu Nuwas did it to Yemenis and had a Jewish Kingdom that persecuted the Yemeni Christians (who sought protection from the Najash of Habesha). The Najash sent an army there to liberate Yemen, and this army is where Abraha of sura al-fil came from.

So they were basically Yemenis (genetically) not Jews?

[Wadaad]

So they were basically Yemenis (genetically) not Jews?

Correct...Yemen was a converted Jewish kingdom, just like Khazaria and the Falasha Ethiopians. Judism in the 4th-7th century was a missionary religion

[Wadaad]

I didnt know yemens had black jews and mixed ones. Pretty interesting

Yemeni Jews have more Horner admix than Yemeni Arabs (who have also recent bantu admix that Jews dont). Some Yemeni Jews are basically semiticized Horners

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