New in PJ Media: Azerbaijan is an excellent example of the influence Sharia can have in a majority-Muslim state, even one that is officially secular and whose society is not notably religious. Like its friend and ally Turkey, Azerbaijan has labored to rid itself of its Christians, and to diminish the domains of its Christian neighbor, Armenia […]
Turkey renovates historic Armenian Cathedral of Ani, will reopen it as a mosque
Appropriating the houses of worship and sacred sites of conquered people is a core mission of Islam. It shows the victory of Allah and the superiority of Islam over other religions. That’s why this keeps happening, all over the world. Look at Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Damascus, […]
Video: Robert Spencer and Frank Gaffney on the jihad against Armenia and more
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Azerbaijan destroys Christian sites, heritage in Artsakh
This kind of thing has happened all over what is known as the Islamic world. Indeed, this was how the Islamic world was created. Taking the land of infidels and effacing all traces of their historical presence has happened in Turkey, the “Palestinian” areas, North Africa, India, and in many other places. It is all […]
Azerbaijan is systematically erasing the Armenian Christian heritage in Artsakh
This kind of thing has happened all over what is known as the Islamic world. Indeed, this was how the Islamic world was created. “USCIRF Report Underlines Azerbaijani Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Artsakh,” International Christian Concern, June 6, 2024: 6/6/2024 Armenia/Azerbaijan (International Christian Concern) — The 2024 annual report of the United States Commission […]
Azerbaijan obliterates church and entire Christian village in Nagorno-Karabakh
This kind of thing has happened all over what is known as the Islamic world. “Church, Entire Village ‘Erased’ In Azerbaijan’s Recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh,” by Amos Chapple, RFE/RL, April 24, 2024: A picture of a prayer session inside the St. John the Baptist Church in Nagorno-Karabakh was posted to Twitter by Azerbaijani parliament member Jala Ahmadova in July […]
Armenian prime minister warns that Azerbaijan is planning ‘full-scale war’ against Armenia
In Israel, Muslims are waging war against Jews. In Nigeria and elsewhere, Muslims are waging war against Christians. In Kashmir, Muslims are waging war against Hindus. In Azerbaijan also, Muslims are waging war against Christian Armenians. Yet the entire world fails to note the common element in all these conflicts, and the reasons why that […]
Putin Punishes Russia’s Key Ally
Oddly, few Western writers on the South Caucasus have ever grasped Christian Armenia’s significance as Russia’s only ally and military outpost among the region’s three countries. Simply put: Were Russia to lose Armenia, the U.S./NATO/EU and pan-Turkism would inevitably dominate the Caucasus/Caspian and, perhaps, beyond. Putin understands this. Georgia and Azerbaijan are, after all, headed […]
Jihad goal attained: Last bus of fleeing Armenians leaves Artsakh
“We can’t go back. All the things we created for decades have gone.” Indeed. People fleeing jihads through the ages have said the same thing, and only very rarely have ever been able to go back. “Last bus of fleeing Armenians leaves Nagorno-Karabakh to bring end to exodus: ‘It’s a ghost town,’” by Bel Trew, […]
Azerbaijan promises Armenians a future, urges them to halt exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh
Following the siege of ethnically Armenian Artsakh, a.k.a. Nagorno-Karabakh, by Azerbaijani forces, at least half of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh is fleeing to Armenia. In response, Azerbaijan is making a global show and urging Armenians to stay and “benefit from planned rebuilding and infrastructure projects.” Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Britain, also stated that Azerbaijan “had not […]