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What happened to the Jews in Morocco

99 events, 788 AD to 2003 AD

Regions in Morocco

Cities, towns and sites in Morocco

Timeline

8th century

  1. c. 788 AD Idris I has Jews attacked and robbed in Moroccan cities · Temara (Temesna), Morocco
  2. c. 788 AD Idris I imposes capitation-tax and tribute of virgins · Morocco

9th century

  1. c. 808 AD Jews confined to special quarter in Fez for a tax · Fez, Morocco
  2. 808 AD Special Jewish quarter and tax established in Fez · Fez, Morocco

10th century

  1. c. 987 AD Deportation of part of Fez Jewry to Ashir · Fez, Morocco

11th century

  1. 1033 AD Massacre of Jews · Fez, Morocco
  2. 1035 AD Massacre of 6,000 Jews of Fez · Fez, Morocco
  3. 1068 AD Sack of Fez by the Almoravides · Fez, Morocco
  4. 1070 AD Rigid enforcement of Pact of Omar restrictions after Almoravid capture · Fez, Morocco

12th century

  1. c. 1101–1200 AD Almohad ban on Judaism and forced conversion in Morocco · Morocco and elsewhere
  2. 1140 AD Almohad persecution of the Jews of Meknès · Meknes, Morocco
  3. 1145–1146 AD Almohad persecution and forced conversion or banishment · Fez, Morocco
  4. 1146 AD Massacre in Fez, Morocco · Fez, Morocco
  5. 1154 AD Almohad forced conversions of Jews · Morocco
  6. 1165 AD Almohad forced conversion in Fez · Fez, Morocco
  7. 1165 AD Violence against Jews in Fez · Fez, Morocco
  8. 1165–1184 AD Forced conversion of Jews under Abu Ya'qub Yusuf · Morocco
  9. c. 1184–1199 AD Almohad ruler compels converted Jews to wear distinguishing garb · Morocco
  10. 1184–1199 AD Distinctive sign (Shikla) imposed on Jews · Morocco

13th century

  1. 1232 AD Violence against Jews in Marrakesh · Marrakesh, Morocco
  2. 1247 AD Killings and forced conversions during the Merinid wars · Meknes, Morocco
  3. c. 1275 AD Jews settled in New Fez · Fez, Morocco
  4. 1275 AD Mob attacks on Jews in Morocco · Morocco
  5. 1276 AD Massacre in Fez · Fez, Morocco

14th century

  1. c. 1400 AD Great persecution with pillage and massacre in Fez · Fez, Morocco
  2. c. 1400 AD Restrictions on forced converts and dress decrees · Fez, Morocco

15th century

  1. 1438 AD Ghetto established in Morocco · Morocco
  2. 1438 AD Jews of Fez compelled into the first mellah · Fez, Morocco
  3. 1442 AD Outrages against Jews in Sale and robbery in Alcazar-kebir · Salé, Morocco
  4. 1465 AD Killings and forced conversions during the fall of the Merinids · Morocco
  5. 1465 AD Massacre of the Jews of Fez · Fez, Morocco
  6. 1468 AD Portuguese destruction of Anfa (Casablanca) and dispersal of Jews · Casablanca (Anfa), Morocco
  7. 1471 AD Forcibly converted Jews allowed to return to Judaism · Morocco
  8. 1492 AD Spanish Jewish refugees expelled from Fez and enslaved · Fez, Morocco
  9. 1492–1496 AD Plunderers attack Jewish refugees on roads to Fez · Fez, Morocco

17th century

  1. c. 1666 AD Persecution of Jews of Sale by the governor · Salé, Morocco
  2. 1668 AD Forced transfer of the Jews of Dila to Fez · Dila, Morocco
  3. 1670 AD Expulsion of the Jews of Sus · Souss, Morocco
  4. 1670 AD Muley Arshid burns Jewish governor at capture of Morocco city · Marrakesh (Morocco), Morocco
  5. c. 1670 AD Muley Arshid destroys synagogues and expels Jews from Sus · Morocco
  6. c. 1672 AD Heavy taxation and extortion of Jews under Muley Ismail · Morocco
  7. c. 1672–1727 AD Heavy taxation of Jews under Ismail · Fez, Morocco

18th century

  1. 1789–1790 AD Massacre of Moroccan Jews under Muley Yazid · Morocco
  2. 1790 AD Mogador Jews fined and beaten over dispute on Jewish garb · Essaouira (Mogador), Morocco
  3. 1790 AD Mulai Yazid persecutes Jews and plunders houses and synagogues · Fez, Morocco
  4. 1790–1792 AD Expulsion of the Jews of the Fez mellah · Fez, Morocco
  5. c. 1790–1899 AD Frequent pogroms against the Jews of Meknès · Meknes, Morocco
  6. 1792 AD Return of the Jews to Fez authorized · Fez, Morocco

19th century

  1. 1807 AD Establishment of new Mellah in Mogador · Essaouira (Mogador), Morocco
  2. 1808 AD Jews of Tetuán, Rabat, Salé and Mogador enclosed in mellahs · Tétouan, Morocco
  3. 1820 AD Jew executed for recanting forced conversion to Islam · Morocco
  4. 1834 AD Violence against Jews in Fez, Morocco · Fez, Morocco
  5. 1844 AD Execution of Jewish consular agent Victor Darmon · Morocco
  6. 1844 AD Mistreatment of Jews of Mogador during war with France · Essaouira (Mogador), Morocco
  7. 1846 AD Tribal attack and pillage of Jewish homes in Mogador · Essaouira (Mogador), Morocco
  8. 1858 AD Sultan reintroduces exit tax on emigrants · Morocco
  9. 1859 AD Plunder and killing of Jews of Tetuan during Spanish war · Tétouan, Morocco
  10. 1860 AD Tribes attack Jews of Mogador · Essaouira (Mogador), Morocco
  11. c. 1860–1864 AD Harsh restrictions and bastinado against Jews of the interior · Morocco
  12. 1863 AD Atrocities against the Jews of Morocco · Morocco
  13. 1863 AD Execution of two innocent Jews at Spanish consul's instigation · Safi (Saffee), Morocco
  14. 1863 AD Safi Affair · Safi, Morocco
  15. 1864 AD Massacre in Marrakesh · Marrakesh, Morocco
  16. 1864 AD Sultan's edict granting equal rights of justice to Jews · Morocco
  17. 1864–1880 AD Killing of 42 Jews of Mequinez by Muslims · Meknes (Mequinez), Morocco
  18. 1864–1880 AD Murders of Jews in the city and district of Morocco · Marrakesh (Morocco), Morocco
  19. 1875 AD Violence against Jews in Demnate, Morocco · Demnate, Morocco
  20. 1877 AD Massacre in Larache · Larache, Morocco

20th century

  1. 1903 AD Plunder of Settat · Settat, Morocco
  2. 1907 AD Massacre of Casablanca inhabitants including Jews by rebellious tribes · Casablanca, Morocco
  3. 1907 AD Pogrom in Mellah of Casablanca · Casablanca, Morocco
  4. 1912 AD Sack of the Fez mellah · Fez, Morocco
  5. 1940 AD Vichy anti-Jewish status introduced in French Morocco · Morocco
  6. c. 1940–1942 AD Foreign Jewish refugees interned in Moroccan camps · Morocco
  7. c. 1940–1942 AD Vichy anti-Jewish policies in Casablanca · Casablanca, Morocco
  8. c. 1940–1945 AD Spanish occupiers strip Tangier Jews of rights and autonomy · Tangier, Morocco
  9. 1941 AD Harsher Vichy anti-Jewish decrees in French Morocco · Morocco
  10. 1941 AD School quota limiting Jews to 10 percent in Morocco · Morocco
  11. 1942 AD Casablanca synagogue desecrated and pogroms after Allied landing · Casablanca, Morocco
  12. 1942 AD Vichy laws to force Jews back into the Fez mellah · Fez, Morocco
  13. 1945 AD Restrictions on Tangier Jews lifted · Tangier, Morocco
  14. 1948 AD 1948 anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada · Oujda, Morocco
  15. 1953 AD Ban on opening new Jewish hadarim · Morocco
  16. 1954–1955 AD Looting of Jewish property and burning of Alliance schools · Morocco
  17. 1954–1955 AD Pro-nationalist attacks on Jews in Moroccan cities · Casablanca, Morocco
  18. 1956 AD Ban on Jewish emigration to Israel · Morocco
  19. 1956 AD Equal rights granted to Moroccan Jews · Morocco
  20. 1956 AD Greater equality for Jews after independence · Morocco
  21. 1956 AD Royal decree abolishes rabbinical courts · Morocco
  22. 1957 AD Tighter border controls and travel obstacles for Jews · Morocco
  23. 1958 AD Dismissal of Jewish officials · Morocco
  24. 1958–1959 AD Trials of Jews for currency smuggling and Zionist material · Morocco
  25. 1959 AD Ban on Zionist activity and closure of Jewish organizations · Morocco
  26. 1960 AD Nationalization of Alliance Israélite Universelle schools · Morocco
  27. 1961 AD Jews beaten and jailed during Nasser's visit to Casablanca · Casablanca, Morocco
  28. 1967 AD Istiqlal-backed economic boycott of Moroccan Jews · Morocco

21st century

  1. 2003 AD 2003 Casablanca bombings · Casablanca, Morocco
  2. 2003 AD Casablanca terrorist attacks hit Jewish institutions · Casablanca, Morocco
  3. 2003 AD Murder of Elie Afriat in Meknès · Meknes, Morocco

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