Turkish President Erdogan has come to the rescue in Libya of the GNA (Government of National Accord). Just as the forces of the LNA (Libyan National Army) under General Haftar were besieging – as they had been doing for 14 months – the GNA in Tripoli, and on the point of success, the Turkish troops […]
Turkey: Religious Affairs Ministry says it’s permissible for girls to be married at age nine
It would have been surprising if the Diyanet had said anything else. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. Child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and law. Turkey’s […]
Turkey’s Erdogan declares agreement between Egypt and Greece null and void
What authority does Turkey have to declare void an agreement to which it was not a party? None, of course. Erdogan is asserting authority as if he were the Ottoman caliph. “Erdogan: Egyptian-Greek agreement is null and void,” Libya Observer, August 8, 2020: …Erdogan stressed, in a speech on Friday, that the agreement signed by […]
Turkey deploys 27,000 jihadis from Syria in Libya
More evidence of Turkey’s growing regional adventurism, which accords with Erdogan’s increasingly obvious desire to restore the Ottoman caliphate, and its embrace of jihadis and jihad activity. “Turkey Deployed 27,000 Syrian Militants, Jihadists In Libya: Monitoring Group,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, August 1, 2020 (thanks to Henry): Turkey has been deploying Syrian militants and […]
Turkey: Top Islamic religious body tells women to accept violence at the hands of their husbands
Of course. The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “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 […]
Turkey: Muslims screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ unfurl Taliban flag inside Hagia Sophia
Erdogan’s conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque has encouraged and emboldened Islamic supremacists and jihadists around the world. #AfghanTaliban flag was raised in #HagiaSophia, #Turkey by pro #Taliban activists. The conversion of Hagia Sophia was a motivational message of #MuslimBrotherhood to the world’s Islamist #extremists and #terrorists. Soon, pro #ISIS activists will raise their […]
Turkish General murdered for revealing Qatari funding of jihad terrorists through Turkey
Islamic jihad terrorism is a global phenomenon because it enjoys funding from at least these two Muslim countries, and probably others as well. “Turkish brig.-gen. executed for revealing Qatari funding of jihadists,” by Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, August 2, 2020 (thanks to Henry): The former head of Turkey’s Special Forces Command Intelligence Division (OKK) ordered […]
Muslim prof: ‘Conversion of Hagia Sophia has handed right-wingers an excuse and impetus to demonise Islam’
Shahid A Abbasi is Emeritus Professor at Pondicherry University in India. In this article, he hits on the real why Erdogan should not have converted Hagia Sophia to a mosque. Not out of respect for the Christians of Turkey and for the country’s Christian heritage. Not to demonstrate his commitment to Kemalist secularism. Not because […]
Greek Orthodox Istanbulites slam Turkish Presidency’s video depicting Christian minorities in comfort
“The video didn’t show Greek Orthodox Istanbulites’ forced migration out of the city that used to be 98-percent occupied by their ancestors because they were under such political pressure.” Indeed. And clearly the Erdogan regime is going in the direction opposite that of safeguarding the rights of Christians in Turkey. “Greek Orthodox Istanbulites slam Turkish […]
Turkey ‘expanding its footprint across the Arab world, using force more than diplomacy’
Turkey’s Islamic supremacist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is increasingly forthright regarding his dreams of Ottoman revival, and has been working to broaden Turkey’s influence. Yet few are paying adequate attention to the aggressive expansion and influence of this country, which is a member of NATO. It should long ago have been expelled, given its increasingly […]