Azeri Student at American Univ. In Bulgaria Threatens ArmeniansBy Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg88068.htmlJust when Armenians were recovering from the shocking murder of anArmenian officer who was hacked to death by an Azeri classmate in aNATO Partnership for Peace program (how ironic?) in Budapest, Hungaryon February 19, an Azeri in Bulgaria makes vicious and racist threatsagainst Armenians. Rauf Zeynalov, an Azeri student at the American University in Bulgaria(AUBG), sent on April 30th a very vicious and obscene hate mail toKaren Vrtanesyan, the web master of www.armenianhouse.org, in responseto an article condemning the murder by Ramil Safarov of an Armenianofficer in Hungary. In order to spare our readers' sensibilities, Ihave deleted the crude four-letter words used by Zeynalov in thefollowing e-mail: "Bitch, I have seen ur (sic) some inventions (sic) in thearmenianhouse.org forum for Ramil Safarov. I wanna (sic) say thatRamil … [expletive deleted] that bitch armenian (sic) guy in Hungaryand belive (sic) me that we, all azeris (sic) will … [expletivedeleted] ur (sic) and all armenians (sic) mom. Actually, it was ur(sic) mom who was shouting last night in the bed of one of azeris(sic). And me (sic) … [expletive deleted] ur (sic) sister:::::::)))))) (sic). She was really cool (sic). With the wish of …[expletive deleted] all armenians (sic). By the way we are not gays,so for sure we will … [expletive deleted] girls and women coming to u(sic), u (sic) will be … [expletive deleted] in other ways … [expletivedeleted] u (sic) !!!" Vrtanesyan informed the officials of the American University inBulgaria on May 17 about the hate mail sent by one of their students,Rauf Zeynalov, using the university's e-mail system. Vrtanesyan sentto the University a copy of Zeynalov's obscene and threatening e-mail. David C. Durst, the Interim Chief Academic Officer at the American University in Bulgaria, immediately responded to Vrtanesyan by saying:"I have received your letter. This is a serious allegation and I haveopened an investigation of the case." Four days later, on May 21, Durst sent the following e-mail toVrtanesyan: "I write to inform you of the action the AUBGAdministration has taken in response to the serious threats andoffensive language the AUBG student Rauf Zeynalov used in violation ofAUBG's written rules governing the use of e-mail on campus. Rauf Zeynalov will not be attending theuniversity during the fall semester, and before he will be allowed toreturn to AUBG he will be required to convince the UniversityAdministration to its satisfaction that he understands the severity ofhis misguided action and that he will maintain respect for and workcooperatively with others of different backgrounds and opinions uponreturn to the University." Karen Vrtanesyan should be commended for bringing the offensive e-mailof this Azeri hate monger to the immediate attention of the AmericanUniversity in Bulgaria. David Durst and the officials of AUBG shouldalso be commended for their prompt action. Readers should write to David Durst (
[email protected]) suggesting thatthe Azeri student should be expelled from the University rather thanbeing suspended just for one semester. Letters should also be sent tothe Soros Foundation's Open Society Institute in Bulgaria(
[email protected]) urging them to rescind the scholarship they had awardedto Rauf Zeynalov for the full cost of his educational expenses towardsa Bachelor Degree at the American University in Bulgaria.http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg88068.html
