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Q&A: Karekin II

The leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Karekin II visited the U.S. in October to support a resolution condemning Turkey's 1915-1917 Armenian genocide.

Denise McGill | posted 11/26/2007 09:55AM

The leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Karekin II visited the U.S. in October to support a resolution condemning Turkey's 1915-1917 Armenian genocide. Voting on the resolution has been postponed ...

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faruk

Posted: November 30, 2007 12:46 AM


Dear TM, I beg to differ… Do you not notice dual standards if you set aside the wrong doings of the Armenians towards the Turks which happened at the same time in the same place, and dwell only on Turks punishment of that act? Do the Muslim dead not count, because you consider them less human?

TM	Posted: November 28, 2007 9:33 AM

First, no matter what certain Armenians did during the period, it doesn't diminish the fact that the Talat Pasha et al attempted to cleanse the Ottoman Empire / Turkey of non-Muslims - mainly Armenians. This is a fact acknowledged by everyone except many Turks and a few scholars on Turkey's payroll (and some Jews). One note - Greeks and Armenians have GOT to stop calling Istanbul "Constantinople." It aggrevates Turkey's fear that others are out to get them, take back land, etc. In short, it fans the flames of nationalism.

P Con Holly

Posted: November 26, 2007 10:07 PM

Surely P.Connoly knows better than the Int'l Association of Genocide Scholars. Surely he is a better expert than the experts themselves. Surely he knows better than Elie Wiesel. Shame on you, Mr. Connoly. Denying the Armenian Genocide is exactly the same thing as denying the Jewish Holocaust. Please take your hate speech to Turkey and to neo-nazi clubs. They would love to feed off your expertise over there.

P. Connolly

Posted: November 26, 2007 5:25 PM


The interview with Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II is here: http://www.turkishweekly.net/interview.php?id=244

P. Connolly

Posted: November 26, 2007 5:14 PM

Karekin II does not speak for all Armenians. There is another Armenian Patriarch in Istanbul, Mesrob II, and he is opposed to the "genocide" label -and with good reason. He explains his reasoning here: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/december/10.17.html Modern Turkish People everywhere are opposed to this "genocide" label because it ignores the many innocent Turkish civilians (Moslems) who were tortured and killed by Armenians in the decades of civil unrest that preceded the events of 1915 and because there is no true evidence of a government attempt to exterminate Armenians. All Christians should think twice before advocating a label that disregards the value of a human life. A Moslem life is a human life. The campaign for recognition of a "genocide" against the Armenians is not about Love; it is about hatred for Moslem Turks. Genocide cannot be eliminated by yielding to people who preach such disregard for human life.

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