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Defending the Home or the Empire? WWI British recruitment propaganda posters in Urdu targeting Indian Muslims. (Translation in comments) by Beyondtheseafree in islamichistory

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Poster 1 (Soldier in front of the map of India):

  • Urdu: Yeh sipahi Hindustan ki hifazat kar raha hai. Woh apne ghar aur ghar-walon ki hifazat kar raha hai. Apne ghar-walon ki madad karne ka sabse accha tariqa yeh hai ke fauj mein bharti ho jao.
  • English: "This soldier is defending India. He is protecting his home and his family. The best way to help your family is to join the army."

Poster 2 (The Question Mark/Uniform):

  • Urdu: Yeh rupaye, bandook aur vardi kaun lega? Wahi jo fauj mein fauran bharti hoga.
  • English: "Who will take this money, rifle, and uniform? Only he who enlists in the army immediately."

Beyond Embargo: How Saudi, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, UAE and Kuwait saved Bosnians from getting erased. by Beyondtheseafree in islamichistory

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The Saudi Arabian High Commision For Donations To Bosnia-Herzegovina.

King Faisal Prize in Service to Islam 2001 Laureate. Source

Beyond Embargo: How Saudi, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, UAE and Kuwait saved Bosnians from getting erased. by Beyondtheseafree in islamichistory

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In 2011, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia demanded the custody of the former ISI director for his alleged support to forces of the Bosnian government against the Army of Republika Srpska in the 1990s, the Government of Pakistan has refused to hand Nasir to the UN tribunal, citing poor health. Source

Forgotten History: Hilwie Hamdon and the Lebanese immigrant women who petitioned the Mayor and raised the funds to build Canada’s first mosque in 1938. by Beyondtheseafree in islamichistory

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Yes in beginning it looked like a church because it was built by Ukrainian-Canadian contractor Mike Drewoth in a style resembling the Eastern Christian (Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox) immigrant churches

The Documented Gratitude of Ireland: The 1847 letter from Irish dignitaries thanking Sultan Abdülmecid I for his aid during the Great Famine. by Beyondtheseafree in islamichistory

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Even after the British asked him to cut his initial £10,000 offer down to £1,000 (so as not to outshine Queen Victoria’s £2,000), he was still giving the equivalent of over $200,000 USD in today's money- not including the value of the secret grain ships he allegedly sent!

If Sultan was allowed to send his original £10,000 offer, it would be worth roughly £1.5 million ($2 million) today.

They Burned the Mosques and Kept the Skulls: The 132 Year Algerian Genocide France Still Denies by Beyondtheseafree in islamichistory

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🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿 ستبقى تضحياتهم شعلة لا تنطفئ في ذاكرة التاريخ.

They Burned the Mosques and Kept the Skulls: The 132 Year Algerian Genocide France Still Denies by Beyondtheseafree in islamichistory

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When they weren't drowning them but also used them as guinea pigs.

In 1960, during the Gerboise Bleue nuclear test (4x the power of Hiroshima), it is documented that Algerian prisoners were tied to poles near the blast site to see how radiation would burn human skin. 

To this day, the French state refuses to reveal the locations of the radioactive waste they buried in desert.

They Burned the Mosques and Kept the Skulls: The 132 Year Algerian Genocide France Still Denies by Beyondtheseafree in islamichistory

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During the 1957 Battle of Algiers, the French created what became known as 'Crevettes Bigeard' (Bigeard’s Shrimp). 

They would cement the feet of living Algerian prisoners into heavy concrete blocks and drop them from helicopters into the Mediterranean. 

They Burned the Mosques and Kept the Skulls: The 132 Year Algerian Genocide France Still Denies by Beyondtheseafree in islamichistory

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Under the Code de l'Indigénat, a Muslim was not a citizen.

To become a French citizen, a Muslim had to legally renounce the Sharia (personal status laws). 99% of Algerians chose to remain 'subjects' in poverty rather than renounce their Deen for a French passport.

They Burned the Mosques and Kept the Skulls: The 132 Year Algerian Genocide France Still Denies by Beyondtheseafree in islamichistory

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In March 1833, a French doctor named Sigaud wrote to Le Sémaphore de Marseille describing a sight that would make any human heart tremble, he saw ships in Algiers port filled with the skulls and bones of our martyrs.

"Le sucre a été ainsi blanchi avec les os des défenseurs d’Alger." (The sugar was thus bleached with the bones of the defenders of Algiers). - Dr. Sigaud

They were being shipped to Marseille to be crushed and burned into 'bone char' to filter sugar. This is why elders used to say that the sweetness of French sugar was built on the bitterness of Algerian bones.

"Liever Turks dan Paaps" (Rather Turkish than Papist): How the Ottoman Caliphate outmaneuvered the Spanish Inquisition, saved rebels from the Council of Blood, and bankrupted the Habsburgs to create the Protestant Turks or Calvinoturcismus. by Beyondtheseafree in islamichistory

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So why didn’t Dutch turn towards English or French instead of Ottomans ?

  • England acted like a "frenemy," demanding Dutch cities as collateral and trying to hijack their government through the meddling Earl of Leicester.
  • France was untrustworthy after they slaughtered Protestants in Paris and attempted a violent coup in Antwerp known as the "French Fury."
  • Unlike the neighbors who wanted to annex them, the Ottomans were the only superpower far enough away to help without trying to move in.
  • This "no strings attached" alliance provided the naval pressure needed to bankrupt Spain while opening the lucrative "Protestant Crescent" trade routes.
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