{"id":4601,"date":"2011-07-22T12:28:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T16:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4601"},"modified":"2011-07-21T22:40:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T02:40:55","slug":"hurriyet-daily-news-u-s-congress-calls-on-turkey-to-return-stolen-armenian-churches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/hurriyet-daily-news-u-s-congress-calls-on-turkey-to-return-stolen-armenian-churches","title":{"rendered":"Hurriyet Daily News: U.S. Congress calls on Turkey to return “stolen Armenian churches”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The powerful Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives is planning to hold a vote Wednesday on an amendment calling for Turkey to \u201creturn stolen Armenian and other Christian churches to their rightful owners,\u201d reports the Hurriyet Daily News<\/em>, Turkey’s English-language newspaper — which is celebrating its 50th year of publication. According to the newspaper:<\/p>\n

The committee will meet for a markup session to discuss and vote on the State Department\u2019s \u201cForeign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2012;\u201d the \u201creturn of churches\u201d measure will likely be offered as an amendment to that authorization bill, the Armenian National Committee of America, or ANCA, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian urged all U.S. citizens of Armenian origin to \u201ccall your U.S. representative by July 20 and urge him\/her to support this powerful religious freedom measure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Turkish Embassy is working overtime to kill this resolution and erase forever even the memory of Armenians and other Christians in our ancient homelands,\u201d Hamparian said.<\/p>\n

The Turkish Embassy in Washington rejected the charges in a recent statement, saying, \u201cThe resolution is deeply regrettable because it unfairly distorts the facts on the ground while flatly overlooking Turkey\u2019s efforts to promote religious freedom and tolerance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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