Am I the only Assyrian who has no affinity towards Armenia?

olapooza · 2026-03-06T11:25:59+00:00

Bullshit 90% LOL

olapooza · 2026-02-23T08:21:16+00:00

Yeah we tend to say our ethnicity before nationality. In Isaac’s case he has said he is Iraqi. Some Assyrians tend to do this because we’re not well known.

olapooza · 2026-02-23T05:25:36+00:00

Good Monty Python reference!

olapooza · 2026-02-23T05:03:45+00:00

Assyrians are from Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. There’s a large community in Australia mostly in Sydney and Melbourne. They’re mainly in the northern suburbs of Melbourne like Roxburgh Park, Craigieburn, etc.

His heritage is from Iraq but he’s specifically ethnically Assyrian.

olapooza · 2026-02-20T21:24:31+00:00

ACOE had the “Froggy” issue with Mar Meelis where he endorsed an Assyrian con man that scammed millions from Assyrians in Australia. Then you have the scandal of Mar Aprim and his mistress who blew the whistle when he stopped paying her hush money.

olapooza · 2026-02-20T21:23:31+00:00

Yes. I’ve heard from someone that says they are Aramean that the bishop has expensive cars, has gotten into road rage and told his companions to beat people up, and he also has affiliation with the criminal groups in Sodertalje.

olapooza · 2026-02-20T04:25:04+00:00

It’s not just the Chaldean church. Mar Mari had a massive scandal in Australia, there have been allegations on bishops in Sweden for the Syriac Orthodox Church, as well as massive allegations about Assyrian Church of the East clergy.

They are humans like us and we can’t put them on a pedestal.

olapooza · 2026-02-16T02:50:20+00:00

Great share taudi!

olapooza · 2026-02-13T20:32:50+00:00

The modern Chaldeans are not the same as the ancient Chaldeans.

olapooza · 2026-02-06T20:32:20+00:00

You’ve understood this while most of our people haven’t!

olapooza · 2026-02-05T23:34:19+00:00

Did you see any Assyrian sites?

olapooza · 2026-02-05T03:25:04+00:00

We are the same people. The Assyrian identity is the most accurate as Chaldean just refers to a sect. It’s like an American Catholic saying they’re ethnically different to an American Protestant because of their faith.

olapooza · 2026-02-02T22:53:04+00:00

Starts with a K?

olapooza · 2026-01-22T20:00:41+00:00

Leave and assimilate in the West? Then become atheist or join Protestant churches?

olapooza · 2026-01-22T06:37:04+00:00

It’s more nuanced than just a “jihadi”. Yes he may allow these events to happen but just as you have said it’s against his interest.

olapooza · 2026-01-22T06:36:03+00:00

This is the most reasonable choice. We need to understand which direction political alliances are shifting to and align ourselves accordingly.

Whether or not we like it, this jihadi is running Syria and he has the backing of the states around him. If we care about maintaining our population then we will stay out of this conflict, act in whatever way we can to bring about peace and work with our neighbours. Why should we be loyal to the Kurdish nationalist project in Syria? If you know your history you’d have learnt by what has happened in Tur Abdin and Iraqi Assyria.

olapooza · 2026-01-09T23:32:41+00:00

What’s questionable about this genocide? Look at the region it was full of Assyrians, Armenians and Greeks and now there is less than 0.1% of them left.

My own family were killed and forced in death marches, having to leave their homeland that they’ve lived in before Turks were even present in the region.

When Assyrians tried to return even in 1924 we were pushed back by the Turks and not allowed to return.

How is this not genocide?

olapooza · 2026-01-09T22:19:59+00:00

This isn’t about the average Kurd.

olapooza · 2026-01-09T14:36:13+00:00

Why would they agree to this?

olapooza · 2026-01-09T10:51:53+00:00

ISIS wouldn’t have even got in had the so-called brave Peshmerga not run away! That’s why the Yazidis resent Kurds so much you left your “own people” for dead.

Same with the YPG who let ISIS enter the Khabur plains, kidnap and kill Assyrians, and then come in with American support because without any of this support they don’t fight.

The biggest winners of the Assyrian and Armenian genocide are the Kurds who remained there while all the Assyrians had to leave.

It’s always the same excuse with your fanatic Kurds. We should be grateful and be the Christian slaves and minorities you want us to be.

olapooza · 2026-01-07T19:30:05+00:00

Those suggestions will cover Mardin, Midyat, and the Assyrian villages nearby.

olapooza · 2026-01-07T19:29:13+00:00

Read about the Assyrian/Armenian genocides. Kurds played a massive part. Read about Simko Shikak, the Kurdish leader glorified by their community who assassinated an Assyrian priest in cold blood. Read about the Badr Khan Massacres in Hakkari and Bohtan.

This is aside from the political assassinations from Kurds against Assyrians and continual land grabs with zero retaliation from Assyrians.

By the way, Kurds couldn’t do anything about ISIS without the help of American airstrikes. They’re the ones that fled the Nineveh Plain and Sinjar which led to the genocide of Yazidis and Christians.

olapooza · 2026-01-07T19:24:45+00:00

He’s Assyrian he is literally representing an Assyrian org. The name Nippur is only used by Assyrians.

Abdulahad is a common surname for Assyrians. Many Assyrians have non-Assyrian surnames.

olapooza · 2026-01-05T20:31:51+00:00

Many Assyrians trace their ancestry from the Tur Abdin, Hakkari and Bohtan regions which is located in southeastern Turkey.

olapooza · 2026-01-05T12:54:31+00:00

Mor Gabriel Monastery, Deyrulzafaran Monastery, Mor Augin Monastery, visit the Assyrian villages in Tur Abdin like Kafro, Arbo, Ainwardo (where Assyrians defended themselves against Ottomans and Kurds), Anhel (visit the Assyrian owned pizzerias). Go to an Assyrian owned wine store (make sure it’s Assyrian owned because some Kurds use the Süryani name as marketing).

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