Here Comes Azerbaijan !!!

[Rakhmetov]

WTF??? :thumbup: There are plenty of people taking notice of the Arab rebellions.

http://www.marxist.com/azerbaijan-despite-repression-people-on-streets.htm

[SacRedMan]

We will see about that... Don't get to happy.

[ellipsis]

i just clicked the link and it said i was coming from a suspicious website...

[Spirit]

Bravo for the brave people of Azerbaijan!

The website is not suspicious :lol:

[Wanted Man]

What does this have to do with "Arab World Protests"?

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

i just clicked the link and it said i was coming from a suspicious website...

The IMT is definitely suspicious.. but not for the reasons your anti-virus software thinks.

[Rakhmetov]

What does this have to do with "Arab World Protests"?


Aren't there many Muslims in Azerbaijan??? I know that not every Muslim is an Arab and vice versa but these protests fit into the general pattern of "Arab revolutions."

[Wanted Man]

Aren't there many Muslims in Azerbaijan??? I know that not every Muslim is an Arab and vice versa but these protests fit into the general pattern of "Arab revolutions."

No.

[Sinister Cultural Marxist]

Azeris are Shiite Muslims, but I think they are Turkish and Persian in origin, not Arab. We may not make much of the distinction here in "the West", but there it is "Serious business".

Anyway, I think this kind of thing is evidence of the failure of the USSR in building real class consciousness. How does it take 20 years from the restoration of Capitalism for "the masses" to start to take action against the corruption and nepotism of their government? This would only be the case if they have been deprived of intellectual and social necessities, and an understanding of their own collective power and responsibility.

[Luís Henrique]

Perhaps the subforum would be better titled "Middle East protests" or something like that?

Luís Henrique

[Tommy4ever]

Aren't there many Muslims in Azerbaijan??? I know that not every Muslim is an Arab and vice versa but these protests fit into the general pattern of "Arab revolutions."

Azeris are a Trukic people. ;)

[Rusty Shackleford]

Azeris are a Trukic people. ;)
And Iranians are Persian.

protests in Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Albania, and say, Ethiopia would not fall under "arab world protests" different nations but often same religions (ethiopia is an exception because i believe there are a lot of copts there)

[Devrim]

Azeris are Shiite Muslims, but I think they are Turkish and Persian in origin, not Arab.

I am not sure what origin really means given that the people of the region are completely intermixed. Linguistically though Azeris are Turkic as a poster has already pointed out, and their language is mutually comprehensible with modern Turkish.


protests in Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Albania, and say, Ethiopia would not fall under "arab world protests" different nations but often same religions (ethiopia is an exception because i believe there are a lot of copts there)

Armenians are traditionally Christians.

Devrim

[Rusty Shackleford]

Armenians are traditionally Christians.

Devrim

thanks :blushing:

i figured georgia was the start of the christian influence in the region. figuring as the whole eastern caucus and northern caspian is muslim. (if my memory serves me right)

[Devrim]

Historically Armenia was the world's first Christian state. There is a useless piece of information for you.

Devrim

[Rusty Shackleford]

Historically Armenia was the world's first Christian state. There is a useless piece of information for you.

Devrim
actually, thats some pretty good info.

[Tommy4ever]

And Iranians are Persian.

protests in Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Albania, and say, Ethiopia would not fall under "arab world protests" different nations but often same religions (ethiopia is an exception because i believe there are a lot of copts there)

Well actually, in Ethiopia the Christian community is no Coptic but is a native Christian faith. Ehiopia is a very remarkable country. Judaism became the state relgion several thousand years ago - the Ethiopian Emperors traditionally claimed descent from Soloman and the Queen of Sheba. :o

Ethiopia went on to be one of the world's first Christian states - their native Jewish religion gradually transformed into a native Christian religon. Then during the age of Islamic conquest the Northern part of Ethiopia was conquered and began to convert to Islam.

There, some pointless information that had nothing to do with the OP. ;) Any time.

[Rusty Shackleford]

damn my post was shit.