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What the 1860 Damascus massacre teaches us about coexistence
"Let us finish the Christians, let us exterminate them," shrieked the mob outside the Damascus Citadel.  Soon after, the Citadel — which housed thousands of Christians who'd fled their homes — was sacked, leaving hundreds dead. The Christian quarter of old Damascus was reduced to rubble; the pack of stray dogs roaming the streets searching for food was all that was left.  The 1860 outbreak of anti-Christian violence was a shocking and shameful episode in Damascus’s history. Centuries of co-existence, tolerance and diversity were brought to an abrupt halt in a matter of a few days. "The Damascus Events makes for a compelling and essential reading because it not only s

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