Armenian identity is so tightly inter­wo­ven with religion that it can often be heard that the only true Armenian is a follower of the Armenian Church. Contempt, dis­crim­i­na­tion, and outright hatred towards religious minori­ties have led to a wor­ry­ing­ly wide­spread per­cep­tion of them as outsiders — a threat to Armenian statehood. [Read more…]