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Florine of Burgundy (First Crusade) by Gustave Doré
#gustave doré#art#florine of burgundy#crusades#crusade#first crusade#heroine#medieval#middle ages#princess#burgundy#burgundian#french#bibliothèque des croisades#crusaders#crusader#history#europe#european#turkey#anatolia#asia minor#sword#christianity#christian#muslim#ambush#mediaeval#cappadocia#seljuk turks
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A soldier in the Jewish Brigade Group of the British Army, with an artillery shell reading "A gift to Hitler" in Italy, 1944.
#israel#secular-jew#jewish#judaism#israeli#jerusalem#diaspora#secular jew#islam#Jewish brigade#british army#wwii#shoah#hitler#Hamas#palestine#muslim brotherhood#grand mufti#allies#antisemitism#islamism#judea#islamic jihad#hamas is isis#gaza#tel aviv#aushwitz#European Jewry#Italy
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Seeing european white women converting to Islam is one of the saddest things I've ever seen. It's going backwards centuries, it's denying your freedom, submitting to deviant men, covering yourself when you could once walk freely.
If you really want to experience true islamism go to those countries where it is the main religion. Most of you will try to crawl back into modern civilization.
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness."
#conservative#tradition#homemaker#tradgirl#50s#catholic#tradwife#christian#islamic#islam#islamization#anti islam#muslim#anti muslim#sharia law#european#europe#converting to islam
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Hey man. Sorry about this, but I am arguing with one of my friends about Israel. I know you had some good posts on the arguments about the sterilization of the Beta Israel and the Nakba, but I'm struggling to find them. (I am looking for other sources, but your stuff was striking the first time I read it.) Do you know what you tagged those with? Alternatively, what sources do you recommend? Thank you!
Here are some posts I'm rather proud of, and hope you will find helpful. Tags are below.
There were no sterilizations.
What caused the Nakba?
Why the abandonment of the Jews made Zionism necessary.
There was no "peaceful coexistence before 1948".
Ottoman Muslim settler-colonialism in 1800s Palestine.
"Israeli apartheid" is a bad-faith lie.
"Palestine is a climate / environment issue" is an even bigger lie.
Was Nazism wrong, or just wrong when white people did it?
Killing Jews is not - and can never be - "liberation"
What did famous civil rights activists think of Jews and Israel?
How often did the media lie about conditions in Gaza?
BDS is the abstinence-only sex education of the Left
Palestine is the Confederate Lost Cause of the Left
#beta israel#ethiopian jews#depo-provera#gaza#apartheid#zionism#arab antisemitism#muslim antisemitism#amnesty international#human rights watch#united nations#european antisemitism#leftist antisemitism#jumblr#israeli wildlife#wildlife of israel#rosa parks#martin luther king jr.#malcolm x#bayard rustin#a. phillip randolph#civil rights movement
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thazhathangady juma mosque in kottayam, kerala, india. like judaism and christianity, islam first reached present-day kerala via trade and migration from the middle east to the malabar coast from antiquity. the mosque dates back to the 9th-10th centuries.
#india#architecture#interior#worship#muslim#nmenam#abrahamic kerala#my posts#interesting how lotuses are in a lot of keralan jewish/christian/muslim art/architecture#reminds me of how pine trees wormed their way into nw european christmas
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hello! i hope it's alright to ask you this but i was wondering if you have any recommendations for books to read or media in general about the history of judaism and jewish communities in egypt, particularly in ottoman and modern egypt?
have a nice day!
it's fine to ask me this! Unfortunately I have to preface this with a disclaimer that a lot of books on Egyptian Jewish history have a Zionist bias. There are antizionist Egyptian Jews, and at the very least ones who have enough national pride that AFAIK they do not publicly hold Zionist beliefs, like those who spoke in the documentary the Jews of Egypt (avaliable on YouTube for free with English subtitles). Others have an anti Egyptian bias- there is a geopolitical tension with Egypt from Antiquity that unfortunately some Jewish people have carried through history even when it was completely irrelevant, so in trying to research interactions between "ancient" Egyptian Jews and Native Egyptians (from the Ptolemaic era into the proto-Coptic and fully Coptic eras) I've unfortunately come across stuff that for me, as an Egyptian, reads like anti miscegenationist ideology, and it is difficult to tell whether this is a view of history being pushed on the past or not. The phrase "Erev Rav" (meaning mixed multitude), which in part refers to Egyptians who left Egypt with Moses and converted to Judaism, is even used as an insult by some.
Since I mentioned that documentary, I'll start by going over more modern sources. Mapping Jewish San Francisco has a playlist of videos of interviews with Egyptian Jews, including both Karaites and Rabbinic Jews iirc (I reblogged some of these awhile ago in my "actually Egyptian tag" tag). This book, the Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry, is avaliable for free online, it promises to be a more indepth look at Egyptian Jews in the lead up to modern explusion. I have only read a few sections of it, so I cannot give a full judgment on it. There's this video I watched about preserving Karaite historical sites in Egypt that I remember being interesting. "On the Mediterranian and the Nile edited by Harvey E. Goldman and Matthis Lehmann" is a collection of memiors iirc, as is "the Man in the Sharkskin Suit" (which I've started but not completed), both moreso from a Rabbinic perspective. Karaites also have a few websites discussing themselves in their terms, such as this one.
For the pre-modern but post-Islamic era, the Cairo Geniza is a great resource but in my opinion as a hobby researcher, hard to navigate. It is a large cache of documents from a Cairo synagogue mostly from around the Fatimid era. A significant portion of it is digitized and they occasionally crowd source translation help on their Twitter, and a lot of books and papers use it as a primary source. "The Jews in Medieval Egypt, edited by: Miriam Frenkel" is one in my to read pile. "Benjamin H. Hary - Multiglossia in Judeio-Arabic. With an Edition, Translation, and Grammatical Study of the Cairene Purim Scroll" is a paper I've read discussing the Jewish record of the events commemorated by the Cairo Purim, I got it off either Anna's Archive or libgen. "Mamluks of Jewish Origin in the Mamluk Sultanate by Koby Yosef" is a paper in my to read pile. "Jewish pietism of the Sufi type A particular trend of mysticisme in Medieval Egypt by Mireille Loubet" and "Paul B Fenton- Judaism and Sufism" both discuss the medieval Egyptian Jewish pietist movement.
For "ancient" Egyptian Jews, I find the first chapter of "The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BC-1492 AD” by Simon Schama, which covers Elephantine, very interesting (it also flies in the face of claims that Jews did not marry Native Egyptians, though it is from centuries before the era researchers often cover). If you'd like to read don't click this link to a Google doc, that would be VERY naughty. There's very little on the Therapeutae, but for the paper theorizing they may have been influenced by Buddhism (possibly making them an example of Judeo-Buddhist syncretism) look here (their Wikipedia page also has some sources that could be interesting but are not specifically about them). "Taylor, Joan E. - Jewish women philosophers of first-century Alexandria: Philo’s Therapeutae reconsidered" is also a to read.
I haven't found much on the temple of Onias/Tell el Yahudia/Leontopolis in depth, but I have the paper "Meron M. Piotrkowski - Priests in Exile: The History of the Temple of Onias and Its Community in the Hellenistic Period" in my to be read pile (which I got off Anna's Archive). I also have some supplemental info from a lecture I attended that I'm willing to privately share.
I also have a document compiling links about the Exodus of Jews from Egypt in the modern era, but I'm cautious about sharing it now because I made it in high school and I've realized it needs better fact checking, because it had some misinfo in it from Zionist publications (specifically about the names of Nazis who fled to Egypt- that did happen, but a bunch of names I saw reported had no evidence of that being the case, and one name was the name of a murdered resistance fighter???)
#cipher talk#I find Leontopolis fascinating because after the first time a bunch of Egyptian Jews built a temple in Egypt a second guy did it#And allegedly had a not terrible scriptural justification! And the temple lasted for THREE EXTRA YEARS after Jerusalem was sacked!#Never let anyone tell you there was only one temple#There's also other stuff but this is what I immediately had#Some books I have I'm pretty sure just aren't good to start with lmao they're about very specific stuff#Modern Middle Eastern Jewish Thought: Writings on Identity politics and culture is interesting and includes Egyptian Jews#But it's definitely got a zionist bias. It's mostly essays#I'd definitely recommend reading up on Joseph Cattaui and Murād Farag because they were simply so influential#Even though Farag was a dumbass that wrote the first Arabic defense of Zionism#Ya‘qub Sannu‘ is also fascinating- he spent a lot of his time defending Muslims to European audiences so some people assumed he reverted#He didn't he just took a hard stance on it. Also he got exiled for criticizing the Khedivate#All 3 are in MMEJT iirc
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“A grandmother and her grandson in the family home in Sari Bash, a village in the Crimean steppe where Tatars were given virtually worthless land. The village is a former prison camp with very poor infrastructure.”
Photographed by Carolyn Drake in Crimea, Ukraine. 2006.
#ukraine#photojournalist#islam#tatar#muslims#crimean tatars#ukrainian#crimea#carolyn drake#turkic#European Muslims#tatars#photojournalism#crimean tatar
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❝Sultane Noire (1748)❞ — Joseph-Marie Vien (French, 1716–1809)
#north africa#maghreb#muslims#moors#moorish#moorish empire#morocco#moroccan#sultan#sultana#emperor#empress#nobility#nobleman#turban#pearls#jewelry#fashion#joseph marie vien#european art#french art#orientalist art#orientalism#paris#france#petit palais#paintings#art#1700's#18th century
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I dont understand people who act like armand can only be Christian OR Muslim like sorry is it so hard to believe he could have a complex attachment/relationship to both
#there is so much to contemplate about forced conversion and the desirability of christianity in a european colonial context#that depends a lot on where the show goes with armands origins and whether he was raised muslim#(very likely given the time and place) (arun might not even be his real name i have thoughts on that)#but yeah on a personal level all these considerations dont negate the fact that he could have a relationship with both#if my father could do it so could he lol
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Violent anti-Muslim crowd clashed with UK police in Southport after young girls killed
A large crowd of anti-Muslim protesters clashed with police in the northern English town of Southport, where three girls were stabbed to death and five other children were seriously injured in an attack at a Taylor Swift-themed event a day earlier.
A horrific stabbing incident in Southport on Monday shocked the British people. However, police claimed it was not terrorism-related and that the suspect was born in the UK.
Nevertheless, national-oriented groups fuelled rumours that the suspected teenager was linked to Islam, and police reported that Tuesday’s violence erupted when several hundred people began throwing objects at the mosque. Police has linked the crowd to the English Defence League, a group that sometimes stages violent demonstrations against Islam.
Police cars were damaged and set on fire, officers were attacked with bricks and large rubbish containers. Away from the violence, hundreds of people gathered for an emotional vigil to pay tribute to those killed in the attack by laying flowers and toys. Earlier, Prime Minister Keir Starmer also made a visit to the town to lay flowers.
“The people of Southport are reeling after the horror inflicted on them yesterday. They deserve our support and our respect. Those who have hijacked the vigil for the victims with violence and thuggery have insulted the community as it grieves. They will feel the full force of the law.”
However, after the visit, disgruntled residents approached him with insults and condemnations after which he was forced to leave the town.
Stabbing details
A 17-year-old is currently in custody on suspicion of murder and attempted murder following a bloody rampage at a “Taylor Swift yoga and dance workshop,” a summer holiday for children aged 6 to 11. Besides the three deaths, eight children were stabbed.
Five of them and two adults who were trying to protect them remain in critical condition. Assistant Chief Constable Alex Goss stated:
There has been much speculation and hypothesis around the status of a 17-year-old male who is currently in police custody and some individuals are using this to bring violence and disorder to our streets. We have already said that the person arrested was born in the UK and speculation helps nobody at this time.
The Liverpool Region Mosque Network said a minority of people had tried to use the Southport stabbing to spread hate.
“This evening we have seen distressing scenes outside Southport Mosque with angry protesters gathering outside. This is causing further fear and anxiety within our communities.”
King Charles and his family expressed their horror. US singer Swift also wrote on Instagram that she was “just completely in shock.”
These were just little kids at a dance class. I am at a complete loss for how to ever convey my sympathies to these families.
Read more HERE
#world news#news#world politics#europe#european news#uk#uk politics#uk elections#uk news#england#united kingdom#london#southport#southport stabbing#stabbing#taylor swift#children#uk police#anti muslim#muslim#islam
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The Battle of Nicaea in 1097 (First Crusade) by Gustave Doré
#gustave doré#art#first crusade#crusaders#crusader#siege of nicaea#crusades#crusade#medieval#middle ages#history#knights#knight#europe#european#christian#christianity#christendom#seljuk turks#turkey#anatolia#muslim#seljuk#islam#bithynia#bibliothèque des croisades#holy war#mediaeval#nicaea#asia minor
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not saying the holocaust wasn't bad. but i need people to understand that it wasn't the only genocide that happened in the same period of world history. not because i want you to pay less attention to holocaust but because i need you to ask why it's the only one we ever talk about. it wasn't the longest occured massacre of a marginalized group, it wasn't the most gruesome, it wasn't the one with the most casualties, it wasn't the first and it wasn't the last one. i need people to think about why we didn't pay much attention to all the other holocausts after WWII that happened simultaniously and were just as horrible. it says so much about media, the news we are fed, and that our empathy is BOUGHT by the same people that keep funding genocides all over the world.
#i didn't grow up in the west-#-so everytime i watch a movie where the characters comically try to avoid saying the word 'nazi' because it's so offensive i'm like.... huh#how are you as an american suggest that being a nazi is the most evil thing a human can be but describe america as the land of the brave?#for many people hitler is the face of evildoing but every single european leader at the time engaged in similar activities#and this is not to say we shouldnt condemn nazis or whatever. god no#i get a lot of asks (some very rude by the way) from people who think i'm an antisemite because i'm... muslim?#dunno how yall think that makes sense but no. i learned about the holocaust from my very muslim mother.#who then gavw me anne frank's diary to read#holocaust has always been a topic we talked about at home. it had a lot tell about the western world#but we didn't have the same 'dont speak of it or you'll get cancelled' type of mindset#i believe that's because it wasn't the only genocide we learned and talked about#it holds so much weight in the western world because you think it's this very out of the blue thing that happened only once in history.#that tells even more about the western world#thoughts#freepalestine#free palestine#free congo#free sudan#free uyghurs#boycott israel
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"As it stands, Sweden, Finland and Denmark already grant refugee status to all Afghan women seeking asylum, recognizing the severity of the persecution of women in Afghanistan - because of their gender."
#afghanistan#afghan women#free afghan women#taliban#ECJ#european court of justice#assylum#refugees#women#women's rights#feminism#misogyny#sharia law#religious extremism#islam#muslim#west asia#asia#middle east#europe#sweden#finland#denmark#gender#female oppression#burka#jihadism#good news#religion
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Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598-1664) Battle between Christians and Muslims at El Sotillo, ca.1637-39 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Part of an enormous altarpiece at the Carthusian monastery in Jerez de la Frontera, commemorates an event that allegedly took place in 1370, when a divine light illuminated the night sky, revealing Muslim troops who were about to ambush Christian forces.
#Francisco de Zurbaran#spanish#spanish art#european art#christian art#christian and moors#art#fine art#classical art#battle between christians and muslims at el sotillo#el sotillo#knights#gentlemen#caballeros#Battle between Christians and Muslims at El Sotillo#Christians and Moors#western civilization#fine arts#europe#european#oil painting#europa#mediterranean#southern europe#francisco de zurbaran#1500s#1600s#1300s#the virgin mary#christian
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reading the manifestos of the different french political parties for the european elections and oh boy la france fière...
it's gonna be interesting just how many people vote for them, just so I know the proportion of people in my country who just, actively hate me
#really their main policy is 'we don't like muslims'#but also ecology and queer people and poor people and the eu#and women#and likely disabled people but they're not explicitly saying it (however i think we can group 'disabled people' and 'poor people')#european elections#european elections 2024
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the paradesi synagogue in kochi, kerala, india. the first synagogue on the site, built by the city's longstanding malabari jewish community, was destroyed by portugese who'd colonized the area in their persecution of locals. it was rebuilt in 1568 by spanish and portugese jews who fled persecution and later expulsion, hence the name "paradesi" ("foreign" in malayalam).
these sephardic jews and a community of jews of mixed african and european descent who were formerly enslaved ("meshuchrarim", "freedmen" in hebrew) joined the malabari jewish community of kochi and somewhat integrated. they were later joined by some iraqi, persian, yemenite, afghan, and dutch sephardic jews. the middle eastern and european jews were considered "white jews" and permitted malabari jews and meshuchrarim to worship in the synagogue. however, in what seems like a combination of local caste dynamics and racism, malabari jews were not allowed full membership. meshuchrarim weren't allowed in at all, but were instead made to sit outside during services and not allowed their own place of worship or other communal rights.
as the "white jews" tended to be rather wealthy from trade, this synagogue contains multiple antiquities. they include belgian glass chandeliers on its walls, hand-painted porcelain tiles from china on its floors, and an oriental rug that was gifted by ethiopian emperor haile selassie.
#india#architecture#interior#worship#jewish#sephardic#mizrahi#abrahamic kerala#my posts#this seems like a combo of european racism & s asian casteism but idk anything abt castes so idk how right i am#imo the attitude of the paradesi sephardim sort of echoes what went on w/ portugese & st thomas christians#though they were also influenced by ''jewish racism'' (someone not being an ''authentic'' jew or 100% jewish in lineage)#also its interesting that most paradesi jews who left india went to other commonwealth countries while most malabar jews went to occupied#palestine (for the same reason indian muslims went to pakistan more or less). something something the west's unwanted refugee dumping groun#also i'm not saying the portugese didn't persecute against locals who practiced other religions just that there was a Very Specific type of#persecution st thomas christians and malabari jews faced from them#one more thing: i think most americans dont know (and western europeans like to forget) that the transatlantic slave trade went into#western europe as well. even if most w euro countries outlawed slavery before the us did#and also that ‘white’ has never had a linear definition (yemenites are very not ‘white’-looking to the average american)
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