Furen Forget-Ni-Not ita ce alamar aikin tunawa da kisan kiyashin Armeniya na shekara ɗari. An raba waɗannan filaye ga mahalarta taron tunawa da su a babban cocin Washington National Cathedral a ranar 7 ga Mayu, 2015.
Taron tunawa da shekaru 100 tun farkon kisan kiyashin Armeniya a shekara ta 1915 kuma ya nuna kusan ƙarni na Cocin ’yan’uwa suna nuna juyayi ga waɗanda bala’o’i da rikice-rikice suka shafa. An kiyasta cewa Armeniyawa miliyan 1.5 ne suka halaka a hannun Turkawa Ottoman a kisan kiyashin da ya faru daga 1915 zuwa 1923. ’Yan’uwa sun fara biyan bukatun wadanda suka tsira da kuma ‘yan gudun hijira Armeniya tun daga shekara ta 1917.
“A shekara ta 1917, labarin kisan kare dangi na Armeniya ya girgiza zuciyar cocin,” in ji babban sakatare na Church of the Brothers Stanley J. Noffsinger a wata wasiƙa da aka aika zuwa ikilisiyoyi na ɗarikar. “Sanin irin wannan ta’asa ya kasance nauyi fiye da yadda ’yan’uwa za su iya jurewa. Babban taron shekara-shekara na 1917 ya jefa kuri'a don ware jagororin da ake da su na ayyuka a ƙasashen waje don ba da kuɗi da tallafi ga al'ummar Armeniya da tashin hankali da ƙaura ya shafa.
“An nada wani kwamiti na wucin gadi da zai jagoranci aikin agaji. Bugu da kari, wakilai sun kuma amince da nada ma’aikata ga Kwamitin Ba da Agaji na Amurka a Gabas ta Tsakiya, don tabbatar da cewa za a gudanar da kudade da tallafi ga al’ummar Armeniya ba tare da tsangwama ba.”
Noffsinger ya lura cewa daga 1917-1921, “Cocinmu na kusan membobin 115,000 sun ba da gudummawar $267,000 ga ƙoƙarin – kwatankwacin dala miliyan 4.98 a cikin dala 2015, ta amfani da ƙididdige ƙimar Farashin Mabukaci.
Noffsinger ya kara da cewa, "Gaskiyar 'yan'uwa da ke ba da amsa ga bala'in ɗan adam ba ta canza ba bayan shekaru 100 da suka wuce," in ji Noffsinger, yana kwatanta martanin Rikicin Najeriya a halin yanzu ga martanin coci shekaru 2014 da suka gabata. “A watan Oktoban 1.5, hukumar ta bada dala miliyan 1 (dala miliyan daya daga kadarorin darika da kuma dala 500,000 daga asusun gaggawa na bala’i) domin fara aikin agaji a Najeriya. A cikin watannin da suka gabata, daidaikun mutane da ikilisiyoyin sun ba da sama da dala miliyan 1 ga Asusun Rikicin Najeriya, tare da ci gaba da shigo da kyaututtuka.
Noffsinger ya rubuta: “A lokacin da mutane da yawa suna tambayar cewa ya dace da kuma muhimmancin ikilisiya a Amirka, ina so in yi ihu daga tudu mafi girma: ‘Na gode wa Allah don karimci, tausayi, da kuma ƙauna da ’yan’uwa suka nuna. ga mutanen da suke da imani a Najeriya-kamar yadda suka yi shekaru 100 da suka shige don da kuma mutanen Armeniya!’”
Rubutu mai zuwa yana daga ƙasidar da Diocese na Cocin Armeniya ta Amurka (Gabas) ta bayar:
Shekaru 24 da suka wuce, a daren 1915 ga Afrilu, 1,500,000, an fara kisan kiyashin da aka yi wa Armeniyawa fiye da XNUMX. Na farko da aka ware tare da yi musu kisan kiyashi su ne shugabanni da masana na al’ummar Armeniya da ke Turkiyya da Daular Usmaniyya; Lokacin da aka gama, biyu daga cikin uku Armeniyawa da ke zaune a wannan ƙasa sun mutu - waɗanda aka yi wa kisan gilla a kan al'ummar Turkiyya na Armeniya.
An tumbuke dukan al'ummar Armeniya daga ƙasarsu ta asali, wadda ta zauna sama da shekaru 3,000.
An lalata daruruwan majami'u na Armeniya, gidajen ibada, makarantu, da cibiyoyin al'adu a Turkiyya Ottoman.
Raphael Lemkin – wanda ya fara kirkiro kalmar “kisan kare dangi” kuma ana daukarsa a matsayin mahaifin yarjejeniyar kisan kare dangi ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a shekarar 1948 – ya ba da misali da makomar al’ummar Turkiyya ta Daular Usmaniyya a matsayin misali na abin da ya kunshi kisan kare dangi.
A cikin zaluncinsu, Turkawa Ottoman sun kafa sautin karni na 20: sauti mai ban tsoro wanda za a sake ji a sansanonin mutuwar Nazi, a Cambodia karkashin Khmer Rouge, a Bosnia-Herzegovina, a Ruwanda da Darfur. Kuma abin ya yi kamari a lokacin namu, a wurare masu cike da matsananciyar wahala inda “tsarkake kabilanci” ya zama manufar gwamnati, maimakon laifi a gaban mutum da Allah.
Bakin duhu da aka fi sani da kisan kiyashin Armeniya ya ci gaba har zuwa 1923, kuma ya girgiza ra'ayin duniya na lokacin. Ta'addancin da Turkiyya ta yi wa maza da mata da yara 'yan asalin Armeniya an yi rubuce-rubuce sosai, a cikin bayanan shaidun gani da ido, a cikin ma'ajiyar tarihin gwamnatocin Amurka, Burtaniya, Faransa, Austria, da Jamus, da kuma jaridun duniya. Jaridar “New York Times” ta buga labaran labarai sama da 194 – gami da bayanan farko na jami’an diflomasiyyar Amurka da Turai, wadanda suka tsira daga kisan kiyashi, da sauran shaidu – kan halin da al’ummar Armeniya ke ciki.
Kuma duk da haka - abin mamaki - bayan shekaru 100, gwamnatin Turkiyya har yanzu tana musanta cewa an taba yin kisan kare dangi a Armenia. Hujjoji da dabarun da suke amfani da su a yaƙin neman zaɓensu na ƙarya ne, rashin hankali ne kuma ɓarna a hankali; amma sun saba da ƙwararrun masana da masana tarihi waɗanda, a cikin 'yan shekarun nan, sun yi yaƙi da masu ƙaryata Holocaust, Ta'addancin Soviet, da sauran abubuwan da suka faru na rashin adalci.
Ga waɗancan 'yan Armeniyawa-Amurkawa waɗanda suka tsira daga kisan kiyashi kuma suka sami mafaka a wannan ƙasa, 24 ga Afrilu ta kasance ranar tunawa da ƴan uwan da aka rasa, da raye-rayen da aka tumɓuke, da kuma mugun laifi a kan jama'a baki ɗaya. Amma kuma rana ce ta tunani kan tsarkin rayuwa, albarkar tsira, da wajibcin da ya rataya a wuyanmu na ’yan Adam kada mu bar su a lokacin da suke cikin fidda rai.
Yaran Armeniya waɗanda suka yi rashin kuruciyarsu a 1915 galibinsu sun tafi yanzu. A rayuwa sun dau da dacin tunaninsu cikin jajircewa da mutunci; amma bayan shekaru 100 zuri'arsu tana jiran adalci, har yanzu rayukan shahidai na dakon zaman lafiya. Zuriyarsu sun yi alkawarin tunawa da kisan kiyashin da aka yi wa Armeniya.
Abin da ya kamata duk masu hankali su tuna:
A cikin wannan shekara mai muhimmanci, ɗauki ɗan lokaci don tunawa da waɗanda aka kashe a farkon karni na 20, tare da duk sauran mutane a duniya waɗanda suka sha wahala wajen cin zarafin bil adama.
“Na ba da umarni ga rukunin mutuwara da su halaka, ba tare da jin ƙai ko tausayi ba, maza, mata, da yara ‘yan kabilar Poland. Ta wannan hanyar ne kawai za mu iya samun yanki mai mahimmanci wanda muke bukata. Bayan haka, wa ya tuna da kisan Armeniyawa a yau? Adolf Hitler, 22 ga Agusta, 1939, a jajibirin mamayar da Nazi ya yi wa Poland.
— Rubutu da hotuna na ƙasidar kan Kisan Kisan Armeniya na Christopher Zakian, Artur Petrosyan, da Karine Abalyan ne. Don ƙarin bayani game da ziyarar kisan kiyashin Armenia www.armenian-genocide.org , www.armeniangenocidecentennial.org , Da kuma www.agccaer.org .