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Inbjudan till föredrag / Call for Papers

Hej vänner, Seyfo Center bjuder in dig att bidra som föreläsare vid vårt kommande forum “Folkmord, rättvisa och försoning – Från Seyfo till nutid”, som äger rum den 26 april 2026 i Hallunda Folkets Hus. Inbjudan att lämna förslag nedan innehåller mer information om ämnena och hur du skickar in dina bidrag. Vi hoppas att du vill delta och dela dina kunskaper och perspektiv. Vänliga hälsningar, SEYFO Center Inbjudan till föredrag / Call for Papers Forum: Datum: söndag 26 april

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Statement on Dr. Ramina Jajoo’s Recent Interview in Australia

Dr. Ramina Jajoo, President of the Seyfo Center Arizona Chapter, was recently interviewed by Noqza, Ninos Tooma in Australia, highlighting the Center’s work, activities, and achievements. During the discussion of the Assyrian Genocide, the interviewer made a statement that incorrectly minimized the number of Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Dr. Jajoo clarified that no fewer than six million Jews were murdered. Any attempt to diminish this atrocity is unacceptable. The Seyfo Center remains committed to historical accuracy and honoring the

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Abdulmesih BarAbraham === Review of The Genocide of the Christian Populations in the Ottoman Empire and Its Aftermath (1908–1923) Edited by Taner Akçam, Theodosios Kyriakidis, and Kyriakos Chatzikyriakidis, London, Routledge, 2023, xix + 264 pp.

IntroductionThis edited volume, The Genocide of the ChristianPopulations in the Ottoman Empire and Its Aftermath(1908–1923), by Taner Akçam, Theodosios Kyriakidis,and Kyriakos Chatzikyriakidis brings togetherinterdisciplinary scholarship examining the destruction ofArmenian, Greek, and Assyrian Christian communitiesduring the final decades of the Ottoman Empire and theearly Turkish Republic. Originating from a 2019international conference held at Aristotle University ofThessaloniki, the anthology situates the mass atrocitiesfaced by the non-Muslim Millets within the broaderprocess of imperial collapse and nation-state formation.By adopting a comparative framework, the editors

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Efforts to Get Turkey to Recognize the Assyrian Genocide
By Dr. John Kaninya

(AINA) — The recent completion of Dr. Sabro Bengaro’s doctoral dissertation, Germany’s Islamic Strategy During the First World War and the Impact of the Jihad Declaration on the Assyrian Genocide of 1915, marks a significant milestone for both Assyrian scholarship and the global pursuit of recognition for the Seyfo genocide. For more than a century, the Assyrian experience of systematic destruction during World War I has been overshadowed in mainstream historiography, despite strong evidence of coordinated state policy, mass deportations,

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Assyrian Perspectives on Recognition: A Survey Response to Patrick Bet-David’s Question to Prime Minister Netanyahu

By Ramina Jajoo-Frindrich, MD, FACR, FACP                     December 1, 2025 Introduction On August 26, 2025, Assyrian-American podcaster Patrick Bet-David asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu why he has not recognized the Assyrian, Armenian, and Greek Genocide of 1915 perpetrated by the Ottoman Turkey. This exchange occurred during a 40-minute interview that covered several topics; at about the 38-minute mark, Bet-David raised the question regarding the genocide. The recording has since garnered

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Germany’s Role in the Turkish Genocide of Assyrians, Greeks and Armenians

AINA News By Abdulmesih BarAbraham Posted 2025-11-13 19:09 GMT (AINA) — Dr. Sabro Bengaro is the Director of the Assyrian Genocide Research Center. His recently completed dissertation, titled Germany’s Islamic Strategy During the First World War and the Impact of the Jihad Declaration on the Assyrian Genocide of 1915, at the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, examines, among other things, the German Empire’s Islamic strategy during World War I in the context of its political and propaganda

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Film Discussion: “Genocide in the Orient – The Tragedy of
the Assyrians”

By Abdulmesih BarAbraham A documentary film on the Assyrian Genocide (also known as Sayfo, “the sword”),released resently in France, highlights the Assyrian tragedy during World War I. It isentitled LES GENOCIDES D’ORIENT: LA TRAGÉDIE DES ASSYRIENS[Genocide in the Orient: The Tragedy of the Assyrians].In the documentary, renowned professors, historians and genocide scholars, explain thebackground and the unfolding of the events that led to the destruction of half of theAssyrian population in the Ottoman Empire. The film was written and directed

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