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    news.am, Armenia
    Oct 2 2010


    Turkish nationalists prayed in church, since their prayers are not
    heard from mosques

    October 01, 2010 | 18:19

    Installing a cross on Akhtamar church is an action directed against
    Nationalist Movement Party, the editor of Armenian-Turkish Agos daily
    Aris Nalci told NEWS.am. He noted that Turkish authorities are dealing
    with nationalists using Armenians. `Two steps- permission to pray and
    installing of a cross - are a part of political game,' he said, adding
    that permission for the prayer had no exact wording, it was just told
    that nationalists can pray in Ani Cathedral.

    Nalci also said that the Van Governor gave no instructions to
    journalists to cover installing of a cross to avoid possible threats
    that can be provoked by nationalists. Regarding a prayer of
    Nationalist Movement Party, Nalci said that `he is laughing with us.'
    He also recalled recent publication in Agos: `One of our journalists
    wrote that in fact mosques did not satisfy Turkish nationalists and
    they decided to call on God in an Armenian church, as God cannot here
    them from mosques. Thus, they decided to pray in church for God to
    here them'.

    There were only 3000 people praying in Ani, despite forecasts by
    nationalists who claimed 10,000 people would be present, Nalci said.
    `If a leader of major Turkish party fails to gather 10,000 people, it
    means the party is dying,' he added.




    From: A. Papazian
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