Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Artsakh, David Babayan.

 

Azerbaijan destroying all traces of Christian heritage, using Armenian gravestones to build roads

 

May 24, 2021

By Robert Spencer

Reprinted from Jihad Watch

 

Azerbaijan is working from the Islamic assumption that jahiliyya, the society of unbelievers, is worthless trash, to be treated with contempt. The Qur’an suggests that the destroyed remnants of ancient non-Muslim civilizations are a sign of Allah’s punishment of those who rejected his truth: “Many were the ways of life that have passed away before you: travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected truth.” (Qur’an 3:137) Accordingly, destroying the artifacts of non-Muslim civilizations is an act of Islamic piety.

“Azerbaijan Uses Armenian Gravestones To Build Roads,” International Christian Concern, May 22, 2021:

05/22/2021 Nagorno-Karabakh (International Christian Concern) –  Azerbaijan is utilizing gravestones from Armenian cemeteries as building material, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Artsakh, David Babayan. Azerbaijan continues to deface and destroy Armenian Christian heritage sites, including cemeteries and churches, as they seek to eradicate evidence of their culture and identity.

Cemeteries in Hadrut have been destroyed, as seen by satellite images. Reports now indicate that those gravestones are being used as building material in areas of Nagorno-Karabakh (Armenian: Artsakh) and particularly for the building of new roads.

Babayan commented saying, “This is another manifestation of cultural genocide; barbarism with a political purpose.

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