“Turkey has deported 4,500 Syrians this month alone” and “it is unclear how many of the thousands of Syrians removed this month left by their own accord or were forced to leave. Turkey denies that it is forcibly deporting any Syrians.” One cannot believe the Turkish government, and although its Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has […]
Turkey’s Erdogan: “Whoever is on the side of Israel, let everyone know that we are against them”
Not a friend. Not an ally. Should not be in NATO. “Turkey’s Erdogan: Whoever is on Israel’s side, we are against them,” Jerusalem Post, July 28, 2019: “Whoever is on the side of Israel, let everyone know that we are against them,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, according to Iran’s Press TV. […]
Turkey: Islamic newspaper claims that Jews in Istanbul train dogs to bite Muslims
Double whammy here: Islamic texts are as negative toward dogs as they are toward Jews. “Once Gabriel promised the Prophet (that he would visit him, but Gabriel did not come) and later on he said, ‘We, angels, do not enter a house which contains a picture or a dog.’” — Sahih Bukhari 4.54.50 “Abdullah (b. […]
Is the Umma Shatter-Proof? (Part 1)
Those who belong to the community of Muslim Believers, or the Umma, are commanded to endorse Al-wala’ wa-l-bara’ (Arabic: الولاء والبراء), literally “loyalty and disavowal,” a concept which signifies loving and hating for the sake of Allah. Among other things, Believers are to love those who are obedient to Allah — that is, fellow Muslims […]
Recep Tayyip Erdogan Spirals Downward
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been making trouble again for his supposed allies in Europe and America. Most important of these disagreements is the colossal contretemps over Turkey’s purchase of the S-400 missile defense system from Russia. Prior to that purchase, Turkey had contracted to buy 100 F-35 planes from the Americans, and as have other […]
Turkey 1894-1924: “Deliberate, state-engineered genocide aided by Muslim clerics and the Muslim-majority population”
“The Turks and their helpers murdered, straightforwardly or indirectly, through privation and disease, between 1.5 and 2.5 million Christians between 1894 and 1924.” And the Turks still deny that they did it. Disinformation and ignorance continue to cloud this issue. Even in this article, Kemal Ataturk refers to himself as a “mujahid,” that is, a […]
Turkey: Pro-government daily says Islam must “stop Western civilization” and “Zionists want to take the world”
Erdogan is likely in complete agreement with this, but as Leonard Cohen might have said, you won’t like what comes after Western civilization. “Column In Turkish Pro-Government Daily: Islam Must Stop Western Civilization, Zionists May Be Erased From History, MEMRI, July 17, 2019: In a July 8, 2019 column titled “Stopping Western Civilization”[1] published in […]
Turkey: Muslim leaders complain that law combating violence against women aims to destroy the family
No surprise here. 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 […]
Memo to Erdogan: You can have the S-400, or you can have the F-35, but you can’t have both
Turkey, a member of NATO and — some still believe — an American ally, has been in the news of late because of its purchase, and then its taking delivery, of the S-400 air-defense missile system from Russia. It did this in defiance of the wishes of the American government, and of every other member […]
S-400 Russian missile system delivered to Turkey against U.S. warning, sanctions may follow
Tensions are rising between Turkey and the U.S. Last year Donald Trump acknowledged that “our relations with Turkey are not good at this time!”, stemming from “ disagreements over defense policy and the detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson,” who has now been freed, although that did not improve relations. Now, in complete disregard of […]