Posted on 03/17/2017 8:17:02 AM PDT by rktman
In addition to his customary invective against European governments for refusing to allow his ministers to rally Turkish expatriates behind him, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that the EU’s new ban on headscarves in the workplace would launch “a struggle between the cross and the crescent.”
“Where is the liberty of religion? They have commenced a struggle between the cross and crescent. There is no other explanation than this. I am saying this clearly: Europe is heading toward the days just before World War II,” said Erdogan, as rendered by Hurriyet Daily News.
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I think the clash started about 1000 years ago. That was the first time the Muslims tried to take over Europe. :-)
In the end, the cross wins.
Oh I see, the Islamists allow Christian women to freely move about with a headscarf so this about being reasonable and balanced. I crack myself up can’t help it I’m just too funny...
It’s been a couple of generations - at least - since Europe could in any meaningful sense be said to represent “the Cross.” The EU bureaucrats have about as much interest representing “the Cross” as Hugh Hefner does.
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