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To: freedom44

Did you know that Turkey's prime minister Edrogan, was an Islamist firebrand who served a 9 month sentence for inciting religious hatred?

Did you know that Turkey recently tried to criminalize adultery, only backing down because it endangered their admission into the EU?

Edrogan has an Islamist bent. AK whips talk openly about introducing more Islamist legislation once Ankara gets its green light on EU accession. In rural areas, AK-appointed district superintendents have been demoting female teachers who come to school in trousers. Municipal police in Samsun warned couples against kissing in public on the orders of the local AK Party mayor.

In Turkey, some modernist Islamic theologians, who publish the academic journal Islamiyat, in the footsteps of Fazlur Rahman, are calling for a complete renewal of the shariah (Islamic law), including the Koranic rulings on the penal code, women's status and the doctrine of war.

Turkey is about to go full blown Islamist, they are just hiding their nature temporarily until they get admitted into the EU.


5 posted on 10/29/2004 8:01:44 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

Turkey gave women the right to vote before we did. They implemented some of the most progressive rights movements far before most nations in the west.

Also, have you ever visited Turkey!? The idea of Turkey falling to Islamists is ridiculous. France is far more likely to fall to Islamists then Turkey.


6 posted on 10/29/2004 8:14:04 PM PDT by freedom44
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To: Mount Athos

Still not convinced about how "progressive" Turkey's prime minister Erdogan is?
Did you know that as mayor of Istanbul, he tried to outlaw alcohol in many localities? That he used to refuse to shake the hands of women?

Did you know that the religious minded party that has risen to power in Turkey today, was created out of the remains of two banned Islamist groups?


7 posted on 10/29/2004 8:17:19 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

Turkey hides chechen terrorists.


15 posted on 10/29/2004 8:52:09 PM PDT by MarMema (Sharon is my hero)
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