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  • Turkey orders 500-year-old inscription erased from castle

    06/13/2006 11:14:14 AM PDT · by SmoothTalker · 48 replies · 1,853+ views
    "Turkey's Islamic-rooted government has ordered a 500-year old Latin inscription believed to have been carved by the Knights of St. John erased from an old castle, newspaper reports said Tuesday." "In the written order, the Culture Minister told museum officials to scrape away the inscription "Inde deus abest," or "Where God does not exist," carved at the entrance to the dungeon of the Castle of St. Peter in the Aegean resort of Bodrum, Hurriyet, Sabah and Milliyet newspapers reported Tuesday." "The sign could be considered offensive to devout Muslims who believe in God's omnipresence. "Baffling censorship on 500-year-old inscription," Sabah...