European Knight
05-02-2015, 05:57 AM
http://www.clarionproject.org/news/muslim-brotherhood-leader-denies-armenian-genocide-0
Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, backed Turkey's refusal to acknowledge the killing of 1.5 million Armenians.
Spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi added his support to the denial of the Armenian genocide.
He made the remarks after Turkey angrily responded to requests that it recognize the murder of 1.5 million Armenian and Assyrian Christians beginning in 1915.
The cleric, whose TV show Sharia & Life has some 60 million viewers, said “there is an increasingly vicious campaign by some countries to pressure Turkey to take responsibility for the alleged Armenian genocide in 1915.”
This year marked 100 years since the genocide, which has never been acknowledged by Turkey, despite ample historical evidence, including first-hand accounts, proving that genocide took place.
Yet Qaradawi slammed attempts to raise awareness saying “attempts to distort history by exaggerating the number of Armenians killed in the 1915 incidents while downplaying the Ottoman fatalities will not bring Turkey's supporters to succumb to these campaigns.”
The Turkish paper the Daily Sabah, which reported Qaradawi’s remarks, also denied the Armenian genocide. The paper is aligned with Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
It presented an alternative version of history which read “The 1915 events took place during World War I when a portion of the Armenian population living in the Ottoman Empire took sides with the invading Russians and staged revolts.
"The relocation by the Ottomans of Armenians in eastern Anatolia following the revolts resulted in numerous casualties.”
Although Armenians have long been lobbying for recognition, the issue came to the fore recently when the Pope called the Armenian Genocide “the first genocide of the 20th century,” prompting Turkey to recall its Ambassador to the Vatican.
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Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, backed Turkey's refusal to acknowledge the killing of 1.5 million Armenians.
Spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi added his support to the denial of the Armenian genocide.
He made the remarks after Turkey angrily responded to requests that it recognize the murder of 1.5 million Armenian and Assyrian Christians beginning in 1915.
The cleric, whose TV show Sharia & Life has some 60 million viewers, said “there is an increasingly vicious campaign by some countries to pressure Turkey to take responsibility for the alleged Armenian genocide in 1915.”
This year marked 100 years since the genocide, which has never been acknowledged by Turkey, despite ample historical evidence, including first-hand accounts, proving that genocide took place.
Yet Qaradawi slammed attempts to raise awareness saying “attempts to distort history by exaggerating the number of Armenians killed in the 1915 incidents while downplaying the Ottoman fatalities will not bring Turkey's supporters to succumb to these campaigns.”
The Turkish paper the Daily Sabah, which reported Qaradawi’s remarks, also denied the Armenian genocide. The paper is aligned with Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
It presented an alternative version of history which read “The 1915 events took place during World War I when a portion of the Armenian population living in the Ottoman Empire took sides with the invading Russians and staged revolts.
"The relocation by the Ottomans of Armenians in eastern Anatolia following the revolts resulted in numerous casualties.”
Although Armenians have long been lobbying for recognition, the issue came to the fore recently when the Pope called the Armenian Genocide “the first genocide of the 20th century,” prompting Turkey to recall its Ambassador to the Vatican.
http://www.clarionproject.org/sites/default/files/Qaradawi-Denying-Armenian-Genocide-HP.jpg