Posted on 04/20/2015 4:48:06 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
The presidents of Turkey and the U.S. will open the Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center in Maryland, Turkey’s foreign minister said April 19.
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who was on a three-day visit to Washington, visited the center that also has a medium-sized mosque, and lunched with representatives from the American Muslim community.
“During a phone call, President [Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan asked President [Barack] Obama to accompany him in opening the center together and President Obama accepted his offer in principle,’” Çavuşoğlu told the representatives.
If Obama’s schedule allows at the time of the opening, he will accompany Erdoğan.
The complex has been built on a large area and consists of a coffee house, gift shops, cultural center, amphitheater and exhibition hall, computer lab, library, Turkish bath/hamam and guest house.
Çavuşoğlu said the center has been constructed as a place where all Muslims in the U.S. could come together and worship freely.
He said Muslims have faced increased challenges across the world, particularly due to rising Islamophobia.
“Our duty is to tell the true Islam which is a religion of peace. Islam does not tolerate terrorism. But unfortunately the al-Qaeda and Daesh terror groups have tarnished the image of Islam,” he said.
Daesh, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), is neither Islamic nor a state, he added.
Recalling that Turkey has contributed to the construction of the center in Maryland, the top diplomat said Turkey has contributed to development and infrastructure projects in Muslim countries, citing Somalia, Djibouti and Myanmar.
Most everything 0 says or does is evil.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
I will put 100 dollars on a bet, that Obama ‘comes out’ as a full-on Muslim in the next 5 years.
Actual Maryland “Freak State” PING!
I inadvertently pinged to the DANG! list in the last reply.
This puts obie in a very difficult spot;
Yes hes going to have to choose between being at the Mosques Grand Opening....and his Golf Schedule!
Is that the one in MoCo county?
They must have their own construction crews to handle the unique construction. Doubt any Masons are involved.
How curious. It looks like a copy of the Haigha Sophia in Istanbul.
Damn! Beat me to it! I wanted to quote that phrase in the article:
“If Obama’s schedule allows at the time of the opening,..”
Hhmmm, let’s see, golf/mosque, golf/mosque, which is it?
Wow, they also have a Vishnu Hindu center?
Very diverse place!
IF THESE PEOPLE Wanted Obie’s more or les undivided attention....they should include a miniature golf course
I wonder what...Sharia Golf..might look like??
“Is that the one in MoCo county?”
No, it’s in Prince George’s County near Greenbelt near-ish to NASA.
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