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To: Veto!

But. Kurds are Christians.

No, they aren’t. They are primarily Muslims.

Read a bit:

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/most-folks-who-have-never-been-to-iraq-think-of-the-kurds-as-some-noble-non-islamic-ally-well-theyre-a-bit-better-than-the-typical-islamic-but-not-a-hell-of-a-lot/

From Wikipedia:

“A majority of Kurds belong to the Shafi‘i school of Sunni Islam, but significant numbers practise Shia Islam and Alevism, while some are adherents of Yarsanism, Yazidism, Zoroastrianism and Christianity.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds

Also from Wikipedia (“Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria“):

“Some of the criticism against the region has included opposition to conscription, and claims of authoritarianism, Kurdification, ban on critical journalists, the promotion of an anti-capitalist ideology, and influence from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (commonly known as PKK).”

“Most ethnic Kurdish and Arab people in Northern Syria adhere to Sunni Islam...”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rojava


56 posted on 10/14/2019 7:14:26 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Thank you very much. I appreciate your taking my questions seriously. Some here just shot me in the foot. And I’ve been here since 1997, entirely serious and need answers because I don’t claim to know everything. .


59 posted on 10/14/2019 7:22:35 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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To: ConservativeMind

THANKS. I did read a bit and liked this informative article:
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/10/glick-trump-did-not-betray-kurds-caroline-glick/


73 posted on 10/14/2019 8:00:45 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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