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people reaching 1/3 of the total population of 1,5 million souls.
Moreover these figures are presently on the rise.
It is interesting to note that in all these conflicts the suffering
populations have one essential aspect in common, namely, the
Muslim religion. They also share it with those who are mostly
subjected to racial humiliation elsewhere. And in all these
conflicts, the influential segments of the international community
together with their NGOs remained relatively indifferent to the
most atrocious violations, even punished the victims. Then you
remember that the aggression in each case is justified by the
scepter of Islamic fundamentalism, a phenomenon which
unwittingly the ‘empire’ encourages and fears in an ambivalent
manner.
Armenia as a country on the margin of the ‘empire’ exploits
these weaknesses of the ‘empire’. She justifies her aggression
against Azerbaijan with reference to an illusory past victimization
created by a perverse interpretation of history.
Is the famous of Prof. Huntington right after all, that the future
struggles will take place along the fault lines of civilizations, i.e.
religions.
The countries with Muslim populations have hitherto been very
careful not to give impression that a kind of religious confrontation
is in the offing. This onus should be shared by others. Toynbee,
another great theoretician, says that an empire cannot survive
while its immediate surrounding is in turmoil, an ominous
development quite different from what is happening in the far-east.
In the meantime, the peoples who are carrying the heavy cross
put on their shoulders cry out: ‘O God, forgive them; for they know
not what they do’, while the skies singing; ‘when will they ever
learn’
Thank you.
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