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June 26, 2006
Occupied Byzantium: Denigrating Dervishes Dance on Image of Christ, and the World Yawns
Russian and western media are ignoring how the Turkish Tourism Board is airing an advertisement where drug-entranced Muslim dervishes dance on an image of Christ taken from a destroyed church, reports Fontanka.ru, a web-based newspaper in St. Petersburg.
So far, the offending advertisement has been seen on St. Petersburg's Channel 22, Rambler NBN, and was most likely shown elsewhere in Russia and the world, but the Turks who paid for the advertisement cannot be reached.
Until the mid 15th century, the Muslim country now referred to as `Turkey' was the Christian Byzantine Empire, one of the most advanced civilizations in the world. After the Muslim conquest, most Christian inhabitants were slaughtered or forced to convert. Thousands of churches were destroyed or converted into mosques. The Turks then launched an invasion of Europe, occupying most of the Balkans for centuries, and carrying out similar destruction and carnage.
Even though Russia is primarily a Christian Orthodox country, no one objected to the offending advertisement, until finally an Armenian resident of St. Petersburg, Artak Aleksanyan, undertook his own investigation. He hired a lawyer at the prominent firm of Naryshkin and Associates, which made a number of inquiries that revealed the advertisement violates Russian law, specifically Article 152 of the Criminal Code, ``Protection of the Honor and Dignity of Citizens.'' The offending Muslims who made the advertisement can be brought up on criminal charges.
Still, neither the authorities, nor the broader republic has reacted with demonstrations and righteous anger.
History has shown that the Turks, as most other Muslim countries, are very adept at destroying and stealing things from the civilizations they've conquered. Bringing something positive into the world has never been a strong point for Muslims.
People who are educated in history and Islam will find this offending advertisement yet another reminder of the vast destruction that Islam has brought on civilizations throughout the Middle East, Persia, Central Asia, India, and Africa. (Before Islam, these regions used to be the most advanced in the world. After Islam came, it was all downhill.) This history should serve as a warning that our civilization is not immune to falling victim to Islamic invasion, destruction and savagery.
The reaction to the offending advertisement in St. Petersburg, more specifically the lack of one, should also serve as a reminder that Islam's success in conquest was primarily due to the passivity of the targeted population, and to a lack of will to fend off the invaders.
Posted by at June 26, 2006 4:07 AM
Comments
Well what CAN we do?
Our dear politicians tie our hands behind our backs with the PC Dogma and should we be so unwise as to contradict it, we are liable to imprisonment.
The Liberal Left seems doomed to racial suicide, taking all of us with them.
They do not speak for many of us, but they refuse to even admit there is a problem, let alone face up to the sheer scale of it.
Nationalism seems to be on the rise, but it is taking far too long.
One can only observe and try to do what little one can.
Posted by: The Fox ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.westernresistance.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at June 26, 2006 6:28 AM
One quibble: "drug-entranced" is not accurate. Dervishes practise a form of meditation. Their trance states are not drug-induced.
Posted by: Dr.Dawg at June 27, 2006 11:57 AM
"Even though Russia is primarily a Christian Orthodox country. . ."
Uh, after 70 years of enforced communism, much of it marked by religious suppresion, I have to wonder about the accuracy of this statement.
My bet is that most Russians are atheistic/agnostic.
Posted by: Half Canadian at June 27, 2006 1:55 PM
"Even though Russia is primarily a Christian Orthodox country,. . ."
Uh, after 70 years of enforced communism and long periods of religious suppression, I'd hesitate to assume that Russia is anything but primarily atheistic.
Posted by: Half Canadian at June 27, 2006 2:04 PM
According to the Russian 2002 Census, more than half of Russians said they were ``Orthodox.'' How deeply they believe, I cannot vouch for, and indeed, that is the choice of each individual. Also, Orthodoxy has always been and continues to be the most significant social and cultural force in Russia, not to mention one of the most important poltically. Russians consistently rank the Orthodox Church as one of the 3 most important institutions in the country (the first two are: the President, and the military.)
Posted by: jean de la valette at June 28, 2006 7:29 AM
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