Conspiracy Thinking in the Middle East w/Adel Aali

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EPISODE 102 | Conspiracy Thinking in the Middle East (Because Reasons 10)

Guest: Adel Aali, creator and host of the podcasts History Behind News and Unravelling the Middle East

Conspiracy theories seem to thrive in the Middle East, but why? Adel Aali takes a look at some of the more common CTs, as well as where they come from and why that region might be primed for conspiracy thinking due to its history.

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SECTIONS

1. 04:39 - What Is the Middle East?
2. 06:44 - The Fertile Crescent, the Ottomans, the Sykes–Picot Agreement, comparing modern Middle Eastern history with US history, the ME has not been given the space to develop modern structures
3. 12:36 - Religion as a startup, Islam is quite different from Judaism and Christianity, possible reasons CTS thrive - a paucity of information vs. a plethora, a lack of education, stability vs instability; CTs begin to swirl when people feel disconnected from their government, individuated instability and emotional narratives
4. 21:46 - Israel has an unusual place in the ME, anti-Semitic CTs like the Jewish people are Communists vs. they are Nazis, online brownshirting, Russia was once seen as the second home for the Jewish people, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the Khazar theory, scapegoating works for a primed audience, the divisions are illusions
5. 32:53 - Jews, America, Israel and Zionism; the Muslim world was once the shizzle so what happened?, Tamerlane rejects invading Europe for business reasons, the Ottomans held back the printing press, persecution complex in the ME, the blame game, the secularization thesis, Iran is becoming secular
6. 45:37 - You can't be pro or against a country

• Music by Fanette Ronjat

More Info:

• History Behind News podcast
• Unravelling the Middle East podcast
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• A Weirdness Travelogue: Henges, Tiles & Plaques episode
• ’Merican Monuments (Travelogue 2) episode
• Spanish Caravan (Travelogue 3) episode
• Fair Dinkum - 4 Mysteries from Down Under episode
• Oh, Canada! episode
• From Sea to Sea: More Canada Mysteries & Histories with comedian Nile Séguin
• Üst akıl – Totally Turkey episode
• How The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days on NPR
• Violent Gangs and Predatory Republics - From Haiti to Africa HBN episode
• A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong
• The Billion-Dollar Party That Ended a 2500-Year-Old Monarchy essay
• Smoke & Mirrors: Unintentional Dangers and Slow Thinking with Kent Weishaus episode
• Pootie-Poot on the Prowl - V. Putin Takes Center Stage episode
• From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman on Amazon
• Thomas Friedman website
• Protocols of the Elders of Zion in Holocaust Encyclopedia
• Khazar Love Triangle episode
• Abbas and the Khazar Claim: Separating Myth from Fact on Fikra Forum
• Blood Libel on the Jewish Virtual Library
• The “Golden Age” of Jewish-Muslim Relations: Myth and Reality by Mark R. Cohen, Princeton University Press paper
• Conspiracy Theories and Conflict in the Middle East on the Religious Freedom Institute
• When animals were used as spies in the Economic Times
• The lure of conspiracy theories in Iranian politics
• Policy, Perception, and Misperception: The United States and the Fall of the Shah by Kyle Balzer paper from Marine Corp University
• The Paranoid Style in Iranian Politics
• Deconstructing Secularization Theory: Religion, Secularity, and Self-hood Since the
  Onset of Western Modernity by Nicole Owens paper in Berkeley Undergraduate Journal
• Iran’s secular shift: new survey reveals huge changes in religious beliefs in The Conversation
• Inside story: How Iran’s religious classes are turning increasingly secular on Amwaj Media

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