3/20/2017 The Honorable Congresswoman/Congressman Members of House Committee on Foreign Affairs Washington, DC 20515 Today, March 20th marks the 14th anniversary of the US and allies’ invasion/liberation of Iraq. Only three days ago, and specifically on March 17th, we marked the 1st. anniversary of US declaration of ISIS Genocide against the ethno-religious minorities of Iraq and Syria. As you’re getting ready to meet with the Prime Minister of Iraq; Dr. Haider al-Abadi, the liberation of the city of Mosul …
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Garo Paylan, who is an Armenian from Turkey, wants Turkey to face its bloody past and recognize the Seyfo genocide committed against its non-Muslims citizens, living in the Ottoman Empire. However, Lawmakers from the ruling (AKP) party and the rest of the genocide denial members of parliament were verbally attacking when addressing the legislation body! He said: ‘I Call It Genocide; You Can Call It Whatever You Want’. Furthermore, he added: “ We were once 40 percent of the population. …
Müslüman Süryaniler Kimlerdir? Bir çok okuyucu Müslüman Süryaniler konusunda fazla bir bilgiye sahip değildir. Dahası bu başlık onlara şaşırtıcı çok şaşırtıcı da gelebilir. Çünkü hep duyduk ve hep söyledik bütün Süryanilerin Hristiyan olduğunu. Meğerse bu doğru değilmiş. Evet, büyük bir çoğunluğun Hristiyan olduğu doğrudur ancak sayısı az da olsa kendini inançsız veya Agnostik diye tanımlayanlar da mevcuttu. Fakat şimdi adından hiç söz edilmeyen Müslüman Süryaniler var. Her nedense bunlar hep göz ardı edilmişlerdi. Bunların önemli bir kısmı toplumsal baskı ve …
Muslim Assyrians? Who are they? By Sabri Atman Many readers will wonder, who are these Assyrians? Moreover, aren’t all Assyrians Christian? Apparently not! The majority of Assyrians are Christians – some agnostic and some atheists as well. Now; however, we also have Muslim Assyrians that are proud of their Assyrian identity. Crypto- Assyrians, is a term to describe those Assyrians that are full-fledged ethnic Assyrians or those that of partial Assyrian origin; yet they feel obliged to hide their Assyrian …
Full name: Sabri Atman Hometown: I was born in Nsibin (Tur Abdin), in southeast Turkey. [I] moved to Austria due to political reasons and [then] to Sweden five years later. I am a Swedish citizen. Occupation: President of the Seyfo Center. Where is your family originally from? My family and the rest of Assyrians were living in Nsibin before the Kurds and Turks came to the region. For those that do not know, what is the Seyfo Center? The Seyfo Center is a research center …
For several decades the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and other leading Jewish American organizations (AIPAC, AJC, B’nai B’rith, and JINSA) have deliberately colluded with Turkey and Israel to defeat U.S. Congressional resolutions on the Christian Armenian Genocide and to diminish the factuality of that genocide. Yola Habif Johnston, a director at JINSA (Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs), once admitted that “the Jewish lobby has quite actively supported Turkey in their efforts to prevent the so-called Armenian genocide resolution from passing.” …