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What if Armenians were Muslim?

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  • What if Armenians were Muslim?

    I was just thinking, what would Armenia be like if Armenians were not Christian? But rather Muslim... hmm. What would Armenia's relation with Iran be like? Hmm...

    Interesting to think about! Sometimes I wish Iran was Christian because of the beauty of Armenian Christian architecture.


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    Re: What if Armenians were Muslim?

    If Armenians adopted Islam, there would be no Armenians today. At least they wouldn't be called Armenians. We would be like on of those "extinct" ethnic groups, like Caucasian Albanians. The Armenian Church is the most important part of the Armenian identity, and with it we have been able to sustain our Armenian identity throughout the years, especially during our years of Islamic oppression.
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      Re: What if Armenians were Muslim?

      Yeah being absorbed by much larger Muslim groups is certainly a possible outcome.
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        Re: What if Armenians were Muslim?

        There would be Sunni, Shiite and Armenian Muslims.

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          Re: What if Armenians were Muslim?

          Originally posted by jgk3 View Post
          There would be Sunni, Shiite and Armenian Muslims.
          ))))) Great response.
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            Re: What if Armenians were Muslim?

            There wouldn't be Armenian Muslims, there would be no Armenians by name, we would be called something else, maybe Turks, maybe Azeris, who knows.
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              Re: What if Armenians were Muslim?

              Originally posted by jgk3 View Post
              There would be Sunni, Shiite and Armenian Muslims.
              and we will still have no unity......I think its in our genes.
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                Re: What if Armenians were Muslim?

                there are still Kurds to this day, and the Europeans who became Muslim during the ottoman empire didn't become Turks after the empire fell, so you never know what could of happened

                Another question is, if we had stayed Zoroastrian, how would that affected the rise of Christianity and Islam in the middle east? Did we start a domino effect when we converted? would've Iran stayed zoroastrian if we had? How would that influenced the rise of christianity? and would Islam have ever came about if Christianity never got off the ground?

                Another question would be, what if all Turks, Arabs, Kurds, and Persians were orthodox Christian? would there still be Armenians today? or would we have still been absorbed?
                Last edited by ara87; 03-04-2011, 01:11 AM.

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                  Re: What if Armenians were Muslim?

                  Probably larger numbers of Armenians, at least those living farther from the homeland, would have been assimilated, yes. Or maybe they would have Armenized their neighbours. "Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit".

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                    Re: What if Armenians were Muslim?

                    Originally posted by Azar View Post
                    I was just thinking, what would Armenia be like if Armenians were not Christian? But rather Muslim... hmm. What would Armenia's relation with Iran be like? Hmm...

                    Interesting to think about! Sometimes I wish Iran was Christian because of the beauty of Armenian Christian architecture.

                    I am still baffled as to why you keep generating these types of threads.

                    Originally posted by Azar View Post
                    Interesting to think about!
                    For what purpose?


                    Why don't you start a thread

                    "WHAT IF I WAS A WOMAN"

                    "WHAT IF I WAS A MIDGET"

                    "WHAT IF I WAS AN ANT"

                    "WHAT IF I WAS A SNAKE"



                    ETC. ETC.
                    Last edited by londontsi; 03-08-2011, 09:48 AM.
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                    Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
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