He didn’t say which nation’s intelligence organization was cooperating with the Islamic State. But there are many, many possible candidates. “Istanbul nightclub attack involved an intelligence organization: deputy PM,” Reuters, January 16, 2017: The mass shooting at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Eve was carried out professionally with the involvement of an intelligence organization, […]
Turkey: Rapid re-Islamization and destruction of secularism accelerating
The reason why Erdogan has been so notably dilatory in fighting against the Islamic State may be that he wants to co-opt its caliphate and incorporate it in a neo-Ottoman caliphate centered in Istanbul. “Turkey’s Radical Islamization Process Accelerating,” by Uzay Bulut, PJ Media, January 13, 2017: A primary school in Istanbul’s Umraniye neighborhood has recently […]
Enslaved, Tortured, and Sacrificed: Islam’s Child Soldiers Return
Past and present, Muslim militants continue relying on the same inhumane tactics to terrorize “infidels.” The devastating effects of one of these occurred last August in Turkey: a child “recruited” by the Islamic State blew himself up in a suicide attack that left at least 51 people — mostly fellow children — dead. This […]
Turkey’s Erdogan: Fighting “Islamophobia and xenophobia will be high on the agenda of our state”
Fighting jihad terror? No, that’s not on Erdogan’s list. Not as he oversees the re-Islamization of Turkey and the dismantling of Kemalist secularism. “Turkey to fight Islamophobia, xenophobia, Erdogan vows,” World Bulletin, January 9, 2017: Turkish president has pledged to fight against Islamophobia and xenophobia, which he said “turned out to be a serious security […]
Georgetown University panel applauds Erdogan’s coup and the Islamization of Turkey
Two graduate students and two undergraduates recalled personally experiencing the July 15, 2016 coup attempt against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government at a December 7, 2016, Georgetown University panel, before a youthful audience of about fifty. As crews from Turkey’s TRT Haber television network and Anadolu Agency (AA) filmed/recorded, the panelists praised the coup’s […]
Turkish marriage guide: Beating wives reminds them husband rules house, “which is like medicine”
No surprise here. Nothing to be all shocked and indignant about, Ms. Frodsham. This is just Islam: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. […]
Thousands upon thousands of Islamic State recruits crossed Turkey on way to caliphate
“Unlike the US and Europe, Erdogan didn’t seem so picky about who benefited from his largesse, often choosing conservative Islamist rebels, rather than moderates.” The US wasn’t really “picky” either under Obama, and armed plenty of jihadis. And Erdogan himself has dismissed any distinction between “extremists” and “moderates,” saying a Muslim is a Muslim. So […]
Turkey nightclub jihad murderer made grim selfie video in Istanbul
He may have been scouting for targets for a future jihad massacre. “Turkey nightclub suspect in grim selfie video in Istanbul,” by Dusan Stojanovic, Associated Press, January 3, 2017 (thanks to Thomas): ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish state media aired new footage on Tuesday of a man believed to be the gunman who killed 39 people […]
Popular Muslim TV preacher: “People who play chess are cursed”
This influential, popular imam and Turkish Islamic TV preacher condemns chess and scientific space advancements, classing them with other things he considers sins, such as gambling and oral sex. It’s likely because intellectual pursuits will challenge his backward and supremacist ideology. This is the same imam whom Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife […]
Turkey: Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” claims to have bomb in airport
Turkish authorities, imitating their European counterparts, claim he is mentally ill. Or maybe he was just trying to “strike terror in the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60). “Horror as Syrian ‘attacker carrying a bomb screams Allahu Akbar’ in major Turkey airport,” Express, January 2, 2017: A SYRIAN man carrying a bomb shouted “Allahu Akbar” as […]