Talk:Damascus affair

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His servant was Syrian (not Greek) and both of the men were found several days later, having been horribly mutilated, their arms broken, repeatedly stabbed, and their blood had been drained... Check the works of Dr. Arnold Leese...

[edit] More to add

There is more to add to this article.

First of all, there were riots all over the Turkish empire following the Damascus affair. Yossef Bodansky lists the major ones in "Islamic Anti-Semitism as a Political Instrument." I am adding them as I have them, later when I get his book I will rewrite that bit in more detail.

Second, there are more accusations regarding the Damascus blood libel in the Arab world. I am adding the ones I know 75.84.97.215 15:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that info. Please provide page numbers and editions. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 20:39, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

I will add page number for the quote from Bodansky's book when I get the book (I don't have it right now). Meanwhile, I added one more modern accusation for Syrian magazine Al-Usbu' Al-Adabi75.84.97.215 07:51, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rhodes blood libel

The FA Rhodes blood libel refers to the Damascus Affair as having occurred simultaneously, yet this article does not refer to the Rhodes events. Also, that article extensively references the Frankel book, which is in fact about the Damascus Affair, yet this article does not. The solution must be to include much from the the Frankel book here. I am going to leave a message on the Rhodes blood libel talk page to see if anyone can come over here to help. Itsmejudith 16:18, 13 November 2007 (UTC)