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JALALOGLU: ANTI-ISLAMITE LEADER AND KEROGLU DRESSED AS A WOMAN ARE CONSIDERED AS HEROES IN AZERBAIJAN TODAY
19:10 03/05/2013 " SOCIETY
"Today Azerbaijanis believe Babek is a national hero, though he was
the leader of the Khurramite movement," Sardar Jalaloglu, head of
the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, told "Kanal 13".
Azerbaijani politician noted that there have been very few Azerbaijanis
in that movement, and the movement itself was anti-Islamic. "In
Soviet times, the Azerbaijani people were described as cowards, who
had surrendered their rights, who were not able to consolidate and who
had no deep roots. There were mostly Afghans and Persians in the move
of Khurramite. They had serious disagreements concerning Islam because
of their beliefs," the head of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan said.
That's why the top Democrat of Azerbaijan is against the glorification
of folkloric character of Keroglu, a folk hero of Azerbaijan, because
it is not a dramatic but a comical character. "When he gets into
trouble, he dresses in women's apparel and runs away, or asks for
saving a horse, or pretends to be an ashug. In fact Keroglu has no
heroic image" the politician said.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian
19:10 03/05/2013 " SOCIETY
"Today Azerbaijanis believe Babek is a national hero, though he was
the leader of the Khurramite movement," Sardar Jalaloglu, head of
the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, told "Kanal 13".
Azerbaijani politician noted that there have been very few Azerbaijanis
in that movement, and the movement itself was anti-Islamic. "In
Soviet times, the Azerbaijani people were described as cowards, who
had surrendered their rights, who were not able to consolidate and who
had no deep roots. There were mostly Afghans and Persians in the move
of Khurramite. They had serious disagreements concerning Islam because
of their beliefs," the head of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan said.
That's why the top Democrat of Azerbaijan is against the glorification
of folkloric character of Keroglu, a folk hero of Azerbaijan, because
it is not a dramatic but a comical character. "When he gets into
trouble, he dresses in women's apparel and runs away, or asks for
saving a horse, or pretends to be an ashug. In fact Keroglu has no
heroic image" the politician said.
Source: Panorama.am
From: A. Papazian