“This expression ‘Islamist terror’ seriously saddens us Muslims,” Erdogan said. “Such an expression is not correct because Islam and terror cannot be associated. The meaning of Islam is peace.” Now if only he can convince Islamic jihad terrorists of this. They routinely associate Islam with terror, without a murmur of protest from Erdogan. Islamic spokesmen […]
Turkey’s Erdogan: Fighting “Islamophobia and xenophobia will be high on the agenda of our state”
Fighting jihad terror? No, that’s not on Erdogan’s list. Not as he oversees the re-Islamization of Turkey and the dismantling of Kemalist secularism. “Turkey to fight Islamophobia, xenophobia, Erdogan vows,” World Bulletin, January 9, 2017: Turkish president has pledged to fight against Islamophobia and xenophobia, which he said “turned out to be a serious security […]
Thousands upon thousands of Islamic State recruits crossed Turkey on way to caliphate
“Unlike the US and Europe, Erdogan didn’t seem so picky about who benefited from his largesse, often choosing conservative Islamist rebels, rather than moderates.” The US wasn’t really “picky” either under Obama, and armed plenty of jihadis. And Erdogan himself has dismissed any distinction between “extremists” and “moderates,” saying a Muslim is a Muslim. So […]
Popular Muslim TV preacher: “People who play chess are cursed”
This influential, popular imam and Turkish Islamic TV preacher condemns chess and scientific space advancements, classing them with other things he considers sins, such as gambling and oral sex. It’s likely because intellectual pursuits will challenge his backward and supremacist ideology. This is the same imam whom Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife […]
Turkey: Over 1,000 detained for “terrorist” links to US-based Muslim cleric
Turkish authorities last week detained 1,682 people over suspected links to militants and arrested 516, the interior ministry said Monday, with more than 1,000 of those detained suspected of having links to exiled US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Also…. Some 110,000 people have been sacked or suspended in the civil service, army and judiciary and 36,000 people jailed…..Ankara […]
Jihad assassin of Russian ambassador guarded Erdogan on multiple occasions
What did Erdogan know, and when did he know it? “Russian ambassador’s assassin ‘guarded Recep Tayyip Erdogan,’” by Roland Oliphant, Telegraph, December 21, 2016: The Turkish policeman who murdered Russia’s ambassador to Ankara provided security to Recep Tayyip Erdogan on multiple occasions in recent months, a pro-government commentator has claimed. Melvut Mert Altintas, 22, served […]
Robert Spencer: What did Erdogan know, and when did he know it?
A Turkish police officer has murdered the Russian Ambassador to Turkey. What did Erdogan know? My latest in FrontPage: An off-duty police officer named Mevlut Mert Altintas, screaming “Allahu akbar” and making the raised index finger gesture that has come to be a signal of allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS), murdered Andrey Karlov, the […]
Turkey gathers boats to ship Muslim migrants to Greece in revenge over EU talks freeze
Erdogan said: “If you go any further, these border gates will be opened.” So it’s either admit Turkey into the EU, which would mean essentially that Europe would be ruled from Ankara and would soon cease to exist as we know it, or Erdogan will flood Europe with even more Muslim migrants, among whom will […]
Turkey builds 9,000 mosques, bans Orthodox Christian Liturgy
“What secular, democratic republic builds thousands of mosques with state funds — taxpayer money — while closing the Halki Seminary of the Eastern Orthodox Church and confiscating countless Christian properties?” Erdogan’s intentions are obvious. But apparently because the victims are Christian, the global “human rights community” takes little, if any, notice. “Turkey Builds 9,000 Mosques, […]
Iraq PM to Erdogan: get out of Iraq or face possibility of regional war
As the operation to free Mosul from the self-proclaimed caliphate approaches, the potential vacuum left after the Islamic State loses the city could lead to serious complications for the region. One who is poised to take advantage is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has frequently been accused of wanting to establish his own caliphate, […]