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To: tacticalogic

The Ottomans were anything but Islamic fundementalists. The Fundies in WWI were the Hashemites of Jordan and Saudi.


42 posted on 12/20/2007 1:16:05 PM PST by Andrew Byler
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To: Andrew Byler
The Ottomans were anything but Islamic fundementalists. The Fundies in WWI were the Hashemites of Jordan and Saudi.

the reference was more to the immediate post-war years. Ataturk's refomation of Turkish society under a secular governnment, and rejection of traditional Islamic theocracy.

51 posted on 12/20/2007 4:51:54 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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