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The '''Armenian Genocide''' was the [[massacre]] of [[Armenians]] in the [[Ottoman Empire]], especially the deaths of 1.5 million<ref>Armenians say 1.5 million.</ref><ref>http://www.history.com/topics/armenian-genocide</ref> Armenians from Anatolia during [[World War I]]. It was motivated by both, ethnic Turkish anti-Armenian racism<ref>Stephan H. Astourian, "Modern Turkish Identity and the Armenian Genocide: From Prejudice to Racist Nationalism. Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923," Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide, 2004. (28 pp)</ref> and Islamic anti-Christian intolerance, as a jihad.<ref>[https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/04/14/armenian-genocide-was-also-jihad/Aq1zTutJ73IJWRnlG8V6lN/story.html?outputType=amp The Armenian Genocide Was Also A Jihad], The Boston Globe, Apr 14, 2015.<blockquote>~~The Boston Globe~~

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The '''Armenian Genocide''' was the [[massacre]] of [[Armenians]] in the [[Ottoman Empire]], especially the deaths of 1.5 million<ref>Armenians say 1.5 million.</ref><ref>http://www.history.com/topics/armenian-genocide</ref> Armenians from Anatolia during [[World War I]]. It was motivated by both, ethnic Turkish anti-Armenian racism<ref>Stephan H. Astourian, "Modern Turkish Identity and the Armenian Genocide: From Prejudice to Racist Nationalism. Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923," Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide, 2004. (28 pp)</ref> and Islamic anti-Christian intolerance, as a jihad.<ref>[https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/04/14/armenian-genocide-was-also-jihad/Aq1zTutJ73IJWRnlG8V6lN/story.html?outputType=amp The Armenian Genocide Was Also A Jihad], The Boston Globe, Apr 14, 2015.<blockquote>

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~~JEFF JACOBY~~

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~~Armenian genocide was also a jihad~~

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~~By Jeff Jacoby Globe Columnist,April 14, 2015, 7:12 p.m.~~

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~~Pope Francis led the Mass for the centenary of the Armenian “martyrdom” at Saint Peter’s Basilica Sunday. GIORGIO ONORATI/EPA~~

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Speaking at the Vatican during a Sunday Mass to mark the centenary of the slaughter, the pope said it is “widely considered the first genocide of the 20th century” — a quote from Pope John Paul II, who used nearly the same words in 2001. But Francis went further, equating the destruction of the Armenians to the Nazi Holocaust and the Soviet bloodbaths under Stalin. And he linked the genocidal Ottoman assault on Armenia, the world’s oldest Christian nation, with the epidemic of violence against Christians today, especially by such radical Islamist terror groups as ISIS, Boko Haram, and Al Shabab.

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Turkey reacted angrily, recalling its ambassador to the Vatican and accusing Francis of distorting history and spreading prejudice. On Twitter, the Turkish foreign minister denounced the pope for fueling “hatred and animosity” with his “unfounded allegations.” That was no surprise, given the government’s vehement history of denialism on the subject. To this day, the use of the word “genocide” to describe the killing of the Armenians is a criminal offense in Turkey, and Turkish diplomats labor mightily to defeat genocide-recognition efforts worldwide.

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The journalist Thomas de Waal wrote recently in Foreign Affairs that “no other historical issue causes such anguish in Washington.” The political debate over “the G-Word” has consumed countless hours, even as the historical debate — as the pope suggested — has been largely resolved. As de Waal explains, Turkey is so adamant for reasons both material and psychological. Some Turkish politicians fear that acknowledging the Ottoman-perpetrated genocide could trigger claims for financial reparations or territorial concessions. But beyond that is “the emotive power of the word,” which was coined in the wake of the Holocaust and is indelibly linked in the public mind with the absolute evil of the Final Solution. “No one willingly admits to committing genocide,” writes de Waal, and many Turks seethe at “being invited to compare their grandparents to the Nazis.”

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~~Yet Turkish authorities weren’t always so reluctant to accurately label the genocidal horror unleashed against the Armenians a century ago.~~

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Talaat Pasha, the powerful Ottoman interior minister during World War I, certainly didn’t disguise his objective. “The Government . . . has decided to destroy completely all the indicated [Armenians] persons living in Turkey,” he brusquely reminded officials in Aleppo in a September 1915 dispatch. “An end must be put to their existence . . . and no regard must be paid to either age or sex, or to conscientious scruples.”

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