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What was the 1840 Damascus Affair?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

It was an incident in which a blood-libel (an accusation of "ritual killing") was brought against members of the Jewish community of Damascus, Syria. Eight leading Jews of Damascus were falsely accused of murdering a Christian monk. They were jailed and tortured. Several of them died from the torture, and another was forced to convert to Islam. Also, the Muslim populace of Damascus pillaged the synagogue in the Jobar neighborhood, and destroyed the Torah-scrolls.

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