Islamisierte Armenier in Syrien: Eine verborgene Diaspora wird wieder aufgenommen
Von T-nash
Islamisierte Armenier in Syrien: Eine verborgene Diaspora wird wieder aufgenommen
Von T-nash
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This was such a great video, it sheds light on crypto Armenians, but rather those who know they are Armenians and are actively actively looking to get back being one, outside of religion.
There are photos and videos throughout the video of the Muslim Armenian community that have emerged recently in Syria. It is unfortunate that so many of us are ignorant that we have Armenians outside of Christianity, it is especially blind in our diaspora Armenians.
The guest talks about how these Muslimized Armenians are actually putting effort to learn western Armenian, and have even approached the Armenian church where they have been declined and told they’re not Armenian. It’s really disappointing. It’s sad to see them being unheard and ignored.
Imo not only should we engage and accept them as they are, if we were a tiny bit smart in lobbying, these people are a major asset to Armenia as a nation to find doors in Muslim communities and to engage in breaking disinformation or misinformation throughout Muslims with facts, and maybe even a path to create further links in economical activities, or even lobbying.
We have so many assets in our diaspora, Hamshen Armenians can influence Turks, Muslim Armenians can influence Muslims, ME Armenians can create ties, American, European Armenians etc. If all of them were to cooperate with Armenia and work like how aipac does for Israel, we could have great things.
As for gatekeepers of the Armenian identity with religion, saying it now, fuck you.
In a positive note, I love that there were some isolated villages overjoyed at knowing they weren’t the last ones left.
As more and more people become religiously fluid it makes sense that some Armenians who may be Muslim and still know of their identity will want to be a part of our culture. Even some very famous Muslims even acknowledged their heritage during the caliphates by adopting Arabic last names like Al-Armani. We should welcome anyone who wants to be Armenian because being Armenian is a conscious choice for those in the diaspora which is most of us. The more the merrier it enriches our culture.
In the Middle East the Armenian churches are not allowed to convert Muslims to Christianity otherwise those countries would ban Armenian churches & communities
Weird, islam is a religion not an ethnicity. Anyone can be muslim and any ethnicity?
I once met one of those “my origin is Armenian from Syria” and asked on which side he will be if a war between Turkey and Armenia, he said “ofc Turkey, religion above all”
Slightly unrelated, had her as a guest speaker to one of my classes some years ago. I think she was still doing a PhD in the Uk then. She had no clue what she was talking about, presented factually incorrect information, and was so anti-Russia at some point she brought the example of Shamil Basayev as someone successfully fighting Russian imperialism. When we mentioned that the guy was a terrorist who killed 190 children by taking a school hostage, she disregarded it and moved on. Since then i interacted with her couple of times on Twitter, and every time she couldn’t prove her argument or was cornered, just blocked people. Pretty weird to see her considered an expert in anything 😂