Armenia: Aryan Genealogist Blacklisted
Hetq informs that “Since 2002, entry into Armenia has been prohibited for French-Armenian ontologist and genealogist Alexandre Arord[i] Varbedian.”
In August 2003, the Department for Pardons, Citizenship, Awards and Titles, within the President’s staff, refused Varbedian’s application for a ten-year paid residence permit in Armenia. Since then, Varbedian’s three electronic tourist visa applications have been refused and, on two occasions, invitation letters from his son, Artur Varbedian, have been rejected without a reason cited.
Varbedian, a natural born citizen of France raised in Armenia, has been reportedly refused extension for his Armenian visa due to allegedly belonging to a sect, writes Hetq.
Having read most of Varbedian’s writings and attended one lecture by him in Yerevan before 2003, I know he considers himself Aryan, hence his made up middle name – Arordi (Son of Ar/Sun).
I guess the good news is that Varbedian is surprisingly not anti-Semite (as far as I can recall). Just the opposite, he considers Jewish culture Armenian-Aryan and apparently has no hate for them. But the off-shoot he has supported, such as the tiny Armenian-Aryan organization, is largely anti-Semitic to an extent that, as we revealed last year, one of their leaders particpitaed in Iranian president Ahmadenijad’s infamous Holocaust denial conference. Varbedian’s tone is still moderate and not too rhetorical.
But I question Varbedian’s scholarship, and especially his mystic writing style (such as “…” after almost every paragraph) can get annoying. I also don’t support the school he has created in Armenia that basically is along the eurocentric hierarchial view that western (Aryan for Varbedian) means progress and that the source of every good is in the Aryan culture.
I don’t think it is right for Armenia to blacklist Varbedian because of his beliefs. These blacklists actually give more credit to his work by creating the mystic environment of exile that the Aryan genealogist is facing.
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Armen on 30 Sep 2007 at 11:53 pm #
Even if we leave aside the debate is Aryan ideology advocated by Varpetian good or bad, how justified it is, etc., still it is very rediculous that the person’s entry to his Motherland is being refused because of his beliefs !!!!! Yehova’s witnesses operate in Armenia, dozens of Christian sects exist and operate, homosexuals got their rights defended in Armenia, and Varpetian is being refused because he advocates that Armenians are aincent Aryan nation???? How bazzar is this ??? It is a shame for our country, and I am convinced that the order comes from Moscow (as everythin in Armenia) to deport, aleniate and destroy EVERY POSSIBLE source, that may become a stimulus for the raise and recognition of our national identity. Armenia is Russia’s forpost. and As such there should be a population who will see no other option except bein a good slave for the master. Russia, and consquently their Armenian servants-gubernators do not need anything that can unite the nation. That’s where is the root of Varpetian’s deportation from Armenia. Once again, it is a SHAME for our country.
Blogian on 01 Oct 2007 at 12:07 am #
Armen, good point. This is a freedom of speech issue hence the appropriate category I filed the entry under while posting it.