Houthi movement: Difference between revisions

The Houthis have been accused of expelling or restricting members of the rural [[Jews of Yemen|Yemeni Jewish community]], which had about 50 remaining members.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.timesofisrael.com/yemeni-minister-says-fate-of-countrys-remaining-jews-unknown/ |title= Yemen minister says fate of country's last 50 Jews unknown |author= Toi Staff |newspaper= Times of Israel |date= 16 April 2017 |access-date= 16 September 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190801085503/https://www.timesofisrael.com/yemeni-minister-says-fate-of-countrys-remaining-jews-unknown/ |archive-date= 1 August 2019 |url-status= live }}</ref> Reports of abuse include Houthi supporters bullying or attacking the country's Jews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/Amid-persecution-Yemeni-Jews-face-extinction|title=Amid persecution, Yemeni Jews face extinction - Jewish World - Jerusalem Post|website=jpost.com|access-date=13 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813145715/https://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/Amid-persecution-Yemeni-Jews-face-extinction|archive-date=13 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="yementimes.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.yementimes.com/en/1861/report/4905/%E2%80%9CDamn-the-Jews%E2%80%9D-proving-more-than-just-a-slogan.htm|title="Damn the Jews" proving more than just a slogan|newspaper=Yemen Times|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216024128/http://www.yementimes.com/en/1861/report/4905/%E2%80%9CDamn-the-Jews%E2%80%9D-proving-more-than-just-a-slogan.htm|archive-date=16 February 2017}}</ref> Houthi officials, however, have denied any involvement in the harassment, asserting that under Houthi control, Jews in Yemen would be able to live and operate freely as any other Yemeni citizen. "Our problems are with Zionism and the occupation of Palestine, but Jews here have nothing to fear", said Fadl Abu Taleb, a spokesman for the Houthis. But despite insistence by Houthi leaders that the movement is not sectarian, a Yemeni Jewish rabbi has reportedly said that many Jews remain terrified by the movement's slogan.<ref name="yementimes.com"/> As a result, Yemeni Jews reportedly retain a negative sentiment towards the Houthis, who they allege have committed persecutions against them.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/world/middleeast/persecution-defines-life-for-yemens-few-jews.html?_r=1|title=Persecution Defines Life for Yemen's Remaining Jews|work=New York Times|date=19 February 2015|access-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015014532/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/world/middleeast/persecution-defines-life-for-yemens-few-jews.html?_r=1|archive-date=15 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Israeli [[Druze]] politician [[Ayoob Kara]], Houthi militants had given an ultimatum telling Jews to "convert to Islam or leave Yemen".<ref>[http://yemenonline.info/special-reports/827 Houthis militants to Jews: Convert or leave Yemen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215220815/http://yemenonline.info/special-reports/827 |date=15 February 2016 }}. 11 October 2015. ''Yemen Online''. Retrieved 8 February 2016.</ref>

 

 

=== Allegations of harassment against Baháʼí minority ===