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The Armenian Genocide: On not forgetting
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/17886
Today (27 January 2013) is Holocaust Memorial Day, when we remember
the Nazi Holocaust and other genocides in human history, resolving
never to forget, but rather to seek to build a better future by
tackling the roots that lead to extermination and organised mass
violence.
In April there will be a global remembrance of the 98th anniversary of
the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. We need to re-affirm the
historical veracity of this event, not on the basis of presumed ethnic
biases, but on the basis of the solid literature coming from
international historians, organisations, scholars and lawyers, not
least the International Association of Genocide Scholars. We also need
to ask how, in the present and future, those who inherit the mantle of
the victims can move forward to discover new life and hope in the face
of the continuous of injustice and human tragedy.
Over the years I have written a good deal on the subject of the
Armenian Genocide, as part of a wide range of concerns in the MENA
region and beyond. Some of this material, along with related news
items going back to 2007, is available on Ekklesia, can be accessed
here: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/armeniangenocide See also the 2010
Constantinople Lecture ('The Armenian Genocide: A way forward?')
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/ConstantinopleLecture for a fuller
background and interpretation.
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© Harry Hagopian is an international lawyer, ecumenist and EU
political consultant. He also acts as a Middle East and inter-faith
advisor to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England & Wales and as
Middle East consultant to ACEP (Christians in Politics) in Paris. He
is an Ekklesia associate and regular contributor
(http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/HarryHagopian). Formerly an Executive
Secretary of the Jerusalem Inter-Church Committee and Executive
Director of the Middle East Council of Churches, he is now an
international fellow, Sorbonne III University, Paris, consultant to
the Campaign for Recognition of the Armenian Genocide (UK), Ecumenical
consultant to the Primate of Armenian Church in UK & Ireland, and
author of The Armenian Church in the Holy Land. Dr Hagopian's own
website is www.epektasis.net Follow him on Twitter here:
@harryhagopian
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/17886
Today (27 January 2013) is Holocaust Memorial Day, when we remember
the Nazi Holocaust and other genocides in human history, resolving
never to forget, but rather to seek to build a better future by
tackling the roots that lead to extermination and organised mass
violence.
In April there will be a global remembrance of the 98th anniversary of
the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. We need to re-affirm the
historical veracity of this event, not on the basis of presumed ethnic
biases, but on the basis of the solid literature coming from
international historians, organisations, scholars and lawyers, not
least the International Association of Genocide Scholars. We also need
to ask how, in the present and future, those who inherit the mantle of
the victims can move forward to discover new life and hope in the face
of the continuous of injustice and human tragedy.
Over the years I have written a good deal on the subject of the
Armenian Genocide, as part of a wide range of concerns in the MENA
region and beyond. Some of this material, along with related news
items going back to 2007, is available on Ekklesia, can be accessed
here: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/armeniangenocide See also the 2010
Constantinople Lecture ('The Armenian Genocide: A way forward?')
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/ConstantinopleLecture for a fuller
background and interpretation.
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© Harry Hagopian is an international lawyer, ecumenist and EU
political consultant. He also acts as a Middle East and inter-faith
advisor to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England & Wales and as
Middle East consultant to ACEP (Christians in Politics) in Paris. He
is an Ekklesia associate and regular contributor
(http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/HarryHagopian). Formerly an Executive
Secretary of the Jerusalem Inter-Church Committee and Executive
Director of the Middle East Council of Churches, he is now an
international fellow, Sorbonne III University, Paris, consultant to
the Campaign for Recognition of the Armenian Genocide (UK), Ecumenical
consultant to the Primate of Armenian Church in UK & Ireland, and
author of The Armenian Church in the Holy Land. Dr Hagopian's own
website is www.epektasis.net Follow him on Twitter here:
@harryhagopian