High time or practicality. The Hamshen are 'tseghakron' without knowing it- they chose Islam and subsequently used it as a mechanism of self-preservation. For them, the priority was remaining in their fatherland at ANY COST, which can hardly be considered betrayal. Their preservation of the Armenian language and culture is astonishing, and lest we be mistaken, they are still the fiercest minority when it comes to avoiding assimilation. They take NOBODY'S s***...