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Michael T Miller-Wierzbicki

@drmikemw.bsky.social

Academic research on Judaism, esp Black Jews and Black Hebrew Israelites. Posts about religion. Music-loving vegan. Family man. From Birmingham to Warsaw via Liverpool and Nottingham. Animal lover, environmentalist. Wearing middle-age surprisingly well.

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China continues its rampage against religious minorities in Tibet as well as Xinjiang, a process of forced assimilation known as "sinicization" (which is covered also by the definition of genocide, for those interested in such things)

bitterwinter.org/over-300-tib...

03.08.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unmasked: the man behind one of the fastest growing far-right YouTube channels Chris Boothโ€™s channel โ€“ rife with neo-Nazi ideology, antisemitism and racism โ€“ garnered 2.3m views and likely thousands of dollars from YouTube in about two months

The blatant neo nazi antisemitism, along with antiblack racism, so often comes from those with direct personal ties to simple conservative right wingers.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

03.08.2025 06:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Over 300 Tibetan Stupas and Religious Statues Demolished by the Chinese It is not the first time the CCP has destroyed religious symbols in Sichuanโ€™s Garzรช Tibetan Autonomous Prefectureโ€”but this incident is the worst ever.

bitterwinter.org/over-300-tib...

30.07.2025 04:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Media Slander Against the AROPL in the UK: Cui Bono? Following a woman who refers to herself as โ€œthe anti-cult hero of the digital age,โ€ โ€œThe Guardianโ€ and other British media slandered the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light.

bitterwinter.org/media-slande...

Good article on recent attacks on this small new religion Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (not the same as Pakistani Ahmadiyya, latter is of Sunni origin while former is Shi'i). For scholars "Cult" usually just means a religion the speaker doesn't like.

20.07.2025 06:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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All Episodes | Some Dare Call It Conspiracy

The Some Dare Call it Conspiracy podcast has a good 2 parter on The Turner Diaries, for anyone who, like me, wants to know more about it without having to read it

Nb: always surprising how much terrorism Christian Identity is behind

www.somedarecallitconspiracy.com/all-episodes

19.07.2025 10:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks! Academic hardbacks are always insanely expensive

17.07.2025 11:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

from James Cone to Elijah Muhammad, as well as some staryling similarities with Kabbalistic thought. His community now numbers 3,000 in israel with the same again in other countries.

17.07.2025 11:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They still believe that Black Americans are the authentic Israelite descendants, but now accept other Jewish communities as well. Ben Ammi was a self-taught theologian but examination of his body of work demonstrates a deep connection with various forms of Black American religious thought, from

17.07.2025 11:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They relocated to Israel in 1970, and after two decades of tension with the state finally reached a mutual acceptance in 1990. They are now a liked and respected part of Israeli society, engaged in development work and conflict resolution around the globe (especially in Africa).

17.07.2025 11:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ben Ammi (1939-2014) is perhaps the most significant Black Hebrew Israelite leader, taking his community of c.100 people out of Chicago to Liberia in 1967, where they would weather the coming apocalypse and destruction of America.

17.07.2025 11:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#booksky

17.07.2025 05:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Received some paperbacks of my book on African Hebrew Israelite leader/theologian Ben Ammi. Giving one away, like and share if you're interested. #blackreligion #blackhebrewisraelites #newreligiousmovements

16.07.2025 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Americaโ€™s Founders And The Quran: A Forgotten Legacy Of Religious Freedom At a time when the Trump administration has renewed a travel ban on various Muslim majority countries in Africa and across the Middle East, the Quran owned by John Adams is but one indication that our...

religionunplugged.com/news/july-4-...

09.07.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I am pleased to share my new open-access article on the effects of residential migration from a religious Nigeria to a more secular Britain on the religious commitment of Nigerian Christians in Edinburgh, the Scottish capital.

doi.org/10.1080/0141...

09.11.2023 13:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Jewish Ecologies | Stanford Humanities Center In this special issue of Dibur on Jewish ecologies, we have set out to bring together studies by scholars working on Jewish texts from different time periods and cultural contexts, adopting perspectiv...

This new issue of Dibur on ecology and animals in Judaism looks excellent shc.stanford.edu/arcade/publi...

30.05.2025 07:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Esotericism in Western Culture by โ€ช@wouterjhanegraaff.bsky.socialโ€ฌ explores esotericism as a vital dimension of Western culture.

"An outstanding guide for anyone venturing into the multifaceted world of esotericism." (Henrik Bogdan, Uni. of Gothenburg)

Out now! bit.ly/4khcyQz

#esotericsky #AcRel

29.05.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Extended Deadline--Rebellion and Revolution in African American Literature https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/05/28/extended-deadline-rebellion-and-revolution-in-african-american-literature #acrel

29.05.2025 07:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

EVENT: The Light of Learning. Hasidism in Poland on the Eve of the Holocaust (May 29) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20069396/light-learning-hasidism-poland-eve-holocaust #acrel

28.05.2025 07:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Progressive Judaism co-leaders pledge to welcome critics of Israel โ€˜Judaism has at its heart the idea that we grapple with one another,โ€™ says Rabbi Josh Levy after historic UK merger of Liberal and Reform traditions

UK's Reform and Progressive branches of Judaism have merged (there's more to the article than the title)

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

28.05.2025 08:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tรผrkiye: China Is Spying on Uyghurs Using Fake Cell Towers Turkish intelligence dismantled a Chinese spy ring that had been active in the country for five years.

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27.05.2025 07:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's horrific

26.05.2025 08:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Amateur archaeologists unearth winged goddess at Hadrianโ€™s Wall Exclusive: Married volunteer diggers discover stone relief at site of Roman fort Vindolanda in Northumberland

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

21.05.2025 10:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Apocalypse without God Cambridge Core - Political Theory - Apocalypse without God

Ben Jones's book _Apocalypse without God: Apocalyptic Thought, Ideal Politics, and the Limits of Utopian Hope_ is now freely available online www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

20.05.2025 08:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Countercultural Figures who Helped Give Birth to the Neo-Nazi Terrorist Networks of Today | The Quietus Uncovering the countercultural musicians, publisher & journalist who helped give birth to the neo-Nazi "bible" of today

Confirmation of what many of us knew about Boyd Rice etc al, still i learnt a lot about other figures
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

16.05.2025 11:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why Birthrates (And Not Beliefs) Are Shaping Global Faith (ANALYSIS) This may be unsettling to those whoโ€™ve invested in the idea of a steadily secularizing globe, but the numbers donโ€™t lie. In the long run, the groups that reproduce tend to shape the narrati...

religionunplugged.com/news/2025/4/...

14.05.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Argentine Supreme Court discovers over 80 boxes of forgotten Nazi documents - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The boxes included Nazi postcards, photographs and propaganda materials.

There's a PhD waiting to be written there www.jta.org/2025/05/12/g...

13.05.2025 14:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

1 Enoch 1:6 portrays mountains melting like wax before the divine Judge, a vivid image of the earth's disintegration, drawn from Micah 1:3-4 and echoed again in Judith 16:15 ... #intertextuality #bible #literature

https://intertextual.bible/t/4189

07.05.2025 08:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Through the Spectacles of Ethiopia: Garveyism and the Rise of Black Judaism An amazing community event with an exclusive photo exhibit tracing the history of Black Jewish communities in the United States!

Get your tickets for this free online event with the Black Judaic Heritage Center (featuring a talk by myself) www.eventbrite.com/e/through-th...

05.05.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Religious Ethics in Dark Times: A Muslim-Jewish Dialogue on Gaza. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, in partnership with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the African Studies Program, the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, and...

georgetown.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

29.04.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sorry to see this happening, it's become common in UK to see RS depts /courses shut down too

23.04.2025 14:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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