Egypt like the US has never recognized the Armenian genocide.

Submitted by Ianus (Poland), Aug 7, 2012 at 02:27

Hi again, dhimmi no more !

You wrote :

"I guess your skepticism has a place but i do belive that there was a fleeting moment in 1919 when Arab Muslims had sympathy for the horrible ordeals of non Muslims and in this case the Armenian Genocide"

Let me ask three blunt questions to clarify the situation :

1/ Did the Arab press report forcible conversions to Islam of Armenian women, girls and children during the genocide ?

2/ Did it mention "more than 1000 churches , empty or changed into mosques ? "

3/ I understand perfectly well why the US has never recognized the Armenian genocide and most probably will never do. But from what you write it might seem to follow that Egypt with its hatred of and contempt for the Turk must have long since recognized the obvious historical truth. Yet this is not the case. Why then ?

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