your convenient historical revision is bullshit-----the Armenians were murdered because they were Christians which rebelled against MUSLIM RULE-----the level of
ISLAMIC PIETY of the murderers is not at issue------it actually was an issue of ISLAMIC NATIONAL SUPREMACY in the same way that the murder by Hernan Cortez of Montezuma for the GOLD OF MEXICO was a matter of Christian supremacy------gee, you are dim. ----now tell us that ISIS is "secular" because shariah law
"allows" the existence of subjugated christians
Well, things are usually more complicated, as in this case.
The so called Young Turks were a secular and liberal (not liberal in the US sense from today, be aware) movement, which turned nationalistic and religious in 1909.
Their idea was to form a state on the turkish nation and people, with the islam as religion. As Islam is profoundly non-nationalistic, they do not come from the same corner as IS. They were nationalists. 1915, when the Armenians (=protestant christians) were murdered, this was done by militias formed out of criminals, underdogs, religious zealots and so on. Best mixture to get harm done.
So, IS and the Young Turks killed people, but they are about as similar as Cortez and Stalin.
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Cortez and Stalin were quite similar-------both into totalitarianism-----Cortez murdered and pillaged with the
endorsement of the principles of the INQUISITION----
Stalin did so with the endorsement of the principles of
COMMUNISM--------both totalitarian ideologies. My sense
of the "YOUNG TURKS"-----is------I am not all that sure
that the mobs of murderers were really fully aware of
what they were doing------they were leemings accustomed
to BRUTALITY ----that is what fighting is.....??? probably.
Something like lynch mobs.