Peaceful Coexistence

  • Arab Leaders in Yemen Appealed for Peace

    local sheikhs urged the Jewish community to remember their long friendship and pleaded that, if conflict ever arose, they should not become enemies.

  • Jews Were Not Forced to Leave Yemen

    Imam Ahmad did not expel Yemen's Jewish population. Instead, he publicly stated that Jews were free either to remain in Yemen or to emigrate, and that those who left could return.