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Jüdisches Leben in islamischen Ländern – eine gefährdete Tradition Der durch den Nahostkonflikt genährte Antizionismus in der arabischen Welt lässt beinahe vergessen, dass auch in muslimischen Ländern jüdische Gemeinschaften leben. Allerdings hat die Abwanderung aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen oder aufgrund von politischem Druck fast überall zu einem starken Rückgang der jüdischen Bevölkerung geführt. Im jüdischen Kasino von Tanger scheint die Zeit stehengeblieben zu sein. Gut gekleidete Damen und Herren sitzen an mit grünem Filz belegten Tischen und spielen Karten. Mehrere Kronleuchter geben dem grossen Saal eine exklusive Atmosphäre. Wem nicht nach Kartenspiel zumute ist, der sitzt an der Bar und lässt sich einen Apéritif oder auch nur ein Bier servieren. Eine Abendgesellschaft im Klub, wie sie vo

Christoph Luxenberg - Interview/ English

The Virgins and the Grapes: the Christian Origins of the Koran A German scholar of ancient languages takes a new look at the sacred book of Islam. He maintains that it was created by Syro-Aramaic speaking Christians, in order to evangelize the Arabs. And he translates it in a new way by Sandro Magister That Aramaic was the lingua franca of a vast area of the ancient Middle East is a notion that is by now amply noted by a vast public, thanks to Mel Gibson’s film “The Passion of the Christ,” which everyone watches in that language. But that Syro-Aramaic was also the root of the Koran, and of the Koran of a primitive Christian system, is a more specialized notion, an almost clandestine one. And it’s more than a little dangerous. The author

Bucha was not an isolated incident - the brutal pillar of Russian military strategy

More than 400 people are said to have been murdered in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha. Some victims show signs of torture or rape. What the Russian military is doing in Ukraine is part of a perfidious strategy. A military strategy that other countries are watching closely – and copying. By Alfred Hackensberger Men who just wanted to buy bread. A family with three children who had sought shelter in the basement. Women hiding in their homes. Now they are all dead. Russian soldiers are said to have murdered them in  cold blood  in Bucha. The mayor of the town northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv spoke of a total of 403 deaths. Some of the victims show signs of torture. Several women were raped. After the Russian soldiers withdrew from Bucha,  the corpses testify to a shocking sequence of violent acts  during the occupation of the city. Human rights organizations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague are now investigating whether  war crimes  have been committed. Bucha was n