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Re:Winston Churchill and Islam by a-guest on Saturday December 12, 2015 @05:00PM (#10724328)
Progressive? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide
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Re:Winston Churchill and Islam by vezzy-fnord on Saturday December 12, 2015 @05:21PM (#10724398)
The Armenian Genocide was carried out by the Young Turk movement towards the end of the empire. The YTs were distinguished by a stark materialism and secularism, and actually sought to revert the theocratic nature of the empire prior. So, not really Ottoman Islam, per se.
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Re:Winston Churchill and Islam by a-guest on Saturday December 12, 2015 @05:30PM (#10724430)
And this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamidian_massacres
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Re:Winston Churchill and Islam by ZanyProgrammer on Saturday December 12, 2015 @05:24PM (#10724405)
The no true Turk fallacy
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Re:Winston Churchill and Islam by ZanyProgrammer on Saturday December 12, 2015 @05:25PM (#10724409)
There's also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devşirme
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