Apparently just to remind the dhimmis who is in charge. Let them into the EU! From AFP, with thanks to Anthony.
ISTANBUL (AFP) -- Turkish nationalists chanting slogans and waving the flag of an extreme right-wing party Thursday tried to disrupt a Greek Orthodox religious ceremony here called the benediction of the waters of the Bosporus, eyewitnesses said.As part of a tradition dating back to Byzantine times, a crucifix is thrown into the waters and young divers plunge in, competing to recover it.
Some 60 nationalists interrupted the proceedings waving flags of the National Action Party (MHP) and chanting: "This is Turkey here, like it or leave it."
Hundreds of members of Istanbul's Greek Orthodox community attended the traditional ceremony held every January 6, the date of the Orthodox Christmas, on the banks of the stretch of water known as the Golden Horn, which cuts into the western side of the Bosporus dividing the city's European and Asian sides.
Police held the intruders back, and they later made an equally unsuccessful attempt in fishing boats to invade the section of water where the ceremony took place.
"This is Turky, love it or leave it", or something to this effect. What a load of steaming waste. The Moslem's of the world openly discriminate, oppress and all the rest all non-Moslems while demanding that they be given preferential treatment.
How shameless the unworthy who make demands with the confidence of a King and all the world trembles before them. What manner of sorcery is this?
P.S. This article may explain the absence of an attack in the U.S. But I doubt that such backdoor "diplomacy" actually occured. More likely we agreed to make islam the official religion in a hundred years or so in exchange for a hudna.
Has U.S. Threatened...
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42272
"Traditional" usually means that this ceremony has been going on for a long time. Muslims have been successful in demoralizing, silencing, and expelling ancient Christian cultures from the Middle East in recent times as Islam allows no other religion to exist openly. This is another attempt at the same.
How rude.
I can't wait until Turkey is in the EU. All this speculation about how great it will be has me most curious. Too bad we have too wait a decade or more until the release of this horror movie.
"This is Turkey here, like it or leave it."??? That is an odd thing for a muslim to say to the Greek Orthodox community, seeing as the Greeks were on the land long before mohamed started his rantings and ravings. It would be like me telling one of my native relatives, "Hey, this is Canada, love it or leave it." they would soon let me know their personal thoughts on that topic.
Andrew,
I don't know if the worldnetdaily premise is true, but it is certainly interesting. Thanks for the link.
You can be certain that, if anything, this incident will speed up Turkey's EU membership, since only that "can curb it's fundamentalist movement".
I am finding it amazing how Intolerant and close-minded most people on the Left are (not the guys here, mind- with the exception of kj). In a thread I started on another site I repeated hear about 'racism' or 'prejucdice against an entire faith.' These people deliberately ignore anything that counters what they want to believe- and then they turn around and blame Christians for anything and everything. Talk about Hypocrisy.
This bit in Turkey ought to show the kind of religous hypocrisy that one should expect from islam- how long will it take the Left to see it?
But I forget... they Cheer for this kind of thing. Until the day their own throats are on the blade...
After all the sycophantic support by Orthodox Church ministers in Jerusalem for Arafat, even after the PLO's behaviour in Lebanon
http://www.flaym.org/Occupied%20Lebanon/damour.htm
"The Massacre and Destruction of Damour
Arafat's PLO and Syria's Sa'iqa brigade slaughters men, women, and children."
I suppose that they will be shocked at Turkish Muslim behaviour.
They shouldn't be. It seems that one muslim's Dhimmi is another muslim's victim.
Activist chat at the January 05, 2005 thread "Marine who surfaced in Lebanon after purported kidnapping missing again".
Linda, can you explain the process of attaining a password, posting, etc. at this thread?
Thanks
Talking about 'Racist' do you remember Damilola Taylor murder case in Britain!It was some years ago when a ten yr 'dark skinned' boy was stabbed with a broken bottle and bled to death in a stairwell on a Housing Estate in South London. Police have just arrested 19 YR Hassan Jihad [obviously well named] a 17 yr and 16 yr old who can't be named because they are protected by [Liberal] Youth Law. At the time of shocking murder of this Schoolboy, Hassan Jihad would have been 14 yrs old...
Oh boy....
OT:
After you've perused today's Jihad and Dhimmi Watches, check out today's collection of articles at FrontPageMag.com - there's an above average number of excellent articles in today's edition:
"Tower of Babble" By Jamie Glazov
In a Frontpage Exclusive, Dore Gold discusses how the U.N. has fueled global chaos.
(I've read the book - it's excellent)
"Bankrupting Terror" By Joel Mowbray
Lawyers suing the Saudis for $1 trillion are now taking on Arab Bank.
"Europe -- Thy Name Is Cowardice" By Matthias Dopfner
The deadly cost of appeasement.
"The Silent Muslim Majority IS the Problem" By Nonie Darwish
American Muslims do and say nothing about the Arab world's brutal human rights violations.
"The Price of Peace" By JINSA.org
What America must pay to win the terror war.
"Mandate to Kill" By Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
On PA TV, a Palestinian educator says the killing of Jews is mandatory.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/
From the linked article:
"Completely obliterating the terrorists' holiest of holies, rendering what is for them the world's most sacred spot a radioactive hole in the ground is retribution of biblical proportions – and those are the only proportions that will do the job."
I think this could very well happen and a lot of other people must think so as well. I have always believed that a lot of those like minded people were in positions to bring such a thing about.
I hope it does not happen but I would have no problem with it if anything close to 9/11 happens again in this country. Sometimes you just have to put dangerous animals and people down to protect everyone else. If terrorist morons make the stakes large enough that putting nations or a religion down makes sense, they are only digging their own graves, and have themselves to blame if it comes about.
The Islamic world will have to wake up to this or go into the dark, albet with a big bright flash.
f.g.
Here's a German language website the Germans should be reading if they are so concerned about America being the torturous evil empire:
Islamic Horror for Germans 101
And here's one for the Rapidly dhimmifying Dutch:
Dutch Resistance
Interesting. The MHP is described as fascist, not Islamist. This is quite revealing about the nature of Turkish fascism.
If you want to obliterate something in Saudi Arabia, Mecca and al Medina are the wrong targets. They are not natural Wahhabi strongholds. If you are going to go that route, target central Saudia Arabia.
At any rate, I doubt the truth of the report. No need to really. Keeping the idiotic "No blood for Oil" slogan in the back of mind, take close look at a map of the area, and think of a different liquid. Oil pipelines aren't the only thing with off valves.
Something you dont know.
The MHP is regarded as a fascist-like party, they're part of the Grey wolves : Heavy Turkish Nationalist paramilitary organisation.
Something else you dont know.
I get online regulary on IRC's Undernet, on a european politics channel.
A Greek, whom I trust, was able to inform me that the MHP has assisted Chechen rebels to attack Russian targets in Cyprus.
They crossed from northern ciprionistan to southern kibristan.
Additionally Jihadwatch itself posted an article abt Chechens being trained in N Cyprus :
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/003346.php
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Joy to the world
Funny how Fox News said nothing about the Protesters??
Thought they were to report every thing?? Must have missed this one??
Dollar up against the Euro??
Part of the American Tribe
Squirrel Hunter
Spider Killer
God Bless the USA and her Fighting Forces and ALL who Fight with her give them Strength, Wisdom, Sight, and Courage to stay the course to Victory to Destroy ALL Islamic Terrorist and ALL who Support them Amen
Posted by: Andrew at January 7, 2005 12:44 PM
This may help they can read it in German!!
You get a Gold Star for that!!
Part of the American Tribe
Squirrel Hunter
Spider Killer
God Bless the USA and her Fighting Forces and ALL who Fight with her give them Strength, Wisdom, Sight, and Courage to Victory to Destroy ALL Islamic Terrorist and ALL who Support them Open the Worlds Eyes to their Threat and give the World the Courage to Stand and Fight them Amen
PS
One of the chats said some thing about Christians in Holland But then said that they treat Christians in Israel Like sh-t whell that is a lie and sh-t