Kurdistan and The Kurds A Divided Homeland and a Nation without ...

century divided between Russia, Prussia and Austria as a
minority? Or we the French, were not we someday divided
between Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain?
Did we accept to be seen as a minority? Why then they
refuse to recognize the Kurdish people with their rich
history of traditions and glory, proud and persistent,
characteristics they inherited generation after generation,
people with population more than the population of any
Arab country with the exception of Egypt. Who dares to
deny their rights? Is it Togo, Dahumi, Chad, Congo
Brazzaville, Yemen or Kuwait? Of course the Kurds are
not planning to achieve their dream of independence,
although that is their final aim. For them and the practical
international community there are too many borders to
be amended.” Indeed René, you have said the truth and
I hope that my people would listen to you (author).
25) The reason for ignoring the view into the national
future of the Kurdish liberation movement is due to several
historic factors still standing, and I summarize them in
the following: the Kurdish Zoroastrian religious scholars
since six centuries BC until the Islamic invasions were
followers of the Persian Zoroastrian religious scholars.
After adopting Islam the Kurdish Islamic religious
scholars continued to be followers but this time to the
Arabic and Turkish Islamic religious scholars, and the
Kurdish Shiite religious scholars to the Iranian Shiite
religious scholars. In addition the Kurdish feudal leaders
followed them in order to gain titles of (Beg and Pasha)
from the Arabic, Turkish and Persian authorities. Those
colonizers under the cover of different sects and ideologies
attempted to keep the Kurdish people from scientific and
industrial progress. They used all available methods to
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