Now that we have heard about Al Jazeera's view of Arabs in World War I which Mr. Twitching Whiskers brought up, let's see how the Bulgarian Christians fared under Islam.
Movie: ‘Time of Violence’ – The true story how Christians lived under Islam
Posted on November 30, 2014 by ADMIN5 Comments
Year is 1668. The Turkish siege of the Venetian fortress of Candia (now Iraklion in Crete) has been lasting for a second decade now. The Rhodope Mountain is seen as a strategically important base of the war but its Christian population is a potential source of instability. The sultan orders its conversion into “the right faith”. The sacred forests and valleys, where according to the legend Orpheus was born, now screams under the Yataghans enforcing the foreign creed in blood and fires. A regiment of Spahis commanded by the Janissary Karaibrahim is assigned to the valley of the river Elindenya.
When the locals refuse to convert, the violence begins. One by one the villagers are killed. One is impaled and still alive as his body hangs from the pole; another one torn in half; a third one beheaded. When the Christians tell the occupier, Suleyman, that even if he forcefully converts people they can’t carry Allah truthfully in their hearts. Suleyman replies that he doesn’t care if they don’t carry Allah in their hearts – because their grandchildren are the ones who will assimilate into Islam.
The movie is filmed exactly where the event took place in history and many of the actors are heirs of the original villagers.
Frontline police say let us patrol in pairs due to rising risk of street attack by jihadis Daily Mail Online
Movie: ‘Time of Violence’ – The true story how Christians lived under Islam
Posted on November 30, 2014 by ADMIN5 Comments
Year is 1668. The Turkish siege of the Venetian fortress of Candia (now Iraklion in Crete) has been lasting for a second decade now. The Rhodope Mountain is seen as a strategically important base of the war but its Christian population is a potential source of instability. The sultan orders its conversion into “the right faith”. The sacred forests and valleys, where according to the legend Orpheus was born, now screams under the Yataghans enforcing the foreign creed in blood and fires. A regiment of Spahis commanded by the Janissary Karaibrahim is assigned to the valley of the river Elindenya.
When the locals refuse to convert, the violence begins. One by one the villagers are killed. One is impaled and still alive as his body hangs from the pole; another one torn in half; a third one beheaded. When the Christians tell the occupier, Suleyman, that even if he forcefully converts people they can’t carry Allah truthfully in their hearts. Suleyman replies that he doesn’t care if they don’t carry Allah in their hearts – because their grandchildren are the ones who will assimilate into Islam.
The movie is filmed exactly where the event took place in history and many of the actors are heirs of the original villagers.
Frontline police say let us patrol in pairs due to rising risk of street attack by jihadis Daily Mail Online