Elections were postponed due to natural disasters. When they were finally held, they determined an unsolvable crisis in Pakistan.
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The Bangladesh Genocide. 3. Cracking Down on Bengali Leaders
Between 1967 and 1969, General Ayub Khan’s regime tried to destroy the political leadership of East Pakistan. It failed, but created further unrest.
The Bangladesh Genocide. 2. The Language Riots
Eastern Pakistanis wanted Bengali acknowledged as one of Pakistan’s national language. After years of bloody repression, they won their battle in 1956.
The Bangladesh Genocide. 1. In Search of “East Pakistan”
The creation of Pakistan in 1947 as a strange state consisting of two non-contiguous parts prepared the way for the genocide.
Louis Massignon: At The Origins of Christian-Islamic Dialogue
The French Islamologist had a crucial role in shaping our current discourse on Islam and the Middle East. His roots were in a special brand of Catholic mysticism.
The Mystery of Thugs: Did They Really Exist?
The legendary Indian sect of stranglers probably existed, although controversies are not settled—but using them to slander Hinduism does not make sense.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 9. The Fixer
Immortalized in Malamud’s novel, the 1913 Beilis trial in Kiev was the last internationally famous case where a Jew was accused of ritual murder.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 8. The Strange Case of a Girl in Bohemia
Leopold Hilsner was one of the last Jews sentenced in a case of blood libel. His case divided the Imperial bureaucracy and the Catholic Church.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 7. The Tisza-Eszlár Incident, 1882
The mysterious death of a girl in Hungary is attributed to a Jewish ritual murder by right-wing extremists to this very day.
The Blood Libel Anti-Semitic Myth. 6. The Case of Damascus, 1840
In the 19th century, Catholics became more inclined to believe in the blood libel myth. Politics, however, saved the accused Syrian Jews.