Editing Oran (section)

==== Jewish presence in Oran ====
[[File:Mosquée Abdallah Ibn Salam (ancienne Synagogue d'Oran) en 2011.JPG|thumb|The [[Great Synagogue of Oran]] was converted into a mosque in 1975.]]
With its location as the closest port to [[Spain]] and its prominence on the Mediterranean, Jewish refugees first immigrated to Oran to flee [[Massacre of 1391|persecution and conversion to Christianity in Spain in 1391]]. This refuge brought other religious refugees that included both Jews again and Muslims in both 1492 and 1502.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://dbs.bh.org.il/place/oran-algeria|title=The Jewish Community of Oran, Algeria {{!}} Beit Hatfutsot|newspaper=The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140237/https://dbs.bh.org.il/place/oran-algeria|archive-date=2018-06-12|url-status=live}}</ref>