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Old 04-09-2009, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by kerry View Post
I'm not on the right and I agree with the general point that Muslims in Turkey have a not-all-that-well-hidden agenda to dominate the government and get rid of the secular state. However, the author shows his ignorance in writing that Turkish Muslims want to turn Turkey into a Wahabi playground. Turkish Muslims don't like Wahabi's for a number of reasons. First off they're Arab, and Ottoman Turks see them as competitors for allegiance in the Muslim work, particular in the 'stans. Secondly, they see Wahabi's as backward.
At any rate, the author has it right that Islamism is a problem for secularists in Turkey. Whether this should hinder or enhance the will of Europeans to allow Turkey into the EU is a different topic altogether.
This is exactly why there will never be a world-wide Muslim "uprising" against all us Westerners.
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