The Debbie Downer of Rabbis

My rabbi growing up, May he rest in peace, came from Casablanca. He used to tell us that the Arabs were fine with having Jews live there as long as they knew their place as second-class citizens. And for many years, like you're talking about, that's how it went. But even as a physician to the ruler in Egypt, I forget what you call him,. The vizier of Saladin tried to kill him on more than one occasion. Even then, from my understanding, they tried to frame him and make it look like he was trying to kill them. So we should emphasize that he was a medical guy who had a lot of respect for science.