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    TURKEY SLAMS FRANCE FOR HATE SPEECH FOR INCLUDING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN TEXTBOOKS

    Jihad Watch
    August 28, 2012 Tuesday 2:25 PM EST

    Pamela Geller says it: "Truth is the new hate speech." This is the same
    thing that happens on a daily basis to counter-jihadists who dare to
    point out how Islamic jihadists use the texts and teachings of Islam
    to justify violence, hatred and supremacism: they are smeared with
    the charge of promoting "hate," when in fact all they are doing is
    pointing out hate. Turkey's ongoing denial of the Armenian Genocide
    is consistent with an unbroken Islamic supremacist pattern: never,
    ever admit wrongdoing; never, ever take responsibility for actions
    that cause harm; never, ever acknowledge that jihad actions (such as
    the Armenian Genocide) cause immeasurable suffering to human beings;
    always, always instead blame the kuffar who have the temerity to
    point out the wrongdoing.

    "Turkey slams France for promoting hate speech with genocide
    initiative," by Ali Aslan Kilic in Today's Zaman, August 27 (thanks
    to Lachlan):

    The chairman of the Turkish Parliament's powerful education committee
    has accused the French government of planting the seeds of hate with
    its move to include the so-called Armenian genocide in history and
    geography books used in French secondary schools.

    Nabi Avc , chairman of the National Education, Culture, Youth and
    Sports Commission, told Today's Zaman in a phone interview on Monday
    that the erosion of French culture and moving to the radical right in
    French politics that started with [former president Nicolas] Sarkozy
    continues to have a negative impact on the French education system.

    I just hope that sensible French intellectuals will raise their voices
    against this kind of provocative move that will plant seeds of hate
    into minds of young people in France, he added.

    A Turkish daily reported on Sunday that the French Education Ministry
    has decided to include chapters about the so-called Armenian genocide
    in history and geography books used in French secondary schools --
    a move that could once again upset relations with Turkey, which
    was hopeful about rebuilding strained ties with Paris following the
    election of the new president, Francois Hollande.

    French students studying world history since 1910 will also read a
    chapter called The Armenian Genocide. Hollande said last month that
    he will stand by a campaign pledge to make it illegal to deny that
    the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 was genocide.

    Relations between Paris and Ankara had begun to thaw after a decision
    in February by France's constitutional court to strike down the
    genocide denial law as contrary to free speech.

    Turkey had canceled all economic, political and military meetings with
    France in December after the French parliament voted in favor of the
    draft law. At a joint news conference early in July, French Foreign
    Minister Laurent Fabius said the law was unlikely to be resurrected
    and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davuto lu hailed the opening of
    a warmer phase in relations with France.

    Armenia, backed by many historians, says that about 1.5 million
    Armenians were killed in what is now eastern Turkey during World War
    I in a deliberate policy of genocide ordered by the Ottoman government.

    Turkey says there was heavy loss of life on both sides during the
    fighting, in which Armenian partisans supported invading Russian
    forces. The Ottoman Empire collapsed after the war. Successive Turkish
    governments and the vast majority of Turks feel the charge of genocide
    is an insult to their nation.

    Turkey hoped Hollande's election might mean France is than under his
    conservative predecessor Sarkozy, but has so far received no public
    support for its EU bid from Paris.

    History-Geography Teachers Council Secretary-General Hubert Tison
    has said the chapter in the textbooks is devoted to giving detailed
    information on the so-called Armenian genocide.

    Tison criticized as redundant the inclusion of the chapter, which will
    explain in detail the genocide, ethnic structure of the Ottoman Empire,
    rule of Talat Pasha and policies of nationalist Turks and purported
    exiles. The chapter will also include the numbers of Armenians who
    were killed, exiled or sent to death.

    Turkish Education Ministry officials said they will first need to
    examine the book and see if it includes phrases that incriminate
    Turkey and they will respond in line with international law through
    diplomatic channels. The officials said both countries earlier
    established commissions composed of experts to remove discriminatory
    phrases in textbooks and accused the French government of making what
    they said is a politically motivated move.


    From: Baghdasarian
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