Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

ISTANBUL: Businessman launches fund to combat France's genocide bill

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • ISTANBUL: Businessman launches fund to combat France's genocide bill

    Today's Zaman, Turkey
    Jan 4 2012


    Businessman launches fund to combat France's genocide bill

    2 4 January 2012 / TODAYSZAMAN.COM WITH AP,

    A wealthy French businessman has launched a 1 million euro fund to pay
    the fine of anyone convicted in France for denying that the killing of
    Armenians by Turks almost a century ago was genocide.

    Rachid Nekkaz, who previously offered to pay the fines of Muslim women
    penalized for wearing a full-face veil, claims that the real target of
    the French bill is Islam, since Turkey is a Muslim country.

    The French Parliament has not yet made it a crime to deny that the
    1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks constituted genocide. The
    bill passed in the lower house on Dec. 22, prompting an angry Turkey
    to recall its ambassador and suspend contacts and military
    cooperation.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Working...
X