Christian Anti Semitism in the Ottoman Empire

Year 1990, , 1073 - 1150, 20.12.1990

Stanford J. Shaw

https://doi.org/10.37879/belleten.1990.1073

Abstract

As a result of the tension now existing between Israel and the Muslim world, it long has been assumed that the anti Semitism to which Jews of the Ottoman Empire were subjected over the centuries was the result of Muslim antipathy for Judaism and Jews, and that it was carried out largely by Muslims. This idea was spread by Christian nationalist groups within and outside the Ottoman Empire for the purpose of gaining the support of world Jewry for their causes. At times, moreover, these groups even stimulated Muslim attacks on their own people to gain the support of the Christian nations of Europe.

Keywords

Christian, Anti Semitism, Europe, Ottoman Empire

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