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Originally Posted by hobnail
Maybe it was meant to be like the yellow star Jews had to wear in Europe during WWII. (Before they were all shipped off to the extermination camps.)
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And another person drags the National Socialists into the discussion. If nothing else, yellow patches go back long before the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Are you also denouncing the caliphates going back to the 8th century? England? The Germanic states? Rome? Portugal? France? Pretty much all of Europe.
Admittedly, the caliphates required all dhimmis to wear special clothing or markings not just Jews. If you weren't Muslim, you were also obliged to pay jizya (a special tax for dhimmis). For those who are interested, there is currently still discussion about dhimmi and how to apply it today.