{"id":3517,"date":"2014-10-13T12:17:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T12:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=3517"},"modified":"2014-10-13T12:17:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T12:17:06","slug":"members-of-parliament-condemn-targeting-of-armenian-genocide-museum-and-church-by-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=3517","title":{"rendered":"Members of Parliament Condemn Targeting of Armenian Genocide Museum and Church by ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ottawa &#8211; Harold Albrecht, MP (Kitchener-Conestoga) with H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Laverdi\u00e8re, MP (Laurier-Ste-Marie), prelate Bishop Meghrig Parikian, former Prelate of Aleppo Archbishop Souren Kataroyan, and <!--more Continue reading \/ \u0531\u0574\u0562\u0578\u0572\u057b\u0568  \u2192--> representatives of the <a title=\"ANCC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anccanada.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armenian National Committee of Canada<\/a> (ANCC) held a press briefing on October 10 to condemn the targeted attack and destruction of the Armenian Genocide Church-Museum in Der Zor, Syria by ISIS, aided by Turkish forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following al Qaeda affiliated armed groups that crossed into Syria from Turkey and attacked Kessab, ISIL attacked on the Armenian Genocide museum and church in Der Zor and desecrated the holy site. The ANCC is calling upon the Canadian government to use its influence with Turkey to stop allowing these incursions and stop targeting Armenian historic sites and monuments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IHop2Sm3hIU\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><br \/>\nCondemning the desecration of Holy sites<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There has been a lot of attention paid to the beheadings of aid workers, journalists and the mass murders committed by ISIL. That is natural, these are horrific actions that are unimaginable and totally unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But ISIL isn\u2019t content to destroy lives. They want to destroy history and all other religions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ISIL destroyed the Armenian Holy Martyrs Church, and the Museum of the Holy Martyrs \u2013 a memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide that houses the remains of those who perished in 1915.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I\u2019m not standing here today just as a Conservative MP, nor solely as a Christian. I am here as a human being who believes strongly in the freedom of religion. All religion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ISIL is targeting sites and civilians that reject its violent version of Islam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is not a partisan issue. Freedom to worship is one of the most fundamental of human rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When I was much younger, Prime Minister Diefenbaker said, and I quote,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I stand here today with my colleagues, renewing that pledge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harold Albrekht<br \/>\nChairman of the Canada-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa &#8211; Harold Albrecht, MP (Kitchener-Conestoga) with H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Laverdi\u00e8re, MP (Laurier-Ste-Marie), prelate Bishop Meghrig Parikian, former Prelate of Aleppo Archbishop Souren Kataroyan, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[132],"class_list":["post-3517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anc-canada"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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