To: Valin
>>>Turkey's religious affairs directorate (why does Turkey have one?),
The Wahhabbis control both Mecca and Medina. They wouldn't let Turkish Muslims perform the required pilgrimage, if the Turks didn't pony up.
3 posted on
09/25/2006 5:02:52 AM PDT by
.cnI redruM
(Robert Heinlein's 5 grades of coffee: Java, Cafe, Jamocha, Joe, Carbon Remover)
To: .cnI redruM
Sounds like something out of "Goodfellas" or "Underboss".
Do you have a link for this? Thanks.
4 posted on
09/25/2006 5:11:48 AM PDT by
Valin
(http://www.irey.com/)
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