Episode 377
1910 Shiraz blood libel
Wed, 2018-May-16 00:33 UTC
Length - 1:30
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The random article for Wednesday, 16 May 2018 is 1910 Shiraz blood libel.
The 1910 Shiraz blood libel was a pogrom of the Jewish quarter in Shiraz, Iran, on October 30, 1910, organized by the apostate Qavam family and sparked by accusations that the Jews had ritually killed a Muslim girl. In the course of the pogrom, 12 Jews were killed and about 50 were injured, and 6,000 Jews of Shiraz were robbed of all their possessions. The event was documented by the representative of the Alliance Israélite Universelle in Shiraz.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:33 UTC on Wednesday, 16 May 2018.
For the full current version of the article, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910_Shiraz_blood_libel.
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