Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently clarified his stance on the Taliban, referring to Islam as the common ground between Turkey and the jihadist organization. On July 20, Erdogan said that Turkey could negotiate with the Taliban about Turkey’s plan to run the Kabul airport after the withdrawal of the US troops. He […]
Qatar and the Taliban: longtime allies
Another troubling aspect of the Afghanistan takeover by the Taliban is the stealth role of deceiving, Muslim Brotherhood-supporting Qatar. Qatar is now further parading its duplicity by calling on the Taliban to protect civilians. Making matters worse is that Qatar, which pretends to be an ally to the U.S., and Turkey, which belongs to NATO, […]
Afghanistan: Taliban say they see Turkey as an ally, want to build close ties
Yes. Erdogan recently said regarding the Taliban: “Turkey has nothing that contradicts their beliefs.” “Taliban say it perceives Turkey as an ally, want to build close ties,” Duvar English, August 15, 2021: The Taliban has said that the militant group doesn’t perceive Turkey as an enemy, but as an ally instead. Speaking to The Independent’s […]
Islamic youth organization top dog: ‘Islamophobia’ is ‘an illness, an anomaly’
And no doubt massive amounts of censorship and the destruction of the freedom of speech are the cure. The term “Islamophobia” is an illegitimate conflation of two distinct phenomena: crimes against innocent Muslims, or discrimination against them, neither of which is ever justified, and honest analysis of the motivating ideology of jihad terror, which is […]
Turkey Releases Islamic State Terrorists Who Kidnapped Yazidi Child and Attempted to Sell Her Online
Three members of the Islamic State (ISIS), who kidnapped a Yazidi child, transported her from Iraq to Turkey and attempted to sell her online, were released in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, where they currently reside. In the indictment accepted on March 8 and prepared by Ankara’s prosecutor’s office, the three men are charged with “membership […]
Turkish minister: Islamophobia ‘main tool of people who link Islam with terrorism, deprive cultures of coexistence’
“Islamophobia is the main tool of the people who try to link Islam with terrorism, deprive different cultures of coexistence, and turn fascist speeches into political activity,” said Kasapoglu. This is a man who represents a government that has been slowly and steadily strangling its religious minority communities, and making it impossible in all sorts […]
Turkey Keeps Main Orthodox Christian Theological School Closed for 50 Years
July 29 marked the 50th anniversary of the closure by the Turkish government of the Halki seminary, formally the Theological School of Halki, in 1971. The school served as the main school of theology of the Eastern Orthodox Church’s Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The US Department of State released a statement, urging Turkey to […]
Turkish Foreign Ministry to UNESCO: Conversion of Hagia Sophia to mosque was exercise of ‘sovereign rights’
Fair enough. But if Turkey feels no sense of responsibility to its non-Muslim minorities, or to the rest of the world, why is it still a member in good standing of NATO and considered an American ally? “Turkey’s provocative response to UNESCO: It’s our right to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque,” Orthodox Times, July […]
Erdogan says conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque is ‘symbol of the revival’ of Turkish civilization
A calculated insult to the tiny remnant of Christians in Turkey is a “symbol of the revival” of Turkish civilization. Erdogan thus suggests that a revived Turkish civilization will subjugate non-Muslims and subject them to the institutionalized discrimination and harassment of dhimmitude. This would be in line with his caliphate dreams, for of course a […]
Islamic State relying on ‘logistical hubs’ inside Turkey for its finances
Turkey “has long held a reputation as a route for foreign ISIS fighters travelling to Syria and Iraq and has been accused of failing to prioritise threat posed by the jihadist organisation.” And Erdogan recently said of the Taliban: “Turkey has nothing that contradicts their beliefs.” “Turkey serving as vessel for radical Islamists – U.N. […]