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TURKEY ENRAGED AT VATICAN FOR POPE'S REMARKS ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Atlas Shrugs
June 17 2013
Uh, Armenians are upset about the jihad slaughter of millions of
Armenians. This Islamic denial of their historic bloodlust and their
subsequent bullying is pure supremacism. Savage.
Do Muslims expect the sanction of their victims?
The Armenian genocide took place under Turkey's Islamic Ottoman
Empire, during and after WWI. "Out of an approximate population of two
million, some 1.5 million Armenians died. If early 20th century Turkey
had the apparatuses and technology to execute in mass-such as 1940s
Germany's gas chambers-the entire Armenian population may well have
been annihilated. Most objective American historians who have studied
the question unequivocally agree that it was a deliberate, calculated
genocide." (more here)
Ankara upset at Vatican for pope's remarks on mass killings of
Armenians Hurriyet Daily News, (thanks to Filip)
Turkey has reacted angrily to the Vatican following a statement from
Pope Francis describing the mass killings of Armenians during World
War I as "the first genocide of the twentieth century" during a
meeting with a delegation led by Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian
Catholics on June 3.
"The Turkish Foreign Ministry delivered Turkey's views on the issue
and expressed disappointment to the embassy in Ankara and Vatican in
Rome," a Turkish diplomat told the Hurriyet Daily News on June 7.
Pope Francis described the mass killings of Armenians during World War
I as "the first genocide of the 20th century" during a meeting with a
delegation led by Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics on June
3.
The pope met with members of the delegation and when one of them said
that she was a descendant of genocide victims, he replied, "The first
genocide of the 20th Century was that of the Armenians," reiterating
his earlier recognition of the mass killings as "Armenian Genocide"
while he was the head of the Catholic Church in Buenos Aires as a
cardinal.
In 2006, during events marking the 91st anniversary of the killings in
Buenos Aires, he had urged Turkey to recognize "the genocide" as the
"gravest crime of Ottoman Turkey against the Armenian people and the
entire humanity."
Commenting on the issue, Armenian Apostolic Church Diocese of Gougark
Bishop Sebouh Chuljyan Primate said, "The pope is speaking out a
historical truth. Turkey needs to see the pains and should face the
genocide," he told the Hurriyet Daily News, adding that the archives
of the Vatican may be opened to investigate the issue further.
The director of the Armenian National Committee of South America,
Alfonso Tabakian, explained that this was the first such statement
from the pontiff since being elevated to pope and leader of the Roman
Catholic Church.
Tabakian called the statement "very important since his words
transcend any state or religion," according to the Armenian weekly
website.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2013/06/turkey-enraged-at-vatican-for-popes-remarks-on-armenian-genocide-.html
Atlas Shrugs
June 17 2013
Uh, Armenians are upset about the jihad slaughter of millions of
Armenians. This Islamic denial of their historic bloodlust and their
subsequent bullying is pure supremacism. Savage.
Do Muslims expect the sanction of their victims?
The Armenian genocide took place under Turkey's Islamic Ottoman
Empire, during and after WWI. "Out of an approximate population of two
million, some 1.5 million Armenians died. If early 20th century Turkey
had the apparatuses and technology to execute in mass-such as 1940s
Germany's gas chambers-the entire Armenian population may well have
been annihilated. Most objective American historians who have studied
the question unequivocally agree that it was a deliberate, calculated
genocide." (more here)
Ankara upset at Vatican for pope's remarks on mass killings of
Armenians Hurriyet Daily News, (thanks to Filip)
Turkey has reacted angrily to the Vatican following a statement from
Pope Francis describing the mass killings of Armenians during World
War I as "the first genocide of the twentieth century" during a
meeting with a delegation led by Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian
Catholics on June 3.
"The Turkish Foreign Ministry delivered Turkey's views on the issue
and expressed disappointment to the embassy in Ankara and Vatican in
Rome," a Turkish diplomat told the Hurriyet Daily News on June 7.
Pope Francis described the mass killings of Armenians during World War
I as "the first genocide of the 20th century" during a meeting with a
delegation led by Patriarch of Cilicia of Armenian Catholics on June
3.
The pope met with members of the delegation and when one of them said
that she was a descendant of genocide victims, he replied, "The first
genocide of the 20th Century was that of the Armenians," reiterating
his earlier recognition of the mass killings as "Armenian Genocide"
while he was the head of the Catholic Church in Buenos Aires as a
cardinal.
In 2006, during events marking the 91st anniversary of the killings in
Buenos Aires, he had urged Turkey to recognize "the genocide" as the
"gravest crime of Ottoman Turkey against the Armenian people and the
entire humanity."
Commenting on the issue, Armenian Apostolic Church Diocese of Gougark
Bishop Sebouh Chuljyan Primate said, "The pope is speaking out a
historical truth. Turkey needs to see the pains and should face the
genocide," he told the Hurriyet Daily News, adding that the archives
of the Vatican may be opened to investigate the issue further.
The director of the Armenian National Committee of South America,
Alfonso Tabakian, explained that this was the first such statement
from the pontiff since being elevated to pope and leader of the Roman
Catholic Church.
Tabakian called the statement "very important since his words
transcend any state or religion," according to the Armenian weekly
website.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2013/06/turkey-enraged-at-vatican-for-popes-remarks-on-armenian-genocide-.html