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Did the Muslim Brotherhood burn 1915 documents?
Sheikh Nabil
Vahakn KeÅ=9FiÅ=9Fyan 02.27.2015 15:06
NEWS
Media in Armenia and the Diaspora have been rocked by the claim of Nabil
Na'eem, the founder of the Democratic Jihad Party in Egypt, who stated that
the Muslim Brotherhood received a payment from Turkey to incinerate
documents related to the Armenian Genocide. There was a fire at the
building where the documents are held; however Armenians in Egypt treat the
claims with caution.
According to a news report published in the Veto newspaper in Egypt that
has created wide repercussions, Turkey paid a bribe to the Muslim
Brotherhood for the incineration and destruction of records and documents
related to the Armenian Genocide held in Cairo. The source of the report
that has preoccupied the media in Armenia and the Diaspora for the past
week is Nabil Na'eem, the founder of the Democratic Jihad Party in
Egypt.
Na'eem is known for his opposition of the governments in Turkey and Qatar.
In the report he claims that Turkey paid a sum of over a million dollars
for the incineration of the documents and records regarding the Armenian
Genocide in Egypt, and some Muslim Brotherhood members were also
responsible of the act. The Egypt Science and Document Centre building is
known to have suffered an arson attack during an action in November 2011.
We spoke to Na'eem about the news report, and he told us that he had heard
of the issue from his acquaintances within the Muslim Brotherhood who told
him how they received a payment from Turkey to burn the building down.
Na'eem says that at first no one understood why the building had become the
target of an arson attack, and claims that it then appeared that it was
related to Turkey. Na'eem is not the only person who found the target of
the arson attack strange.
Amer Mahmoud, news editor of the Veto newspaper the report was published
in, underlines the fact that the centre holding documents was in a back
street, and that the route of the action held that day did not pass by the
building. Mahmoud explained that the fire was started deliberately, that
the issue was a lawsuit and that the perpetrators recorded in the area
during the arson attack were members of the Muslim Brotherhood and parties
against the military regime. Mahmoud also provided the following
information about the documents: `It is said that 30 % of the documents
were destroyed in the fire. It is claimed that they include documents
related to the Armenian Genocide. However, most of those documents had
already been digitized.'
On the other hand, Berj Terzian, Head of the Egypt Armenian National
Council, stated that the Egypt Armenian community was not aware of these
claims and that it had not been discussed within the community. Terzian
added that such provocative claims appeared often in unstable political
environments, and advised caution: `This statement could be the product of
an anti-Turkey sentiment, but it could also be true.'* The only point
Terzian was sure was that the archives that belong to the Armenian
community had not suffered any damage.*
http://www.agos.com.tr/en/article/10719/did-the-muslim-brotherhood-burn-1915-documents
From: A. Papazian
Sheikh Nabil
Vahakn KeÅ=9FiÅ=9Fyan 02.27.2015 15:06
NEWS
Media in Armenia and the Diaspora have been rocked by the claim of Nabil
Na'eem, the founder of the Democratic Jihad Party in Egypt, who stated that
the Muslim Brotherhood received a payment from Turkey to incinerate
documents related to the Armenian Genocide. There was a fire at the
building where the documents are held; however Armenians in Egypt treat the
claims with caution.
According to a news report published in the Veto newspaper in Egypt that
has created wide repercussions, Turkey paid a bribe to the Muslim
Brotherhood for the incineration and destruction of records and documents
related to the Armenian Genocide held in Cairo. The source of the report
that has preoccupied the media in Armenia and the Diaspora for the past
week is Nabil Na'eem, the founder of the Democratic Jihad Party in
Egypt.
Na'eem is known for his opposition of the governments in Turkey and Qatar.
In the report he claims that Turkey paid a sum of over a million dollars
for the incineration of the documents and records regarding the Armenian
Genocide in Egypt, and some Muslim Brotherhood members were also
responsible of the act. The Egypt Science and Document Centre building is
known to have suffered an arson attack during an action in November 2011.
We spoke to Na'eem about the news report, and he told us that he had heard
of the issue from his acquaintances within the Muslim Brotherhood who told
him how they received a payment from Turkey to burn the building down.
Na'eem says that at first no one understood why the building had become the
target of an arson attack, and claims that it then appeared that it was
related to Turkey. Na'eem is not the only person who found the target of
the arson attack strange.
Amer Mahmoud, news editor of the Veto newspaper the report was published
in, underlines the fact that the centre holding documents was in a back
street, and that the route of the action held that day did not pass by the
building. Mahmoud explained that the fire was started deliberately, that
the issue was a lawsuit and that the perpetrators recorded in the area
during the arson attack were members of the Muslim Brotherhood and parties
against the military regime. Mahmoud also provided the following
information about the documents: `It is said that 30 % of the documents
were destroyed in the fire. It is claimed that they include documents
related to the Armenian Genocide. However, most of those documents had
already been digitized.'
On the other hand, Berj Terzian, Head of the Egypt Armenian National
Council, stated that the Egypt Armenian community was not aware of these
claims and that it had not been discussed within the community. Terzian
added that such provocative claims appeared often in unstable political
environments, and advised caution: `This statement could be the product of
an anti-Turkey sentiment, but it could also be true.'* The only point
Terzian was sure was that the archives that belong to the Armenian
community had not suffered any damage.*
http://www.agos.com.tr/en/article/10719/did-the-muslim-brotherhood-burn-1915-documents
From: A. Papazian