Posted on 10/02/2006 7:13:08 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
Islam World Will Be Relieved If Pope Makes Full Apology, Erdogan
WASHINGTON D.C. - The Islam world will be relieved if the Pope makes a full apology," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
In an interview on the Fox TV, Erdogan said that religious leaders should refrain from using the words of Islam and terrorism together.
"Such remarks hurt all the Muslims. We should refrain from remarks which may overshadow alliance of civilizations," he stressed.
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On fundamentalism, Erdogan said, "fundamentalism is a problem in every religion. But, there is no fundamentalist threat in Turkey today. Secularism is a system that protects the country and nation against extreme movements. As the government, we are taking measures against extreme movements. Secularism is an insurance for different life styles."
-TERRORIST ORGANIZATION-
Commenting on the terrorist organization PKK, Erdogan said that the terrorist organization is infiltrating Turkey from northern Iraq and staging terrorist attacks.
Erdogan stated that Turkey expects "more concrete steps" from the USA in fight against terrorism, and qualified appointment of retired general Joseph Ralston as the U.S. special representative for countering terrorism as positive.
Emphasizing that the terrorist organization should lay down arms, Erdogan said that a military operation of the Turkish army in northern Iraq is out of question at the moment, but noted that developments will be monitored.
Erdogan underlined importance of a trilateral cooperation among Turkish, U.S. and Iraqi governments against the terrorist organization PKK.
PM Erdogan was interviewed also by The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.
Erdogan will meet U.S. President George Bush today, and depart from Washington D.C. for Britain.
It means islamos will crap all over the apology like they did the previous ones.
The Pope has never apologized for his talk. He has only said he is sorry that the Muslims (and by implication the MSM) misinterpreted what he said.
What's bothersome about this particular statement is that the Generals are allowing Turkey to drift further and further away from Attaturk's legacy, back into the Islamicist camp.
What the Pope told the Arab ambassadors, without permitting them to reply, is that he is ready to talk with the Muslim world about why religion must be rational. And he is ready to talk with them about reciprocity. If Muslims expect to be tolerated in Western countries, then Christians and Jews must be tolerated in Arab countries. If mosques are allowed in Rome, then churches should be allowed in Saudi Arabia.
That's what the Pope is saying, and evidently the Turkish government doesn't like it. And Erdegun would not be allowed to speak out on this crucial issue without the approval of the Generals--the same Generals who refused to permit the US Airborne troups to cross their territory into Iraq, thus siding with Chirac and Saddam.
Alliance of civilizations? But Islam has made it clear that the only acceptable outcome is for all civilizations to submit to Islam.
Yes, please lie to us. What's the pope supposed to apologize for - knowing the truth or being Catholic?
I could not had made a better case. Your statements are right on the mark.
It's blackmail. It's freakin blackmail.
"Do things our way or we will blow something up"
It's also something you might get from your five year old child.
I, for one, am damn tired of it.
This guy has it right.
The Pope should relieve himself on the Muslim world.
There was a good article in today's Opinion Journal. It was by Roger Kimball and concerned the German opera production that was cancelled out of fear of stirring up Muslims. Here's his most crucial point:
Yesterday, we waited until after the Muslims took to the streets before capitulating; today, it appears we have moved on to pre-emptive capitulation.
It wasn't even hard for the Muslims to get us to this point, so it's no wonder Turkey is getting on the bandwagon.
I think the Generals have had several motives. One of the strongest is probably French assurances that if they refused permission to allow American troops to transit Turkey, they would support them for EU membership.
Which was a typical French promise, dropped as soon as it had served its purpose.
Still, Turkey has decided it would rather belong to the Franco-Arab axis, or Eurabia, than to the American empire, and appears to have switched allegiance as a result. Prior to that, Turkey was a reliable ally of the U.S.
lmao
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