contradiction between sources hi all for now i've removed this in an orthodox jewish community constituted the largest single religious group in the city grenville john ashley soames a history of the world from the th to the st century routledge pg isbn i cannot access the text and would like to see it i also think picking is arbitrary this source which provides a population table for jerusalem from on page indicates that in the population was people muslims christians and jews in the population was muslims christians and jews and that in it was muslims christians and jews given the city had become an important administrative capital for the ottoman empire in the th century its not suprising that there were new arrivals all the time from all three religious groups i don't think we need to focus on in isolation talk