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Islamists attack students protesting ISIL at Istanbul University
Hürriyet ^

Posted on 09/26/2014 8:02:37 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin

One person was injured on Sept. 26 after a group of jihadist sympathizers attacked students who had opened a stand at Istanbul University to denounce the brutality of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

The masked attackers, who were filmed attacking with sticks studded with nails inside a foyer in one of the school’s buildings, were allegedly affiliated to the Muslim Youth organization.

One student was apparently injured in the head by a soda bottle allegedly hurled by the attackers.

The assailants, three of whom were reportedly detained after the attack, also tore down a pancard that said “ISIL, get out of the Middle East.”

In response, hundreds of students began staging a counterprotest against the pro-ISIL assault in front of the university's science faculty.

Students at the university issued a press statement after the attack, saying, "As university students, we had come together to stop the murderers with blood on their hands and the ISIL gang, which has murdered children and raped women in Rojava and Kobane, when a 20-person group sporting black masks attacked us with sticks studded with nails."

The students also accused university security and the police of doing nothing to halt the attack. "We know where they get their power from. The AKP [ruling Justice and Development Party] is sending truckloads of guns to the ISIL gangs to murder people in Rojava, and if it is providing all manners of support to those committing massacres, then this attack cannot be separated from the AKP's policies."


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1 posted on 09/26/2014 8:02:37 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Turkey should be kicked out of NATO


2 posted on 09/26/2014 8:02:59 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: DeaconBenjamin
The masked attackers, who were filmed attacking with sticks studded with nails inside a foyer in one of the school’s buildings, were allegedly affiliated to the Muslim Youth organization.

Someone needs to let them know that this is not the real Islam.

3 posted on 09/26/2014 8:04:52 PM PDT by marron
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To: marron
Note the quote at the bottom, and who made it.

It took most of a century, but Attaturk has been expunged.


4 posted on 09/26/2014 8:08:37 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Blue Jays
Meanwhile, back in the civilized world...about the closest most college students will e-v-e-r come to a "fight" is if someone spills a beer on them at the Homecoming game.
5 posted on 09/26/2014 8:10:01 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: DeaconBenjamin

Mohammedanism, ain’t it grand to be a blooming mindless fanatic.


6 posted on 09/26/2014 9:11:45 PM PDT by kanawa
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To: DeaconBenjamin

So the attackers deny the protestors’ accusations of ISIL’s brutality by attacking the protestors with nail-studded clubs? Doesn’t this prove the protestors right?


7 posted on 09/26/2014 10:09:21 PM PDT by rimtop56 ("My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and earth.")
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