Armenian Cultural Terrorism & Intolerance

"The Armenians did exterminate the entire Muslim population of Russian Armenia as Muslims were considered inferior to the Armenians by the prominent leaders of the Dashnaks." --Mikael Kaprilian, Armenian revolutionary leader, in Yerevan, 1919. ...................................... Just a hundred years ago, the majority of the population in Erivan (known as Yerevan today) was Muslim. Today, no Muslims live as citizens there. Nor are there any operating mosques. The one mosque surviving Armenian destruction was restored only in the 1990s and Armenia refuses to allow it to become an operating mosque. Ottoman Turks, following the precedent set by the Arab Caliphs after the conquest of Palestine, Syria and Egypt, did not interfere with the religious and communal organisation of their non-Moslem subjects. Instead, they officially recognised the religious chiefs, whether Patriarchs or Grand Rabbis, as the heads of their respective communities or millets. The first Ottoman Sultan, Osman Bey, allowed Armenians to organize as an officially recognized individual millet in Anatolia that was to be protected from Byzantine cruelty and the first Armenian religious center in Western Anatolia was founded in Kütahya. When the Ottomans conquered Bursa and made it their capital city, the Armenian religious center was transferred from Kütahya to Bursa. Following the conquest of Istanbul, Sultan Mehmet in his firman of Fatih brought Armenian religious leader Hovakim to Istanbul in 1461 and founded the Armenian patriarchy in Istanbul. Sultan Mehmet declared the Armenian Patriarch both the religious and material leader of all Armenians living within the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman administration assisted the Armenians when their financial power was insufficient to carry out their religious, cultural, educational and administrative affairs, met the deficits of the Patriarchy and provided financial assistance to Armenian institutions. The tolerance shown by the Ottomans to Christians and Jews made the Ottoman Empire a refuge for those escaping religious persecution. Christians of one sect subjected to the cruelty of Christians of another sect and Jews subjected to the inquisition found a safe haven in the Ottoman Empire. For example, Jews migrated to the Ottoman Empire both after the occupation of Spain by the Catholics in late 15th century and in following centuries to escape Christian suppression in France, Middle Europe and Russia. Taner Akçam, either a complete incompetent or the ever consumate liar, claims in the video that Ottomans destroyed Christian cultural heritage throughout history. Far from destroying churches, the Ottomans welcomed and encouraged Christians in the empire to establish their own houses of worship and govern their own affairs. http://www.tallarmeniantale.com http://www.armeniangenocidedebate.com http://www.eraren.org/index.php?Page=&Lisan=en http://www.falsegenocide.org