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by a-guest 3844 days ago
Progressive? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide
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The Armenian Genocide was carried out by the Young Turk movement towards the end of the empire. The YTs were distinguished by a stark materialism and secularism, and actually sought to revert the theocratic nature of the empire prior. So, not really Ottoman Islam, per se.
The no true Turk fallacy