Moderate Islam?
Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs quotes writes about Turkey:
“Historically, the military has been the guarantor of secularism in Turkey, stepping in whenever the country’s Islamists (e.g. their current prime minister) threaten to take control. However, this time may be different because PM Erdogan is a very shrewd man and has built up his power gradually over time, reaching the point where he feels strong enough to engineer a reverse military coup.”
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While participating in a Middle East panel of the Academy of Achievement in Chicago in September of 2007, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned against religious definitions of terrorism and specifically objected to the phrase “moderate Islam.” Erdogan said, “Turkey is not a country where moderate Islam is sovereign. First of all, the ‘moderate Islam’ concept is wrong. The word ‘Islam’ is a simple word — it is only Islam. If you say ‘moderate Islam,’ then an alternative is created.”
Too many people want us to believe that radical Islam is a minority. If PM Erdogan is right that there is only Islam, then we are in for a rude awakening.
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