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According to the respective article, German speaking Jew " Max Nordau saw Muscular Judaism as an answer to Judendot (Jewish distress)" in 1898. Juden are the Jews, but dot is not a word in modern German. While it might be a spelling for Tod/tot ("death/dead") in older texts or dialect literature, this definitely wasn't the case in New High German around 1900, and would not be translated as "distress". Does anybody know where the term might come from? Is this possibly a typo? (As the source given How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization is not directly on the topic, this appears possible.) -- KnightMove ( talk) 12:17, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Is M.G. Vassanji the only writer in Canada who is an Ismaili Nizari and writes about Ismaili Nizaris in East Africa? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.89.41.68 ( talk) 18:35, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Is there a website that shows surnames commonly used by Ismaili Nizaris? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.89.41.68 ( talk) 18:39, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
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According to the respective article, German speaking Jew " Max Nordau saw Muscular Judaism as an answer to Judendot (Jewish distress)" in 1898. Juden are the Jews, but dot is not a word in modern German. While it might be a spelling for Tod/tot ("death/dead") in older texts or dialect literature, this definitely wasn't the case in New High German around 1900, and would not be translated as "distress". Does anybody know where the term might come from? Is this possibly a typo? (As the source given How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization is not directly on the topic, this appears possible.) -- KnightMove ( talk) 12:17, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Is M.G. Vassanji the only writer in Canada who is an Ismaili Nizari and writes about Ismaili Nizaris in East Africa? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.89.41.68 ( talk) 18:35, 6 October 2013 (UTC)
Is there a website that shows surnames commonly used by Ismaili Nizaris? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.89.41.68 ( talk) 18:39, 6 October 2013 (UTC)