In mid-August, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan threatened to “teach Delhi a lesson” and vowed a “fight until the end against any Indian violations in disputed Kashmir.” Then later in the month, Khan escalated his threats of a nuclear war with India over Kashmir. Khan also recently said that the struggle against India over Kashmir […]
Erdogan, Imran Khan, and Mahathir counter “Islamophobia” with new English-language TV outlet
This initiative, like all others to counter “Islamophobia,” will not address the real reason why people have any suspicion or dislike of Islam at all: because of Islamic jihad terrorism and Sharia oppression of women and others. Instead, it will try yet again to intimidate non-Muslims into accepting as truth Erdogan’s risible statement that “it […]
Erdogan: “Those who give other countries lessons on human rights are blind, deaf and dumb when it comes to Muslims”
“Those who take every opportunity to give other countries lessons on democracy, law and human rights, who throw their weight around when it comes to their own rights, are playing blind, deaf and dumb when it comes to Muslims.” How are Muslims being deprived of human rights in the West? Erdogan doesn’t say, because he […]
Turkey: Speaker at pro-Palestinian conference says “Israel must be dissolved and destroyed”
The Palestinian jihad against Israel is not confined to the Palestinian territories. It is a longstanding Islamic goal to obliterate the Jewish State, the only democracy in the Middle East. After Israel declared independence in 1948, it was attacked by Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq; Saudi Arabia sent a contingent that fought under Egyptian […]
An Islamic NATO, and Other Dreams (Part 2)
Saeed Ahmad Hasan fails to understand that the Arabs’ historical memory of the Ottoman Empire makes them hostile to the Turks today. He is unaware that Saudi Arabia is the Muslim Brotherhood’s greatest enemy, while Turkey is its greatest supporter. He has a dreamy view of Turkey’s starry place in the Islamic firmament: “Turkey is […]
Turkey deports thousands of Syrian refugees after Turkey-backed rebels join al-Qaeda to fight Assad
“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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Turkey and other Muslim countries endorse China’s Muslim concentration camps
Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a trip to Beijing on Tuesday, reportedly struck a more positive note about China’s concentration camps for Uighurs, a Turkic ethnic group, and other Muslims in Xinjiang province a decade after denouncing attacks on Uighurs as “genocide.” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration joined the Muslim-majority governments of Pakistan […]