Yesterday, the U.S. Government confirmed that the Islamic extremists have really beheaded the American journalist James Fouli, and have posted the video with this heinous crime on the Internet. Followed by the logic typical to the terrorists, the executioner in mask and speaking in a British accent announced that it is a retaliation for the air attacks by Americans against Islamists.
If you remember, Chechens were acting in similar style when they were fighting against Russia, and so did the Taliban, “Al – Qaeda” and many other such groups. Ramil Safarov does not differ from them much, who by killing a sleeping man “took a revenge of him” for Azerbaijan’s “occupied territories”. The so-called “Azerbaijani army” with its generals and other officers follows the same style, who first kidnapped and then tortured and killed a peaceful villager, Karen Petrosyan. I do not doubt if there were a digital video in 1915 and youtube, the Turkish askers and bashibazouks would take a video with the moments of murdering armless people (“individuals”) as a proof that they deserve to go to paradise and be involved in a group sex with virgins there. I remembered Stepan Zorian’s “Ohan’s death” story from the “War” series, which was published in 1925. The so-called, Ramil Safarov’s anti-feature: an Armenian farmer sees the sick Turk, who was left in his home when the Turkish troops after occupying the village have gone away. At first, he takes the ax to kill him, then he pities for him and hides him, for which he was eventually executed.
I do not know whether this is good or bad, but the ordinary Armenian man, as well as the “average arithmetic” European, are not apt to such atrocities, which are also recorded on the tapes to immortalize their “bravery”. (Although it is clear that there are sadistic fanatics in all nations). But it is not typical of modern European culture. Perhaps, this, however, is good.
But, what these manifestations in “Asian territories” should be attributed to: religion, ethnicity, geopolitical situation, I do not know, it is a serious professional matter, the research of which is relevant to us, Armenians, given the kind of environment we live in.
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Recently, delivering a speech in the Crimea, Russian State Duma Deputy Speaker, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, expressed his opinion saying that the Muslim world is his country’s natural ally. He particularly recalled that once he called for recognizing the Taliban Government. Maybe now, he calls for recognizing the “Islamic state”?
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
