Question

What role did religion play in the Armenian genocide?

A. Armenians were mostly Muslim, and Ottomans considered them to be competition.
B. Armenians were mostly Christian, and were suspected of allying with fellow Christians.
C. Armenians were mostly Jewish, and were suspected of ruining the Ottoman economy.
D. Armenians were mostly Hindu, a polytheistic religion that contrasted with the Ottoman Islam.

Answer 1

B Armenians were Christian

Answer 2

Armenians were mostly Christian, and were suspected of allying with fellow Christians. The correct option is B.

The differences in religion played a crucial role in the foundation of abuse that the Turks perpetrated upon the Armenians. The dominant religion of Armenia was Christianity, and the Muslim Turks could assert the primacy of their own religion on the subjugated Armenians.

The Armenian Genocide also refered to as the Armenian Holocaust, was the systematic extermination of 1.5 million Armenians perpetrated by the Ottoman government, mostly citizens within the Ottoman Empire.