Author: Jagharian Tania

THE LUXURY AND MISERY OF "CONTRA-INTERCEPTIONS"
Lilit Poghosyan

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
16 Oct 2008
Armenia

Until quite recently, the press supporting the Armenian Pan-National
Movement was silent about our recent publications concerning
the intercepted phone conversations of ex-Foreign Minister Alik
Arzoumanyan.

And that is quite comprehensible. Such interceptions throw light
upon the "revolutionary programs" of the pro-Levon activists, at
the same time unmasking their true image and the nuances of their
"elitist" vocabulary and interrelations. But, here they are. Just a
few days before the trial of the some of the organizers of the March
1 incidents, the activists of the Armenian Pan-National Movement
launched a counter-attack.

In particular, "Aravot" daily launched a campaign of
"contra-interceptions". Acting in support of the pro-Levon activists,
the newspaper reports that Alik’s phone conversations are just episodes
containing no essential information and poses the following question,
"Is this how the activists were preparing for a revolution?" This is
followed by some quotations from the public speeches of the orators,
and then, here you are – the conclusion is ready, "The pro-opposition
activists had no plan or intention of staging a revolution or coup d’
état, seizing power, mounting a rebellion or organizing disorders."

0D And in general, "It becomes clear from the intercepted conversations
that the opposition had no program aimed at staging a coup, and
the lawsuit filed against its leaders is a pre-arranged affair and,
as a matter of fact, has no prospects."

As regards the arguments that the top pro-opposition figures "are
not even ready to apply to the Constitutional Court", "Aravot"
makes no hint about this, pretending to be a fool. First, it has been
mentioned several times that LTP relies on the "colored" post-electoral
developments rather than the elections or the court appeals aimed at
arguing their results.

Besides, even if the opposition really wanted to apply to the
Constitutional Court, it couldn’t have done so for a very simple
reason: it didn’t have the package of the convincing and irrefutable
arguments that could definitely prove that the elections were
"thoroughly falsified".

"And the fact that on the night of March 2, L. Ter-Petrosyan exhorted
the demonstrators to disperse was quite logical because it was clear
the spontaneous demonstration was being led rather than conducted by
the opposition," "Aravot" reports, without asking L. Ter-Petrosyan
why he hadn’t made the exhortations much earlier when the disorders
were just beginning to develop. Moreover, he ordered those people
to remain in their places and not to quit the scene20of action under
any circumstances.

And reason is quite clear: LTP needed blood, and he got what he
wanted: the minimum program aimed at organizing a bloodshed in the
centre of Yerevan, just in front of the French Embassy, was brought
to life. And in the estimation of LTP, (who was quite "optimistic")
this was to become the "swan-song" of the authorities. Based upon the
awkwardness and incapability of the organizers, "Aravot" expresses its
authoritative opinion: judging by the interceptions, "the opposition
either had objectives which were unknown to us," or it was guided
"by impulsive solutions" and "unserious approaches".

Whereas the objective of LTP and his closest people who coordinated
the activities of the demonstrators was more than transparent.

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ARMENIAN HAS NOT YET AGREED WITH IRAN ON TERMS OF SUPPLY OF IRANIAN GAS FROM LAST SUNDAY

ArmInfo
2008-10-13 11:22:00

ArmInfo. Armenia has not yet agreed with Iran on the terms of supply of
the Iranian gas from the last Sunday, spokeswoman of Armenia’s Ministry
of Energy and Natural Resources Lusine Harutyunyan told ArmInfo.

She said the Iranian party intended to start gas supplies to Armenia
last Sunday, however, it did not happen. "At present, Armenia does
not need the Iranian gas, it receives gas from Russia in a sufficient
volume", the spokeswoman said. She added that Armenia will receive gas
from Iran in case of need, however, she indicated no specific terms of
supplies. Moreover, she said, the building work at the second section
of Iran- Armenia gas pipeline (from Kajaran to Yerevan) is underway
and this section has not been yet commissioned. The information about
start of gas supplies from Iran to Armenia last Sunday was given by
Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Rasul Salmani.

Earlier, Armenia’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen
Movsisyan told journalists that Armenia will be technically able
to receive to 2,5 cub m of natural gas from Iran started November,
2008, due to increase of the flow efficiency of the pipeline at
Kajaran-Yerevan section. A. Movsisyan added that the Iranian gas
will be used by Armenia in case of need, which may occur under
force-majeure circumstances because of stoppage or reduction of the
Russian gas supplies to Armenia for any reasons. The minister also
said the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline was built as an alternative to
the northern main pipeline, by which Armenia presently receives gas
from Russia through Georgia’s territory. He added that the Iranian
gas will be used mainly for commercial purposes and for supply to
the Armenian TPPs to exchange for electric energy.

In compliance with the agreement, Iran will supply 1,1 bln cub m
of gas started 2009, and to 2,3 bln cub m of gas per year started
2019. Armenia will pay for gas by electric energy based on 3 kWh per
1 cub m.

ARMENTEL NOT CONCERNED ABOUT COMING OF THIRD MOBILE OPERATOR TO ARMENIAN MARKET

ARKA
Oct 13, 2008

YEREVAN, October 13. /ARKA/. ArmenTel telecommunication company is
not concerned about the coming of the third mobile operator to the
Armenian market, General Director of ArmenTel (Beeline brand) Neycho
Velichkov told journalists.

On October 7 Armenia’s Tender Commission announced Orange company
(main brand of France Telecom operator) winner in the tender on
the third mobile operator in the country. Orange had submitted the
highest bid for a GSM license for a total of 51.5mln euros. As per
the existing procedure, the company is to receive the final license
by December 15 this year.

Velichkov gave a positive opinion about the results of the tender in
terms of the price paid by France Telecom for the license and stressed
the importance of such serious player’s coming to the Armenian market.

ArmenTel will make every effort to implement its plans and ensure
high results next year, Velichkov said.

"Much will depend on aggressiveness of France Telecom’s coming to the
Armenian market, but we plan to maintain the pace we are developing
at now and next year to be if not the main, then a leader for our
subscribers and provide them with the entire range of services,"
Velichkov said. He said that the company does not fear the competitions
and has always been following the fair market rules.

Velich kov said it is difficult to say now how clients will be
distributed between three operators next year.

Currently two companies operate on Armenian mobile communications
market – ArmenTel fully owned by VimpleCom Russian company and
Vivcacell with its control stock belonging to Russian MTS. -0–

SEASONAL CONCERT FULL OF PROMISE

Henley Standard
Mon, October 13, 2008
UK

THE Autumn concert of the Langtree Sinfonia this year features music
from sunny climes and the chance to catch a world première.

In addition, music from one of Vienna’s most celebrated sons will
surely entice any keen concert goer. The concert will be held in
Christchurch, Reading Road, Henley on Saturday, November 15 at 7pm.

Conductor Paul Cox starts the evening with Verdi’s overture The Force
of Destiny, a superb and dramatic start to any evening.

Sam Cave will then perform Rodrigo’s Fantasia para un gentilhombre
of 1954. This piece recalls 17th century dance tunes, presenting them
in new and sensuous orchestration to give them new life.

Sam started playing guitar in Cornwall, winning prizes for classical
guitar in the North Devon and Cornwall County Music Festival in 2004
and 2005.

In 2005 he started studying with the great Armenian guitarist, Gilbert
Biberian. He is currently studing guitar and lute at Southampton
University for his BA (hons) in music.

A world première is next, with the first performance of Enigma,
by Clive Pierce. Orchestra spokesman Nick Kiff said: "It will be a
special privilege to play this piece, as the opportunity to première
a new piece comes quite rarely.

"It is a delightful piece, suggestive of the English pastoral
tradition, yet clearly of the 21st century."

The evening will be rounded off with Schubert’s much loved Third
Symphony.

Tickets are available at the door, on 0118 941 5498 or from
Inspiration, The Arcade, High Street, Goring, priced £7.50 for adults,
patrons £6.50 and students £3.50.

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"ARMENTEL" SIGNS CONTRACT WITH "TURKISH TELECOM"

Panorama.am
20:22 10/10/2008

Till the end of October "Armentel" company will sign a contract with
"Turkish telecom" on receiving internet services from Turkey, said
Neicho Velichkov the General Director of "Armentel" in a meeting with
the journalists, today.

He said that both Armenia and Turkey are authorized in their countries
to start cooperation and currently the conditions of the service are
being negotiated.

"It is important for us to be sure that secure internet connection
will be provided, and Turkey is one of those possibilities," said
the General Director.

"Armentel" company has another project to have mail address
beemail.am. Electronic post is prepared, they just need to get license
and verify their users.

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM OF AMERICA RECEIVED DONATION

AZG Armenian Daily
10/10/2008

Armenian Genocide

The library of the Armenian Genocide Museum of America has recently
received a donation of exceptional collection of books and printed
materials about the Armenian Genocide.

The collection that consists of several thousand rare and out-of-print
books and documents will be given to the Museum at its opening ceremony
in 2010.

The collection embraces various valuable units, i.e. maps, photos
and other historical evidences acquired from different archives as
a result of researches and studies.

The donors want to remain unknown.

GEORGIA IS ON THE VERGE OF PARTITION BY "HISTORICAL BORDERS"
Karine Ter-Sahakyan

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.10.2008 GMT+04:00

In fact what we have now is a totally new Georgia. If we trace the
country’s development since 1991 it becomes clear that Tbilisi has
been experiencing nothing but losses.

As a rule, misinformation is spread with the particular aim of
exploring circumstances, shaping a certain public opinion, and if
everything goes according to the plan, information proves to be
true. Another advantage of misinformation is anonymity, which under
certain conditions may turn into an alibi: we never said it and we
know nothing… There was an information leak the other day. If we
trust Turkish and Azerbaijani informative sources, Baku and Ankara are
going to stiffen pressure on Georgia in order to achieve federalization
of the country.

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Thus, Turkey is determined to split up Georgia,
leaving her with only historical regions (Kartli, Shida Kartli (Gori)
and Kakheti), which in 1783 were placed under the Russian patronage
according to the Treaty of Georgievsk. The rest, i.e. independent
Ajaria, Azerbaijani Kvemo-Kartli (Borchali) and the Turk-Meskhets will
be distributed "by rights". It is obvious that under such distribution
Javakhk may pass to Armenia, if the sides come to an agreement.

As Turk diplomats claim such federation would be the only guarantee
for preservation of Georgia’s territorial integrity. But the question
is which Georgia we mean – present Georgia, the Soviet Socialist
Republic of Georgia or the Georgia of 1918. There is an impression
that the term "territorial integrity" has turned into a song which
is sung throughout the world in or out of place.

Nevertheless, talks on Georgia’s partition are already in circulation
and it is not difficult to foresee Georgia’s future, especially in case
President Saakashvili decides on another reckless military attempt,
like the August operation, which, by the way, is quite probable on the
eve of the US Presidential Elections… But who will serve as an object
for "recovering the constitutional order" this time? It can hardly be
Javakhk, as in this case Turkey’s intervention would be inevitable,
whereas in all probability Saakashvili would be reluctant to strain
relations with Turkey. The latter is a member of NATO and can simply
block Georgia’s getting a Membership Action Plan (MAP). Thus, the
Georgian President dug his own hole, where he can hardly manage to
rise from. The spasmodic attempts to call the West and especially the
United States for help are like a voice crying in the wilderness. The
world is busy with the financial crisis and Georgia’s problems do
not worry it much. However, Tbilisi is reluctant to understand it.

In fact what we have now is a totally new Georgia. If we trace the
country’s development since 1991, i.e. after the USSR breakdown,
it becomes clear that Tbilisi has been experiencing nothing but
losses. Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the First President of the Republic of
Georgia, led the country into the chaos of the Civil War, losing
Abkhazia. During the reign of Eduard Shevardnadze Ajaria was actually
an independent region, which only Mikhail Saakashvili was able to
return to Georgia. Now Georgia has lost South Ossetia and, finally,
Abkhazia.

Separatist tendencies that exist in the republics of the former USSR
once more underline the illogical and inaccurate division of borders,
fixed before the World War II. By the way the republics, whose borders
are more or less accurate, do not face conflicts, Armenia being among
them. On the other hand it is rather inappropriate to speak of the
"accuracy" of borders, as the current world map gives too broad
interpretations on the precision of this or that border…

Concerning Georgia there is also another consideration that
prevails over all others. It is the transportation of energy
resources. Unfortunately Mikhail Saakashvili used to believe
that without him oil would never get to Europe. However, with the
beginning of the military operations in South Ossetia, Turkey and
Azerbaijan ceased to trust Tbilisi, considering that unruly Mikhail
Saakashvili might put at stake the normal functioning of oil-pipeline
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and gas-line Baku-Tbilisi-Erzerum. After all,
the above-mentioned pipelines both pass through Ajaria, Kvemo-Kartli
and Samtskhe-Javakheti. Thus, the major war in the Caucasus is still
ahead. And if we also take into account the fact that together with
Turkey Russia is rapidly increasing its presence in the Caucasus,
Administration of the future US President is going to face great
difficulties.

Meanwhile, RF Foreign Ministry declares that Georgia is trying to
launch another war in the Caucasus. The reason for this declaration
has been a number of terrorist acts in the territory of Abkhazia and
South Ossetia, as well as in the buffer zone of these republics. RF
Foreign Ministry Department of Information and Press states: "There is
an impression that certain powers in Tbilisi are consciously straining
the situation in the region and are trying to provoke new military
operations through a series of terrorist acts".

KICKING IT WITH KHLOE – MF CATCHES UP WITH BEAUTY KHLOE KARDASHIAN
by Elizabeth Sanchez

Men’s Fitness
Oct 6, 2008

A fan favorite of E!’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Khloe
Kardashian steals the show with her witty and tell-it-like-it-is
dialogue. In addition to sharing the spotlight with her two older
sisters, Kourtney and Kim, she manages DASH, a high-end women’s
boutique in Southern California. MF was lucky enough to catch up with
Khloe right after her show in New York City during Fashion Week, where
she dished about the next season of the show, her biggest turn-on,
and what it takes to keep up with this Kardashian.

Which male celebrities have the best fashion sense?

David Beckham has great style. George Clooney has an amazing style
too — he’s really handsome, classic and old school, which I love.

You’re currently filming Keeping up with the Kardashians. What
craziness will we see in the next season?

(Laughs) It’s honestly so much craziness. There’s footage of Kim and
Reggie [Bush] and the sides of them that people don’t get to see very
often. There’s footage of my DUI. It’s my sisters and I really coming
into our own and trying to venture out to do different things. For
me it’s fashion.

You’re extremely close to your sisters. Is it hard being away from
one another after a few days, or does it allow some freedom?

It’s actually really hard. We’re so used to spending time with each
other and relying on one another for support. If someone’s tired the
other one picks up the energy. When you’re by yourself it’s harder. But
it’s really good for us to do things on our own and that’s what, I
think, this season is about as well. It’s finding our own and being
comfortable being away from each other.

There’s been tons of buzz about you being a part of Celebrity
Apprentice. Do you care to elaborate?

I haven’t been approached to do it. I haven’t really thought about
it or signed anything. I’m still filming my show and doing a lot of
other things. Plus, I just don’t know if I have time. It’s really up
in the air.

On the show you’re always having fun and you don’t hold back from
saying what’s on you’re mind. Do you think that’s a turn-on for guys?

I think a turn-on for guys is a woman that’s comfortable in her own
skin. — a woman that’s not fake and phony. I don’t apologize for who
I am. I am who I am, and I love it! I’m very comfortable. Either you
love me or hate me. I’m not going to apologize for that or change my
ways to make someone else happy.

MFers are dying to know . . . what is your biggest turn-on?

(Laughs) I love attention. I love someone that can make me laugh. If
I can laugh, I’m yours!

Are your sisters still giving you a hard time about being single?

They are. They always will because they all have boyfriends. I am
dating, but I’m not serious with anyone at the moment. I’m really
trying to focus on finding my niche right now. And once I find
that then I’ll start seriously dating. But I feel like sometimes men
distract you from doing other things and I don’t want to be distracted
right now. (Laughs)

Speaking of dating — what’s a complete deal breaker for you?

You have to be able to laugh at yourself and know how to handle a
strong woman. I’m very strong and opinionated and I’m not going to
change for anyone, so if you can’t handle that then you have got to
go. You’ve got to be a strong individual to be able to handle a girl
like me.

Since this is Men’s Fitness, what’s your favorite part of a man’s body?

(Laughs) Chest and arms! I just like touching them and lying on
them. The upper body is the sexiest part!

Last but not least: With your Armenian background, you’re an exotic
beauty. Why do you think women that are full of diversity drive
men nuts?

Exotic women are beautiful. I love some sort of exoticness in
women. It makes them sexy. Exotic women are very comfortable in their
own skin. They’re curvy and they just embrace themselves. I love
women that embrace their heritage and nationality. It’s the inner
confidence. And they just look so damn hot!

WHAT MADE HINDUS ANGRY IN KARNATAKA
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Express Buzz
Oct. 06 2008
India

Francois GautierFirst Published : 06 Oct 2008 02:12:00 AM ISTLast
Updated : 06 Oct 2008 07:40:54 AM ISTI WAS born in a Catholic
family. My uncle was a priest, a wonderful man of warmth and compassion
and I spent most my early years in Catholic boarding schools. When I
was young I wanted to become a missionary and to ‘convert’ pagans in
Asia. What I was taught by priests was that Hindus worship false gods
and they needed to be brought back to the True Word by Jesus Christ.

Then of course, I came to India and discovered that actually Hindus,
far from being the heathens, as had been portrayed in Europe, not
only believed God’s diversity, the wonderful concept of avatar, but
had given refuge to all persecuted minorities of the world, whether
the Syrian Christians, the Parsis, the Jews (India is the only country
in the world where Jews were not persecuted), the Armenians, or today
the Tibetans.

I am also aghast at the one-sided coverage by the Indian media of the
Christian- Hindu problem: blasts after blasts have killed hundreds
of innocent Hindus in Varanasi, Delhi, Mumbai train blasts, Jaipur,
etc. Yet, neither Manmohan Singh nor Sonia Gandhi have pronounced
once the word ‘Islamic terrorism.’ But when furious Hindus, tired of
being made fun of, of witnessing their brothers and sisters converted
by financials traps, of seeing a 84-year-old swami and his Mataji
brutally murdered, of reading blasphemy about their Gods, vent their
anger against churches, many of them makeshifts, the Indian government
goes after the soft target which the Hindus are. The same thing applies
to the United States: they never warned Muslim organisations in India
about the killing of Hindus, but when dollars are used to buy new
converts and it angers the majority community of India,Washington
has the arrogance to issue a warning, and Manmohan Singh does not
have the pride to tell the US to mind its own business.

Neither the Indian press nor the western correspondents bothered to
write about what made Hindus angry in Karnataka: Newlife, one important
westernfunded missionary centre ( ),
began making conversions in and around Mangalore by accosting poor
people in market areas, or in bus stands, befriending them and then
taking them to churches to introduce them to the father.

Upon introduction they were paid Rs 2,500 per person and then taken
to the Velankanni shrine, in Tamil Nadu, where they would get another
Rs. 3,000.

When they finally converted to Christianity by changing the name,
they got an incentive of Rs 10,000 onwards.

Newlife would then give them instructions to abandon wearing tilak
on forehead, not to visit and offer prayers at the Hindu temples,
replacing the photos and idols of Hindu gods and goddesses with a
Cross, etc.

But what really angered local Hindus was when Newlife went one
step further and published a book in Kannada — Satya Darshini —
which was widely distributed by its missionaries. Here below is
the translation of some of the most abusive passages: "Urvashi —
the daughter of Lord Vishnu — is a prostitute.

Vashistha is the son of this prostitute.

He in turn married his own Mother. Such a degraded person is the Guru
of the Hindu God Rama. (page 48).

When Krishna himself is wallowing in darkness of hell, how can he
enlighten others? Since Krishna himself is a shady character, there
is a need for us to liberate his misled followers (page 50). It was
Brahma himself who kidnapped Sita.

"Since Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva were themselves victims of lust,
it is a sin to consider them as Gods. (page 39).

When the Trinity of Hinduism (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) are consumed
by lust and anger, how can they liberate others? The projection of
them as Gods is nothing but a joke. (page 39). God, please liberate the
sinful people of India who are worshipping False Gods. (Page 39)." When
blasphemy and much worse is brought against the most sacred Hindu Gods,
Hindus are supposed to take it meekly as sheep and let themselves be
converted to a foreign religion! There are more than 4,000 foreign
Christian missionaries involved in conversion activities across
different states.

In Tripura, there were no Christians at the time of independence. There
are 1,20,000 today, a 90 per cent increase since 1991. The figures are
even more striking in Arunachal Pradesh, where there were only 1,710
Christians in 1961, but 1.2 million today, as well as 780 churches! In
Andhra Pradesh, churches are coming up every day in far-flung villages
and there was even an attempt to set up one near Tirupati.

Christians throughout the ages have strived on the concept of
persecution and as a brought up Catholic, I remember feeling bad about
all those martyred saints of Christianity. Christians in India like
to say that they are only two per cent and can do no harm. But it is
a sham: in the Tamil Nadu coastal belt from Chennai to Kanyakumari,
there must be now 10 per cent Christians posttsunami and the same
may be true in other parts of south India.

My heart goes out to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa who
took a courageous stand against unethical Christian conversions,
but is now under pressure from the Centre.

The BJP, having learnt from bitter experience that the Congress has
no qualm in invoking President’s rule under fallacious pretexts in
states which are ruled by non-Congress governments is in a quandary:
it must show some action against militant Hindu groups while remaining
true to itself.

This is why Yeddyurappa took some action against Hindu groups while
saying that his government will not tolerate forcible conversions
and will take stringent action against missionaries involved in
conversions.

And ultimately, the blame must fall on Hindus: they are 800 million
in India, the overwhelming majority; they have the brains, they have
the money and they have the power. But either their intellectual and
political class sides with the minorities, out of fear, inferiority
complex imbedded by the British or just sheer crass political
opportunism, or the bigger mass is indifferent inert, selfish, un-civic
conscious. Every Hindu is the inheritor of the only surviving spiritual
knowledge which at the moment is under a concerted attack by Christian
missionaries, Americanisation, Marxism and Islamic fundamentalism.

Press Release 365 (press release), FL
Oct 01, 2008

Muslims Put Tourniquet on Book ‘Bleeding for Allah’

"It is Aurelius’ objective, almost scientific-method approach to the
subject of Islam and its prophet Muhammad that apparently makes
Muslims so uneasy. "

NEW YORK, NY — Every once in a while someone does something that
really pisses-off a whole population of people. Markus Aurelius’ book,
"Bleeding for Allah: Why Islam will Conquer the Free World. What
Americans need to Know", seems to have done just that. Millions of
Muslims around the world are incensed by this smallish book and have
responded en masse by having it banned in countries all across Africa
and Asia.

To see what the real deal was, I bought my own copy of "Bleeding for
Allah" on Amazon.com and perused the paperback. At first glance, it
doesn’t seem to be significantly different than the host of other
anti-Islamic texts that have recently flooded the bookstores. But it
is the subtle differences between "Bleeding for Allah" and the other
books that makes it so much more dangerous and insidious to the
Muslims. To begin with, Aurelius was not an activist, politician,
evangelist or recently enlightened ex-Muslim. He was an obscure
scientist. Not a man with an agenda. In fact, it is clear that he
initially read the Koran for intellectual insight and was so alarmed
by its violence that he spent four years studying and writing about
the subject.

Actually, it is Aurelius’ objective, almost scientific-method approach
to the subject of Islam and its prophet Muhammad that apparently makes
Muslims so uneasy. Using a detailed analysis of the Koran, down to the
very number of hateful words employed in it, the author paints a hard
to refute picture. By applying countless social and historical
references (many of them Islamic), the author re-creates Muhammad’s
pragmatic approach to his own earthly success 1,300 years ago. No
punches are pulled on the details of the Prophet’s application of
large scale murder, sexual slavery and scriptural creativity.

The mountain of facts presented by the author in "Bleeding for Allah"
clearly portrays Muhammad as a calculating and manipulative, albeit
ingenious, fakir. This portrayal is a large element of the rage felt
by Muslims against this book. However, the gruesome details that
Aurelius employs in his graphic storytelling of the Muslim genocides
waged against the Armenians, Bangladeshis and Sudanese pushes Muslims
over the edge.

Here is an excerpt from Amapedia.com that accurately reflects the
issue: "Bleeding" takes the reader on a seriously provocative,
sometimes overly bloody journey through time. It is this difficult,
yet accurate voyage that has Muslims incensed throughout the Middle
East. A quick internet search shows the level of resentment that this
book has generated in the Islamic world."

It can be seen why "Bleeding for Allah" is being so denigrated as to
be labeled "The great book of lies". Muslims are viscerally desperate
to defend their prophet and their own militant and imperialistic
history. However, by banning the reading of any book, under penalty of
prison or death, only illustrates how profoundly backward, intolerant
and blind Islamists must truly be.

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Keywords: Muslims,Islam,Muhammad,genocide,Markus Aurelius,Armenians
Religion » General

Over 4 years in the making, "Bleeding for Allah" scrutinizes Islam
from the very birth of the religion.
The Koran, the Holy Book of more than one billion people
worldwide, is systematically analyzed to reflect the true nature of
its message. "Bleeding for Allah" goes the full distance in detailing
the uncomfortable and painful truth of that message.
Although touted as a peaceful religion and Islamic terrorists
dismissed as misguided fanatics, it is clear that the very words of
Allah, as voiced through the Archangel Gabriel to the Prophet
Muhammad, are anything but peaceful. Markus Aurelius, in concise and
clear fashion, gives countless examples of Koranic verse that readily
demonstrates its militancy and violence.
The author speaks to cultural bias and is quite sensitive to its
influence on interpretation. But the author finds it extremely
difficult to dismiss countless holy verse such as: "Believers, take
neither the Jews nor the Christians for your friends." (Koran, 5:51)
or: "Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites, and deal
sternly with them." (Koran, 66:9).
To further try to eliminate cultural bias, the book includes a
comparative analysis of specific words between the New Testament and
the Koran. For example, the words "punishment" and "torture" appear
600% more in the Koran while the word "love" appears 500% less.
The author carefully examines the Prophet Muhammad’s life and
outlines the gruesome details of his explosive success in the 7th
century. The shrewd Prophet creatively found divine support from Allah
for his banditry and mass murder. Sadly, more than one billion people
believe those words today.
Americans are woefully in the dark regarding the Koran. But few
Americans have taken the time to read the Koran itself. Markus
Aurelius challenges the American public to do just that. "Bleeding for
Allah" is the perfect primer.

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