Archives: Ottoman Empire

Was/Is there an Islamic Enlightenment? (de Bellaigue)

William Eichler interviews Christopher de Bellaigue | Informed Comment | - - Eichler: 1. In the conclusion to The Islamic Enlightenment you describe modern jihadists as “miracle-grow Muslims” who have been “incubated…

London’s Muslim Mayor is nothing New: 1300 yrs of Muslims who Ran Major European Cities

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | The press is declaring Sadiq Khan, victor in the electoral contest for mayor of London, the "first Muslim mayor of a major European city." They…

Hungarian PM Orban’s Ancestors Protected by Ottomans; now he says Islam never part of Europe

Ottomans saved Hungarian PM Orban’s Ancestors; now he says Islam never part of Europe

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban not only continued to defend his anti-immigrant bigotry but went on to say that Islam has never been…

The lost fortunes of Palestine’s dynamic Ottoman-era merchants

By Charlie Hoyle | (Ma'an News Agency) | - - The pink stone mansions hidden among the modern urban geography of Bethlehem --surrounded by an eight-meter high concrete wall and penned in…

Global Connections: World History as Social History – a New Synthesis

I and colleagues have just brought out a world history. Because of the fine and exciting writing of my co-authors, it is more than just a textbook. My readers often ask me…

Gallipoli: Prince Charles, Prince Harry in Turkey Honor 130,000 War Dead on Both Sides

Euronews | - "World leaders have gathered at the World War I battle sites of the Gallipoli campaign to mark 100 years since the British-led invasion. Representatives of countries that faced off…

Controversy as the “Forgotten Genocide” of the Armenians turns 100

AJ+ | - "April 24 marks the 100th anniversary of what's been called “The Forgotten Genocide” and the “Armenian massacres,” when hundreds of thousands – if not millions – of Armenians were…