(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Rena Murshud read more Armenia's policy of usurping historical and cultural monuments
continues. As always, this time it starts with the appropriation of
the ancient Albanian cultural history. In fact, it is not
surprising that a nation without any history and culture, raids the
history of others. The issue is not only Armenia's appropriation of
historical monuments, but also its unfair treatment towards
them.
In a comment for Azernews , Doctor of Philosophy
in History Kerem Mammadov said that the churches were built in two
shapes - Catholic and Orthodox, and it is totally wrong to
attribute them to Armenian, Russian and Byzantine
architectures.
"In the Caucasus, there are two types of churches: the
Monophysite and Diophysite churches. The Monophysite churches are
distinct from others with one throne that was placed on the side
pointing to Jerusalem. However, in Diophysite temples, two thrones
were placed, and Armenians belong to the Diophysit sect," the
historian said.
A question arises here. If the Armenian state belongs to the
sect of Diophysites, and the churches of the South Caucasus belong
to the sect of Monophysites, how can they accept Albanian churches?
By what fact Armenians appropriate churches and mosques?
It is a tradition of Armenia to convey such false claims to the
public. Appropriating the Albanian churches by David Babayan, the
adviser of the so-called state's head, and moreover, blaming
Azerbaijan, which is a pattern of respect and care for all
cultures, is a clear example of Armenia's deceitful policy. Babayan
accuses Azerbaijan of allegedly destroying Armenian churches.
However, the illegal official of a so-called state does not mention
the capital of Armenia where there is not a single mosque or
historical monument belonging to Azerbaijan, which in fact, have
deliberately been razed or distorted by Armenia.
"If we were a nation destroying a church, there would be no
church in the center of Baku. On the contrary, it is necessary to
ask them that there is no mosque belonging to Azerbaijan in the
capital city of Armenia, which is considered a historical city of
Azerbaijan (Irevan Khanate, founded by Mirmekhti Khan)?!», Mammadov
said.
In 1918-1920, under the Armenian Dashnak government and in the
first years of Soviet Armenia, a number of mosques (Sardar,
Tepebashi, Sartib Khan, Hadji Novruzali bek, etc.), built on the
historical territory of Azerbaijan, were inhabited by Armenian
refugees fled from different countries. Later they destroyed all
the mosques and reconstructed them for different purposes.
“The only mosque left is the 'Goy Masjid' (The Blue Mosque), and
today they call it the Iranian Mosque. One can understand that
Persian thinking and Armenian thinking are one and the same.”
Mamedov added.
The historian emphasized that the Azerbaijani people never
showed vindictiveness or humiliated another culture.
"Not only Azerbaijan, but in general this action did not belong
to the spirit of the Turkish nation. If we turn to history, while
Tsarist Russia pursued a policy of violent Christianization,
occupying Turkish lands, neither the Safavids, nor the Great
Moguls, nor the Ottoman Empire forced people to become Muslims.
Azerbaijan solves cases not with cruelty, but with humanism. Also,
as an example, it is possible to cite the medical assistance
provided by our Azerbaijani soldiers to Armenian soldiers during
the 44-day war." he added.
Finally, the historian concluded that Azerbaijan does not intend
to destroy the culture of other nations, but is always ready to cut
a destroying hand extended to us.
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