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  1. Ramesh Gupta @[email protected] ·

    #Kitchener's misunderstanding of #Islam ➡️ mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1
    — monolithic homogenous bloc controlled by the #Caliph &
    — blind spot toward the #Shia-#Sunni divide
    were magnified by his failure to understand the constitutional nature of #Islamic society.

    In choosing Grand Sharif #Hussein as the #Arabian #Caliph, the #British intention was only to prop up the "Pope" of Islam, and through that Islamic papacy, control #Britain's #muslim subjects all over the world.

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    #PeaceToEndAllPeace

    #kitchener #islam #caliph #shia #sunni #islamic
  2. Ramesh Gupta @[email protected] ·

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    Anwar #Pasha's entry into the #GreatWar on the #German side surprised the #British.

    #Germany needed access to #Turkish ports and the #Turks wanted German navy there to give them a free hand to invade #Russia.

    Turkey also wanted share of war spoils if Germany won!

    To protect its navy against British, Germans had no choice but to accede. Turks had them at gun point.

    #Churchill had no idea that what was going on was #extortion

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    #PeaceToEndAllPeace #OttomanEmpire #Turkey #WWI #MiddleEast

    #peacetoendallpeace #pasha #greatwar #british #ottomanempire #turkey