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“We Will Slaughter Armenians When the Time Comes” Turk Vows
Although the recent conflict between Armenia & Azerbaijan has been presented as a “territorial dispute,” something else—namely religious animosity, or that old Islamic hate for infidels—has permeated it
Raymond Ibrahim https://twitter.com/RaymondIbrahim5/status/1333486014329884672
Although the recent conflict between Armenia & Azerbaijan has been presented as a “territorial dispute,” something else—namely religious animosity, or that old Islamic hate for infidels—has permeated it
Raymond Ibrahim https://twitter.com/RaymondIbrahim5/status/1333486014329884672
For example, several reports
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/25/reports-turkey-is-transferring-syrian-militants-to-azerbaijan-as-hostilities-against-armenia-increases/
and testimonials,
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/25/reports-turkey-is-transferring-syrian-militants-to-azerbaijan-as-hostilities-against-armenia-increases/
and testimonials,
including by an independent French journalist,
https://www.rt.com/russia/502184-moscow-syrian-mercenaries-nagorno-karabakh/
confirmed that Turkey was funneling jihadi/terrorist groups that had been operating in Syria and Libya—including the pro-Muslim Brotherhood Hamza Division,
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/25/reports-turkey-is-transferring-syrian-militants-to-azerbaijan-as-hostilities-against-armenia-increases/
https://www.rt.com/russia/502184-moscow-syrian-mercenaries-nagorno-karabakh/
confirmed that Turkey was funneling jihadi/terrorist groups that had been operating in Syria and Libya—including the pro-Muslim Brotherhood Hamza Division,
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/25/reports-turkey-is-transferring-syrian-militants-to-azerbaijan-as-hostilities-against-armenia-increases/
which kept naked, sex slave women in prison
https://www.syriahr.com/en/167177/
—to terrorize the Armenians.
https://www.syriahr.com/en/167177/
—to terrorize the Armenians.
Similarly, Armenian churches that have come under Azerbaijani control have been desecrated
—despite promises from the authorities to protect them...
Photos: by Serge
Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi
—despite promises from the authorities to protect them...
Photos: by Serge
Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi
In one instance, a soldier—unclear whether an Azeri or a jihadi mercenary from Syria or Iraq—
was videotaped
standing atop a church chapel,
where the cross had been broken off, and triumphantly shouting
“Allahu Akbar! (Allah is greater)”
https://www.opindia.com/2020/11/azerbaijani-soldier-screams-allahu-akbar-from-top-of-church-in-armenia/
was videotaped
standing atop a church chapel,
where the cross had been broken off, and triumphantly shouting
“Allahu Akbar! (Allah is greater)”
https://www.opindia.com/2020/11/azerbaijani-soldier-screams-allahu-akbar-from-top-of-church-in-armenia/
Azerbaijani forces also shelled and destroyed Holy Savior, an iconic Armenian cathedral which was
https://www.deccanherald.com/international/historic-armenian-cathedral-damaged-in-karabakh-shelling-899132.html
“consecrated in 1888 but was damaged during the March 1920 massacre of Armenians of the city by Azerbaijanis and experienced a decades-long decline.”
https://www.deccanherald.com/international/historic-armenian-cathedral-damaged-in-karabakh-shelling-899132.html
“consecrated in 1888 but was damaged during the March 1920 massacre of Armenians of the city by Azerbaijanis and experienced a decades-long decline.”
Anti-infidel rhetoric and logic also motivated the mercenaries.
A captured terrorist confessed
https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1033500
that he was “promised a monthly 2000 dollar payment for fighting against ‘kafirs’ in Artsakh,
and an extra 100 dollar for each beheaded “kafir.” ...
A captured terrorist confessed
https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1033500
that he was “promised a monthly 2000 dollar payment for fighting against ‘kafirs’ in Artsakh,
and an extra 100 dollar for each beheaded “kafir.” ...
(Kafir, often translated as “infidel,”
is Arabic for non-Muslims who fail to submit to Islamic authority,
which by default makes them enemies worthy of death or slavery.)
is Arabic for non-Muslims who fail to submit to Islamic authority,
which by default makes them enemies worthy of death or slavery.)
Indeed, one need only listen to a Turkish man rant in a video
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CG8FNafldFj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
about how Armenians are all “dogs” and that any found in Turkey should be slaughtered for an idea of the Islamic impetus fueling the hate:
.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CG8FNafldFj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
about how Armenians are all “dogs” and that any found in Turkey should be slaughtered for an idea of the Islamic impetus fueling the hate:
.
"What is an Armenian doing in my country? Either the state expels them or we kill them. Why do we let them live?… We will slaughter them when the time comes….This is Turkish soil. How are we Ottoman grandchildren?….The people of Turkey who have honor,
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CG8FNafldFj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CG8FNafldFj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
... dignity, and Allah must cut the heads of the Armenians in Turkey. It is dishonorable for anyone to meet and not kill an Armenian…
If we are human, let us do this—let us do it for Allah…. Everyone listening, if you love Allah, please spread this video of me to everyone…
If we are human, let us do this—let us do it for Allah…. Everyone listening, if you love Allah, please spread this video of me to everyone…
Little wonder that, while discussing why Turkey was so heavily involved in a conflict that did not involve it, Nikol Pashinyan, Armenia’s prime minister, recently said
https://m.facebook.com/nikol.pashinyan/posts/2766779260309118
Turkey had returned “to continue the Armenian Genocide.”
https://m.facebook.com/nikol.pashinyan/posts/2766779260309118
Turkey had returned “to continue the Armenian Genocide.”
If Turks, who are not affected by the Armenian/Azerbaijani conflict, feel this way, it should be unsurprising that any number of Azeris do too. Thus, for Nurlan Ibrahimov,
https://sport.news.am/eng/news/116193/
head of the press service of Qarabag football club of Azerbaijan,
https://sport.news.am/eng/news/116193/
head of the press service of Qarabag football club of Azerbaijan,
“We [Azerbaijanis] must kill all Armenians—children, women, the elderly. [We] need to kill [them] without [making a] distinction.
No regrets, no compassion.”
.
![“We [Azerbaijanis] must kill all Armenians—children, women, the elderly. [We] need to kill [them] without [making a] distinction.No regrets, no compassion.”.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EofzZ_9XIAI5jnK.jpg "“We [Azerbaijanis] must kill all Armenians—children, women, the elderly. [We] need to kill [them] without [making a] distinction.No regrets, no compassion.”.")
No regrets, no compassion.”
.
To the unsuspecting observer, so much hate may seem reflective of “grievances”; in other words, if so many Muslims are full of murderous hate for Armenia, surely that suggests the latter somehow provoked it?
History quickly disabuses this notion.
Even when Turks and other Muslims had zero grievances against Armenians —except for their being Christian “infidels”—
the same extreme hate and contempt was always present.
Even when Turks and other Muslims had zero grievances against Armenians —except for their being Christian “infidels”—
the same extreme hate and contempt was always present.
A thousand years ago, Muslim Turkic hordes, riding from the east,
first invaded Armenian lands and exterminated Armenians. While the historical sources, particularly Matthew of Edessa’s (d.1144) valuable chronicle,
first invaded Armenian lands and exterminated Armenians. While the historical sources, particularly Matthew of Edessa’s (d.1144) valuable chronicle,
... tell of hundreds of thousands of Armenians being slaughtered or hauled off into slavery, the most savage treatment was always reserved for those visibly proclaiming their Christianity...
Thus, in 1065, after the conquest of Armenia’s capital, Ani, clergy and monks were rounded up and “burned to death, while others were flayed alive from head to toe.”
Every monastery and church
—before this, Ani was known as “the City of 1001 Churches”—
was pillaged, desecrated, and set aflame. A zealous jihadi even climbed atop the city’s main cathedral “and pulled down the very heavy cross which was on the dome, throwing it to the ground,”
—before this, Ani was known as “the City of 1001 Churches”—
was pillaged, desecrated, and set aflame. A zealous jihadi even climbed atop the city’s main cathedral “and pulled down the very heavy cross which was on the dome, throwing it to the ground,”
before entering and defiling the church. Made of pure silver and the “size of a man,” the broken crucifix was sent as a trophy to adorn a mosque in Azerbaijan.
During another Turkic raid (on Arzden), countless thousands of Armenians were butchered.
Once again and underscoring the hate for those most representative of the Christian faith,
Once again and underscoring the hate for those most representative of the Christian faith,
... the invaders “burned priests whom they seized in the churches and massacred those whom they found outside. They put great chunks of pork in the hands of the dead to insult us” —Muslims deem the pig unclean— “and made them objects of mockery to all who saw them.”. ....
Then they torched Arzden—which then had 800 churches, most of which were full of Armenians seeking sanctuary from the sword of Islam.
