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Compiled By: Canadian Islamic Congress
June 10, 1098 After the massacre of Antioch by the European Crusaders in "no Muslims was alive". Massacres of Muslims happen also in Asklan in 1099, Aka in 1104, Antioch in 1098, Beruit in 1110 and Tropolie in 1102.
| July 15, 1099 |
All 70,000 inhabitants of Jerusalem, mostly Muslims, were massacred by the European Crusaders "the blood was ankle-deep".
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| Feb. 13, 1258 |
The Mongols slaughtered millions of Muslims (1219-1260) in India, Persia, Iraq and central Asia including the Abbasia Caliph and his officials. The sack of Baghdad and the massacred of its population lasted more than 17 days and an estimated two million Muslims were massacred in Baghdad alone.
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| 1500 - 1900 |
Millions of Muslims civilians were massacred by the imperial powers of Europe in Africa and Asia.
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| July 15, 1834 |
During the Inquisition, in Spain and Portugal the choice for uslims were to "leave, convert or be burnt at the stake". The decree was only suppressed after all Muslims were killed or left. Massacres of Muslims happened in Toledo (1085), Lisbon (1147), Cordoba (1236), Seville (1248), Maria (1266) and Granada (1492), "Promises of religious toleration were not kept".
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| 1940 |
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims were massacred during and prior to the partition of India.
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| April 9-10, 1948 |
Following Deir Yassin massacre, Palestine, where 250 were killed by armed Jewish settlers, 100's of thousands left their homes in fear. Today there are over 3 million Palestinians refuges and exiles.
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| October 29, 1956 |
Israeli Lieutenant Dunhan reported to the command officer, after the massacre of Kafr Qasem, where 43 were shot by the army, "minus 15 Arabs ... it is difficult to count ... "
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| 1932-1957 |
At Russia's Arctic Vorkuta concentration camps a total of 6 million died, more than one third were Muslims.
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| 1970 To Date |
Several thousand Muslims were massacred in Philippines, Kashmir and Thailand
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| 1978 To Date |
Thousands of Muslim civilians were and are victims of Israeli bombings and shelling in South Lebanon for the last 26 years. Hundreds of thousands were displaced.
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| Sept 15-18, 1982 |
During September 15-18, 1982, Israeli-backed Phalagist militia massacred an estimated 50,000 Palestinians in Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon.
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| March 16, 1988 |
The Kurdish town of Halabja (population 45,000), Iraq, was bombarded with chemical weapons. An estimated 5,000 died and 1,000's seriously wounded.
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| 1994 To Date |
For the last 8 years, the entire population of Iraq has been subjected to brutal sanctions. As a result over 1 million died including 575,000 children.
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| 1992 To Date |
In Bosnia, Kosovo and Chechnya (1992-present) over than 200,000 Muslims were massacred and over 1.5 million Muslims were wounded, become homeless or exiled. Over 50,000 Muslim women and girls were raped.
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| 1992 To Date |
Some 15 million Africans were taken as slaves to the Americans. More than half were Muslims. More than 3 million perished at sea, more than half were Muslims.
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| Feb 25, 1994 |
On February 25, 1994 a Jewish settler shot dead in cold blood 60 Muslim worshipers at the Ibrahimi mosque, Hebron. Thirty more died when they demonstrated against the massacre.
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| April 18, 1996 |
Over 100 Muslims were massacred in the UN compound in Qana, Lebanon by the Israeli army.
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