Sources with the tag 'Jihad'

From one of our Muslim prison camps. Dolce far niente in the sunshine

The photo shows a group of North African prisoners of war, two prisoners of unknown origin, and an officer, all in front of barracks. The prisoners are arranged in a way that shows them to be…

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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Postcard; Photograph; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
Tags: anti-colonialism, anti-French, Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, Jihad, Muslims, Personal Encounters, Photograph, postcard, Propaganda, The Other

Cover image: Die Woche - Bilder vom Tage, 11 January 1916

This cover image from Die Woche published on 11 January 1916 shows a sketch of Sheikh Salih al-Sharif al-Tunisi. He was a religious North African scholar who worked as a propagandist, advocating…

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Themes: Religion; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Intellectual Exchange
Tags: anti-colonialism, anti-French, colonial intellectual, Colonialism, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, imperial strategy, Jihad, Muslims, Non-Combatant, orientalism, Ottoman Empire, pan-Islamism, Personal Encounters, POW, Propaganda, religion

Weinberg Camp near Zossen

The first picture shows the visit of an Ottoman-German delegation to the Halbmondlager. The gangways are decorated with conifer wood and the buildings with various Ottoman and German flags. The mosque…

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Themes: Religion; Propaganda; Photograph; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
Tags: Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, German Revolutionary Program, imperial strategy, Jihad, Muslims, pan-Islamism, POW, pow-camp, Propaganda

British propaganda in Allied and neutral countries. Note by Lord Cecil from the Foreign Office, 29 December 1916

Dated 29 December 1916, this report by Lord Cecil from the British Foreign Office comprises evaluations of British propaganda conducted in both Allied and neutral countries and among Muslim…

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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Postcard; Poem; Photograph; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Language; Imperial Strategy
Tags: cartoon, Dutch East Indies, Great-Britain, imperial strategy, India, Java, Jihad, Muslims, Neutrality, newspapers, Photograph, Propaganda, Race, The Netherlands

Sheikh Saleh Scherif, spearhead for the liberation of Tunisia and Algeria from the French yoke

The sketch shows the profile of Salih al-Sharif al-Tunisi, a religious Tunisian-Algerian scholar and propagandist with the Ottoman Teşkilât-ı Mahsusa.

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Tags: Algeria, anti-colonialism, anti-French, colonial intellectual, cultural propaganda, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, Jihad, newspapers, Ottoman Empire, pan-Islamism, religion, western front

The Great War 1914/1915. Declaration of the Holy War

The picture shows a group of troopers and foot soldiers celebrating together; two men beat drums, while others wave their rifles. The flag of the Ottoman Empire is visible. A building is discernible…

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Themes: Religion; Propaganda; Postcard; Imperial Strategy
Tags: Colonialism, cultural propaganda, imperial strategy, Jihad, mobilisation, Mobility, Muslim, orientalism, Ottoman Empire, painting, pan-Islamism, postcard

'Camp Weinberg near Zossen' and 'Zossen 1914-17'

The first picture shows the inauguration of the Tatar memorial stone in the Tatar section of the cemetery in Zehrensdorf. Prisoners from both propaganda camps attended the ceremony, as well as Ottoman…

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Themes: Religion; Propaganda; Photograph; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
Tags: Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, Halfmoon Camp, imperial strategy, Jihad, mobilisation, orientalism, pan-Islamism, Photograph, postcard, POW, pow-camp, Propaganda, religion

Halfmoon Camp in Wünsdorf-Zossen. Three-legged race

The postcard shows a group of prisoners of war and their guards in the propaganda camp in Wünsdorf. They are shown supposedly in their leisure time; some of them doing a three-legged race, others are…

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Themes: Race; Propaganda; Postcard; Photograph; Captivity
Tags: colonial intellectual, Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, imperial strategy, Jihad, Muslims, Personal Encounters, Photograph, postcard, POW, pow-camp

Der Neue Orient (The New Orient). Monthly newspaper on the political, economic, and spiritual life in the whole East

Der Neue Orient was one of the periodicals published by the Information Service for the East. As the table of contents shows, it reported on economic, political, cultural, and social developments in…

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Themes: Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Imperial Strategy
Tags: German Revolutionary Program, imperial strategy, Jihad, Language, mobilisation, newspapers, orientalism, orientalists, pan-Islamism, pow-camp, Propaganda

Zehrensdorf Indian cemetery

These photographs were taken at a commemoration event on 1 August 2014. The municipality of the small town Zossen, the Evangelical Church, together with inhabitants and guests came together at the…

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Themes: Religion; Photograph; Mobility; Captivity
Tags: Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, English, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, Hindi, imperial strategy, Jihad, Language, Memory, Muslims, orientalism, pan-Islamism, religion, Tatar

Halfmoon Camp in Wünsdorf

The sketch depicts the mosque which was erected in the Halfmoon Camp in 1915. In the foreground, human silhouettes are identifiable. They appear as if wearing traditional turbans and cloaks. Other…

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Themes: Religion; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
Tags: anti-British, anti-colonialism, anti-French, Colonial Troops, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, imperial strategy, Jihad, painting, POW, pow-camp, Propaganda

Greenmantle

Published in 1916, the novel Greenmantle was a wartime bestseller written by the English author John Buchan who also worked as a high-ranking propaganda official at the British propaganda office,…

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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Mobility; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
Tags: anti-colonialism, Camp, Colonial Troops, German Revolutionary Program, Great-Britain, imperial strategy, Jihad, Muslims, novel, orientalism, Propaganda, South Africa, Wellington House

Hindostan and El Dschihad

Hindostan and El Dschihad were propaganda newspapers for South Asian, Caucasian, and North African prisoners of war in the Halbmondlager in Wünsdorf and the Weinberglager in Zossen. These periodicals…

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Themes: Religion; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy; Captivity
Tags: anti-British, anti-colonialism, Arabic, Colonial soldiers, Colonial Troops, German Revolutionary Program, Halfmoon Camp, Hindi, Jihad, Language, newspapers, official documents, orientalism, orientalists, Ottoman Empire, pan-Islamism, POW, pow-camp, Propaganda, religion, revolution, Russian, Tatar, Urdu

German propaganda in support of Islam in the Dutch East Indies, 4 May 1916

The first fragment contains the report of 4 May 1916 written by the French envoy to The Hague Henri Allizé to the French Ministry of Colonies regarding German incitement of Indonesian Muslims. The…

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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
Tags: anti-colonialism, Dutch, Dutch East Indies, France, French, German Revolutionary Program, Jihad, Muslims, newspapers, pamphlet, pan-Islamism, revolution, The Netherlands