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To: Texas Fossil

I’m not sure about why the Turks hate them, but they sure do. They call them Mountain Turks and pretend that they’re not a real ethnicity. Of course, the Kurds have had trouble with all the other nations in that part of the world where they live - Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. Turkey is most famous, though they won’t admit it, for their genocide in WWI against the Armenian Christians. I’m less certain of the idea that there are other faiths beyond Islam among the Kurds. By the way, the Arabs and Islamist celebrate Saladin and his military success during the Crusades. They forget (or deny is probably more correct) to mention that he was a Kurd.


13 posted on 01/10/2017 8:50:36 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: elhombrelibre
You said: “I’m less certain of the idea that there are other faiths beyond Islam among the Kurds.”

simply search: Kurds Christians Jews

I won't try to persuade you one way or the other, but there is evidence of religious tolerance that goes far back in history.

If you have Jewish friends who have connections in government, ask them about Kurds.

Here is the problem: If any ME nation embraces religious tolerance they are immediately ostracized and punished. Jews & Non-Muslims are the enemy to them. So we must be careful how we present the positions of those who are in fact receptive to other religions than Islam. It can cost friends their lives. I watched it happen to young people in Iran during the #IranElection phase on Twitter. (please don't flame me about Twitter)

14 posted on 01/10/2017 8:59:10 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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