US Muslim groups under fire for statement on Armenia killings
Press release says US should not alienate “a key ally, Turkey, through one-sided declarations”.
A coalition of US Muslim organisations has come under fire for a statement about the killing of as many as 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Turkish Empire in 1915. Activists have long pushed for the mass killings to be called a genocide. The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) released a statement on Monday urging the acknowledgment of the killings by leaders in the US to be “balanced, constructive and must also recognize Turkish and Muslim suffering”.
Published On 21 Apr 2015