The Young Turks who were behind the Turkish genocides against the Christian minorities in the Ottoman Empire in all fairness were motivated as much by Freemasonry and nationalism as anything else.
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The anti-Armenian JIHAD by the Turks
April 22, 2005
The Jihad Genocide of the Armenians
By Andrew G. Bostom
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Despite their 'revolutionary' advent, and accompanying comparisons to the ideals of the French Revolution, the CUP's 'Young Turk' regime eventually adopted a discriminatory, anti—reform attitude toward non—Muslims within the Ottoman Empire. During an August 6, 1910 speech in Saloniki, Mehmed Talat, pre—eminent leader of the Young Turks disdainfully rejected the notion of equality with 'gavours' , arguing that it '...is an unrecognizable ideal since it is inimical with Sheriat [Shari'a] and the sentiments of hundreds of thousands of Muslims...'. Roderick Davison notes that in fact '..no genuine equality was ever attained..', re—enacting the failure of the prior Tanzimat reform period. As a consequence, he observes, the CUP leadership '...soon turned from equality...to Turkification...' Indeed, an influential member of the Ottoman Committee of Union and Progress, Sheik Abd—ul—Hack, a 'progressive' Young Turk, made this revealing declaration writing in a Parisian Muslim review, (Le Mecherouttiete, edited by Sherif Pasha, Paris), in August, 1912:
Yes! The Musulman religion is in open hostility to all your world of progress. Understand, you European observers, that a Christian, whatever his position may be, by the mere fact of his being a Christian is regarded by us as a blind man lost to all sense of human dignity. Our reasoning with regard to him is as simple as it is definitive...
http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/04/the_jihad_genocide_of_the_arme.html
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The Armenian genocide: cultural and ethical legacies - Page 297 - Richard G. Hovannisian - Transaction Publishers, 2007 - 449 pages
In the case of the Armenian Genocide, the Young Turks harkened back to the
concept of Holy War. By declaring jihad in November 1914, the Turkish government
intended to channel Muslim religious sentiments not only against the Christian...
http://books.google.co.cr/books?id=CB4Bh0-zrgoC&pg=PA297
War and genocide: organized killing in modern society - Page 32 - Martin Shaw - Wiley-Blackwell, 2003 - 257 pages
The radicalized Young Turks increasingly viewed the Christian Armenian
population as an enemy, linked to the rival Russian Empire. The declaration of a
jihad (holy war) sanctioned attacks on any enemies. When war broke out with
Russia ...
http://books.google.com/books?id=nwcSTPnTbOYC&pg=PA32
Jihad and Genocide - Page 54 - Richard L. Rubenstein - Rowman & Littlefield, May 16, 2011 - 251 pages
I would further argue that the crimes perpetrated against the Armenians were
regarded by the Turks as legitimate defensive methods of dealing with dhimmis
who had violated the conditions of the dhimma, and, hence, were outlaws for whom had violated the conditions of the dhimma,..
http://books.google.co.cr/books?id=UyNR4AAevwIC&pg=PA54
Thanks for additional perspective & info