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Professor and Head of Department of International History, London School of Economics, author of The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars and Caliphs

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Hasidic-Muslim Relations in Ottoman Palestine - TheTorah.com In the wake of the Hasidic aliyah in the 18th and 19th centuries, Hasidic masters reflected on the positive experience the local Jews had with their Muslim neighbors, as well as the importance of lovi...

www.thetorah.com/article/hasi...

24.02.2026 07:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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'Surround the polls': ICE will patrol elections, ex-Trump aide says President Trump has called for the Republican party and the federal government to take control of local elections as polls show Democratic gains.

eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

05.02.2026 09:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Analysis: When Trump makes election threats, it’s best to believe him | CNN Politics When President Donald Trump looks like he’s gearing up to meddle in an election, still-raw history suggests he should be believed.

edition.cnn.com/2026/02/03/p...

03.02.2026 10:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

m.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP...

30.01.2026 08:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000: Local Officials According to two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health who spoke with TIME.

time.com/7357635/more...

26.01.2026 15:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover | Francine Prose This is the news we should be paying attention to. At least for the moment, everything else is a distraction

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

26.01.2026 14:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

US government rhetoric is textbook authoritarian.

During the Gezi protests, Turkish police shot 14-year-old Berkin Elvan in the head with a teargas canister while he was out buying bread.

He died after a months-long coma.

TR officials called his family terrorists and his mourners necrophiles.

08.01.2026 20:39 👍 7 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Jewish klezmer-dance band Oi Va Voi: ‘Musicians shouldn’t have to keep looking over their shoulders’ After 20 years playing around the world, the group had two UK gigs cancelled this year after protests from activists. It’s made them feel targeted for who they are, the band say

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

26.12.2025 15:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A swim for unity at Bondi beach, the scene of Sydney’s darkest day. But on land tensions fray Jewish voices say an attack of this kind was entirely predictable given the surge in antisemitic attacks in Australia since 2023

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

20.12.2025 17:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thrilled that my book, Children of Abraham: The Story of Jewish-Muslim Relations, will be published by Profile (UK) in April 2026

17.10.2025 13:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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15.10.2025 09:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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In a time of hate and rancour, two Jews sought to pray – and were killed. Let Manchester be a turning point | Jonathan Freedland This was a horror but with so much intolerance and antisemitism, no one can say it was a surprise. There are lessons to learn, and that must start now, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

03.10.2025 18:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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[reminder] – Morgen, 19:15 Uhr:

Die #MosseLecture von @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social mit dem Titel »Children of Abraham: The Story of Muslim-Jewish Relations« im Senatssaal der @humboldtuni.bsky.social.

– mit Ulrike Freitag

Anmeldung unter: info@mosse-lectures.de

Bis morgen, wir freuen uns!

22.05.2025 10:19 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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[save the date]:

Nächsten Freitag geht es bereits weiter mit unserer Reihe zum #Zionismus: Dann wird @marcdavidbaer1.bsky.social unser Gast bei den #MosseLectures an der @humboldtuni.bsky.social sein.

— mit Ulrike Freitag

Anmeldung unter info@mosse-lectures.de

Bis dahin, wir freuen uns!

16.05.2025 14:13 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Program – Mosse Lectures

Looking forward to speaking in Berlin
www.mosse-lectures.de/en/program/

07.05.2025 14:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Otomanos, los últimos romanos - Zenda Ángel Carlos Pérez Aguayo escribe acerca de 'Otomanos', una obra de Marc David Baer publicada por Desperta Ferro.

www.zendalibros.com/otomanos-los...

17.04.2025 16:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump exploiting antisemitism fears to undermine rule of law, warns Jewish coalition A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration stripping international students of visas under the guise of fighting antisemitism actually makes Jews less safe and undermines the rul...

www.npr.org/transcripts/...

17.04.2025 16:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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mi libro en traducción al español

13.04.2025 16:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Turkey’s young ‘hope of millions’ held in jail as Erdoğan cracks down on protests Popular student demonstrator Berkay Gezgin, 21, snatched off street by police outside office of detained Istanbul mayor

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

30.03.2025 19:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Cevahir AVM önünde üniversitelilere gözaltı Cevahir AVM önünde Maçka Parkı'na yürümek için toplanan çok sayıda üniversite öğrencisi, ablukaya alındıktan sonra gözaltına alındı.

🔴 Cevahir AVM önünde üniversitelilere gözaltı

Cevahir AVM önünde Maçka Parkı'na yürümek için toplanan çok sayıda üniversite öğrencisi, ablukaya alındıktan sonra gözaltına alındı.

🗞️ Ali Dinç'in haberi

27.03.2025 17:58 👍 6 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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BBC statement on detention and deportation of Mark Lowen

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

27.03.2025 12:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nuray Mert'e "terör örgütü üyeliği" suçlamasıyla dava açıldı - Medyascope Nuray Mert'e "terör örgütü üyeliği" suçlamasıyla dava açıldı. İddiaya konu olay, 2014'te Suriye'de çekilen bir fotoğrafa dayanıyor.

medyascope.tv/2025/03/26/n...

27.03.2025 10:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Eight journalists covering anti-government protests held in Turkey Arrests condemned as ‘unlawful’ by press freedom groups, highlighting growing repression amid demonstrations against President Erdoğan

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

25.03.2025 17:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Journalists among more than 1,100 arrested in Turkey crackdown Authorities ask X to block accounts as tens of thousands take to streets in largest anti-government protests in years

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

24.03.2025 15:03 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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bianet’in X hesabına sansür bianet’in 365 bin takipçili X hesabı, İBB Başkanı Ekrem İmamoğlu’nun gözaltına alınıp tutuklanmasına ilişkin devam eden protestolarla ilgili geçtiği haberler sonrasında erişime engellendi.

bianet.org/haber/bianet...

24.03.2025 14:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Turkey latest: Huge protests across the country after president's main rival jailed Thousands of people have been protesting since Istanbul's mayor was detained on Wednesday.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...

23.03.2025 22:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Istanbul mayor jailed on day of likely presidential nomination Ekrem İmamoğlu, rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, placed in pre-trial detention along with dozens of staff and officials

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

23.03.2025 22:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Istanbul mayor arrested days before likely presidential nomination Key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan detained a day after university invalidated his diploma, in move seen as politically motivated

Dictator clinging to power in desparate measure
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

19.03.2025 07:46 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Turkish school annuls diploma of Erdogan rival in blow to opposition Istanbul University said on Tuesday it annulled the diploma of Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival over irregularities, in a blow to the opposition days before it was set to pick him as its presidential candidate in the next elections.

Istanbul University annuls Ekrem Imamoglu's university degree

Stunning as it may imperil Imamoglu's campaign-being a college grad is a prerequisite to be president

Worth noting that Erdogan is not a grad and relied on forged documents since 2014

18.03.2025 16:27 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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Ahora en Espanol

13.03.2025 16:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0