blood libel

blood libel
a) The false accusation that Jews murder non-Jewish children to use their blood for their religious rituals and holidays.
b) Any false or purportedly false accusation of murder of a non-Jew by a Jewish person or organization.

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  • Rhodes blood libel — The Rhodes blood libel was an instance of blood libel against Jews in which the Jews on the Ottoman Empire island of Rhodes were accused of the ritual murder of a Christian boy in February 1840.The libel originated in the Greek Orthodox community …   Wikipedia

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  • Tiszaeszlár blood libel — The Tiszaeszlár blood libel, also known as the Tiszaeszlár Affair, was a blood libel and trial that set off anti semitic agitation in Hungary in 1882 1883.Origin of the accusationOn April 1, 1882, Eszter Solymosi, a 14 year old Christian peasant… …   Wikipedia

  • Shiraz blood libel — The Shiraz blood libel was a pogrom of the Jewish quarter in Shiraz, Iran, on October 30, 1910, sparked by false rumors that the Jews had ritually killed a Muslim girl. In the course of the pogrom, 12 Jews were killed and about 50 were injured,… …   Wikipedia

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