In 2015 Angela Merkel, then the Chancellor of Germany, made a fatal error: she opened wide the gates of her country to migrants, and in that year 2.13 million of them entered Germany. Most of them — 1.5 million — were Muslims. She was sure that any problem of integrating these people could be overcome. […]
Turkey revives plan to convert another historic Byzantine church into a triumphal mosque
The conversion of the Chora Church to a mosque, following several years after the conversion of Hagia Sophia, is yet another declaration of Islamic supremacism. Erdogan is signaling the victory of Islam and its supremacy not only over Christianity, although that is certainly part of what he is doing, but also over Ataturk’s secularism. Ataturk […]
Israel Should Stop Sending Aid to its Enemies
Israel not only helps its friends. It also has a long record of helping its enemies, sending humanitarian aid, medical personnel, and search-and-rescue teams, to these countries in the wake of natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. This practice has not lessened the recipients’ enmity. Israel should cease the practice, and direct its aid […]
Turkey: Pro-Hamas gunman take hostages at Procter & Gamble factory
Protesting against Israel in Turkey is a peculiar example of bringing coals to Newcastle. Erdogan has made it abundantly clear that he hates Israel. Apparently Procter & Gamble was chosen because it’s an American corporation. In any case, it’s unusual, and unusually decent, for CBS News to note that the number of people killed in […]
Erdogan: Any ‘definition of Turkishness’ must include ‘Islam’s holy war spirit’
The nations neighboring Turkey should see this statement as a warning, but they probably won’t. “‘Hostility against Sharia is hostility against Islam,” says Turkey’s Erdoğan,” Duvar English, February 2, 2024: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Feb. 1 commented on the critics of Sharia law, saying “hostility against Sharia Law is hostility against Islam,” during […]
Erdogan to visit Egypt to reboot ties and take ‘steps to end’ Gaza war
The talks between Erdogan and El-Sisi “are expected to focus on aid shipments for Palestinians in Gaza and steps that could be taken to end the war.” Yet neither country is taking in Palestinian refugees. There are also no “steps” that could possibly be taken by Turkey and Egypt to end the war. Israel is […]
Five days before ISIS attack at Istanbul church, Turkish journalist said ISIS planned to hit churches
And there will likely be more such attacks. “ISIS’ plans for ‘suicide bomb’ attacks on consulates, churches and synagogues revealed,” translated from “IŞİD’in konsolosluklar, kilise ve sinagoglara ‘canlı bomba’ saldırısı planları ortaya çıktı,” by Hale Gönültaş, Artigercek, January 23, 2024 (thanks to Uzay Bulut): It was revealed that ISIS was planning to carry out a […]
Erdogan: ‘Our struggle didn’t end with eradicating enemy from our lands and throwing them into the sea from Izmir’
As Uzay Bulut notes in her post on X, Erdogan is referring with pride to the Smyrna massacre of 1922, in which the Greek population of the city and surrounding area, which had been there since the time of Homer and before that, was eradicated. And now he is saying that “struggle” (jihad) is not […]
Turkey: Islamic State says it ‘attacked a gathering of Christian unbelievers during their polytheistic ceremony’
Yet there are still mainstream Western analysts who will tell you confidently that ISIS has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam. Exonerating Islam for the crimes done in its name and in accord with its teachings is always top priority. #WATCH 🔴 Footage of the shooting in a Catholic church in Istanbul, where one person […]
Islamic State claims responsibility for murder during Sunday mass at Istanbul church
This was initially reported as if it were a targeted hit of the victim. It may have been that, but it appears to have been a jihad attack as well. An update on this story. “Two Masked Attackers Kill 1 in Shooting at Istanbul Church,” by Safak Timur and Emma Bubola, New York Times, January […]