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Turkish Deputy PM: “Independence means being able to stand up to kafirs (infidels) by calling them kafirs”

Dec 13, 2016 10:55 am By Robert Spencer

Independence? Is Turkey’s independence in question?

Anyway, Kurtulmus’ statement is striking. He discusses this hatred for Infidels in the context of the “four fundamental elements on which the new Turkey has been established,” and says: “We know Allah is one and we do not bow down or kneel down to anyone, other than before Allah. That is why as Turkey now advances in this path, some people are getting uptight.”

Turkey is still ostensibly a secular state. Kurtulmus’ declaration is an essentially direct repudiation of Kemalist secularism.

“Turkish Deputy PM: Independence Means Being Allowed to Persecute Infidels,” by Robert Jones, PJ Media, December 12, 2016:

Numan Kurtulmus, the deputy prime minister of Turkey, recently announced the following at a public meeting:

Independence means being able to stand up to kafirs (infidels) by calling them kafirs.

Kurtulmus was clarifying the Turkish government’s understanding of “independence” at a local meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). He discussed “the four fundamental elements on which the new Turkey has been established,” then explained the ideology behind the AKP’s stance:

 In our dictionary, kafir is not the non-Muslim. In our dictionary, kafir is the despot, the oppressor, the one who persecutes people, and the imperialist. I am talking about our economic and political independence on these lands. We know Allah is one and we do not bow down or kneel down to anyone, other than before Allah. That is why as Turkey now advances in this path, some people are getting uptight.

However, according to Islamic scriptures, “kafir” is indeed the term used to define “non-Muslim,” and this term is used universally by Muslim societies to refer to non-Muslims, or “unbelievers.”

But there is even more to “kafir” than that. Dr. Bill Warner, the author of several books and articles on political Islam, explains just how dire the “kafir” label is within Islam:

The language of Islam is dualistic. As an example, there is never any reference to humanity as a unified whole. Instead there is a division into believer and kafir (unbeliever). Humanity is not seen as one body, but is divided into whether the person believes Mohammed is the prophet of Allah or not.

The Koran says that the “kafir” must be: hated (40:30); mocked (83:34); punished (25:77); beheaded (47:4); confused (6:25); plotted against (86:15); terrorized (8:12); annihilated (6:45); killed (4:91); crucified (5:33); and warred against (9:29).

A Muslim is not the friend of a kafir (3:28).

A kafir is ignorant (6:111), evil (23:97), disgraced (37:18), a partner of Satan (25:55), unclean (9:28), and cursed (33:60).

According to the official biography of Islam’s founder, Mohammed (Ishaq 759), the kafir is also to be raped.Writes Dr. Warner:

Christians and Jews are infidels, but infidels are kafirs, too. Polytheists are Hindus, but they are also kafirs. The terms infidel and polytheist are religious words. Only the word “kafir” shows the common political treatment of Christian, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, animist, atheist, and humanist.The Koran defines the kafir, and kafir is not a neutral word. A kafir is not merely someone who does not agree with Islam, but a kafir is evil, disgusting, the lowest form of life. Kafirs can be tortured, killed, lied to, and cheated.

In societies like Turkey that are already inclined to hate and attack those with different religions for theological reasons, the state authorities should speak and act in a careful and responsible way. But they often don’t….

Targeting non-Muslims or “oppressors” as “kafirs” is no ordinary incident in a country like Turkey, which already has a long history and tradition of attacking and murdering its non-Muslim citizens. A small verbal incitement could be enough for Turkey’s Muslim citizens to target non-Muslims through threats, or even with deadly attacks and pogroms — such as the attacks on Greeks in Istanbul on September 6 and 7  in 1955.

Anatolia, the region in which most of Turkey is located, used to have a Christian majority with sizable Jewish and Yazidi communities prior to the Turkish-Islamic invasion in the 11th century. Today, only 0.2 % of Turkey’s population is non-Muslim: Christians and Jews. And the estimated population of Yazidi is only around 350, excluding the recent asylum seekers from Iraq and Syria.

With so few non-Muslims left in the country, the Turkish government also targets “kafirs” outside of Turkey — the Western world, or “imperialists.” The Islamic hatred of “others” is insatiable; the real “despots,” as Kurtulmus describes, are not the “kafirs” but the Islamic supremacists who never tire of trying to exterminate even the tiny, defenseless minorities under their rule.

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  1. john spielman says

    Dec 13, 2016 at 11:28 am

    ‘”kafirs… can be killed lied and cheated” just like ole muhammed said and did!
    And independence means I CAN CALL MUHAMMED A DEMON POSSESSED MASS MURDERE THIEF LIAR AND PEDOPHILE PEREVRT and allah is Satan!! – and Turkey cannot do anything to me!

  2. Charles says

    Dec 13, 2016 at 11:49 am

    So! They know that allah IS SATAN!
    And they admit, they only “bow the knee” for SATAN, and no one else.
    As I’ve always suspected!
    ?

  3. Cunamarra says

    Dec 13, 2016 at 11:51 am

    One of the first things I notice about Islam once I started reading it’s scriptures is that what Islam defines as “oppression” is “Muslims not being allow to practice Islam.” That necessarily means Muslims cannot commit crimes nor can they treat non-Muslims unjustly.

    Think about what that means for a moment. Muslims may do all things to non-Muslims from theft and extortion to rape, torture, and murder and it is not considered a crime. The most abhorrent treatment of non Muslims is considered just. That is “freedom” in Islam. If these crimes are considered as such, and especially if non-Muslims retaliate in any way against such depredations, then it is considered persecution against Muslims. From an Islamic premise, the reverse is not possible.

    The supreme accomplishment of Allah is that he reversed the standard by which rational men judge good from evil.

    • pdxnag says

      Dec 13, 2016 at 12:16 pm

      And freedom means freedom from unbelief anywhere? Existence of unbelief is thus just cause for offensive war, but they’ll call it defensive war to defend Allah.

  4. Angemon says

    Dec 13, 2016 at 11:52 am

    In societies like Turkey that are already inclined to hate and attack those with different religions for theological reasons

    Muslim societies.

  5. Atheist Kaffur says

    Dec 13, 2016 at 12:14 pm

    On one hand we have Canada passing resolutions in parliament protecting Muslims from discrimination and Islamophobia (nonexistent). On the other hand we have the Deputy Prime minister Mr. Kurtulums declaring that freedom is being able to call a kafir a kafir. Inverted morality. Canada cab\n”t submit to this nonsense. Freedom is the freedom to speak and criticize what ever religion, ideology and occult thinking.

  6. common sense says

    Dec 13, 2016 at 12:48 pm

    Independence is having fought for the right to say BHO insane policies and discombobulated govt structures are designed for failure and is dereliction of duty by way of negligence. By design that is treason whether or not BHO is aware of it and its our duty and honor to reprimand and hold our govt accountable. Turkish people shudder in fear to even think that way about Erdogan or the Turkish Oligarchy.

    “We know Allah is one and we do not bow down or kneel down to anyone”
    Oh they’ll duck alright, when it comes they’ll lay flat as a pancake.

    Proud to be an Infidel/kafir or a pain in the neck in general to any self proclaimed enemy.

  7. No Fear says

    Dec 13, 2016 at 12:49 pm

    Independence is being able to stand up to Mohammedan totalitarians by calling them Mohammedan totalitarians.

  8. mortimer says

    Dec 13, 2016 at 1:20 pm

    KAFIR is the dirtiest word in any language for Muslims… worse than any obscenity or racial or religious slur.

    KAFIR expresses the fullness of Islam’s doctrine of ‘OTHERING’ or ‘ISLAMIC APARTHEID’, known as Al Walaa wal Baraa in Arabic.

    The KAFIR is the lowest of life-forms and Muslims are commissioned by Allah to hunt them so the Muslims may be rewarded with eternal erections and sex with SLAVES in paradise.

    What absurdity!

  9. billybob says

    Dec 13, 2016 at 6:39 pm

    And this country is our NATO partner? With friends like this we don’t need any enemies!

  10. Mong says

    Dec 13, 2016 at 10:32 pm

    Turkey is the new Iran.

  11. ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Dec 14, 2016 at 2:12 am

    yes, kurmutus is right.resistance against kafir domination is a freedom expression.you kuffar you disbelieve in what we believe.yet you want enslave us,taking away our resources and impose your filthy ways of life on us.kuffar in the west do have indiscriminate sex like beasts and have sex with animals;they want muslims to behave the same way for them to be lost and go back to jahiliyya(darkness) way of life.kuffar believe in secularism because god is defeated or even dead.they want muslims to do the same as kamal ataturk led turkey to do,and he is now in the midle of hellfire. thus,turks are now on the process of full freedom.take it or leave it.that is the reasons for insults on turkish leaders by filthy christians and evil jewish establishments like this forum jihad watch

    • Champ says

      Dec 14, 2016 at 2:17 am

      “ibrahim itace muhammed” is a pathological LIAR …

      And this is Jihad Watch: “Exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts.”

      This isn’t Christian Watch or Jew Watch, but Jihad Watch, since islam & company are our chief enemy whom propagate jihad/terrorism worldwide — not Christians or Jews.

  12. Mark A says

    Dec 14, 2016 at 2:23 am

    And this is the country many members of the EU wanted to bring into the EU membership?

    On the issues in the Brexit vote was Turkish membership in the EU. These statements by the Turkish Deputy PM are more evidence that Brexit voters made the correct and prudent choice.

  13. ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Dec 14, 2016 at 5:16 am

    champ, are you saying jihad watch is a forum meant for propagation of hatred against islam and muslims as your common enemies?do you mean to say that the forum is one sided, not balanced analysis?are you saying jihad watch is meant for the consumtion of enemies of islam and muslims only?what do you take jihad to be?what is objective of jihad?does jihad mean termination of lives only?are the so-called jihad activities being carried out by terrorists groups promoted by the same christian west acceptable to sharia law governing military confrontations? i need answers to these questions from the editorial boad of this forum with indepth and objective analysises. thank you!

    • billybob says

      Dec 14, 2016 at 6:13 am

      Are you saying jihad watch is a forum meant for propagation of hatred against islam and muslims as your common enemies? Do you mean to say that the forum is one sided, not balanced analysis?

      Ibrahim – these are good questions. We just don’t see an upside to Islam. An in depth and objective analysis demonstrates for us that Islam is a dangerous cult, and that Muhammad had no moral authority.

      We just can’t see it any other way when we put the facts on the table. That is why the forum appears one sided, and yes, then becomes a vehicle for propagation of hatred against islam and muslims as our common enemies.

      But it is a forum, at least, where opinions are invited, and you can show us where we are wrong if you are able. But you don’t make any good arguments. You just spit hatred back at us. We think you cannot make any good arguments, because there are no good arguments in favour of Islam, and that is why all you are able to do is spit hatred at us.

      Obviously you seem to have a different point of view. If you can point out factual or logical fallacies in the articles presented here, you would be appreciated and maybe even respected – at least by me. But all you do is rail against the Jews and Christians and present a distorted and twisted view of these religions with no bases in fact. It is fine if you hate Christians and Jews if there is a logical bases, but it appears you opinions are uninformed by fact.

      i need answers to these questions from you with in depth and objective analyses. Thank you!

      (And oh, by the way, may I suggest you put spaces between your sentences, capitalize the first word of each sentence, with a period at the end of each, if that is not too much trouble? That would make your comments easier to read. Thanks. Now I’m not a grammar Natzi, and if that is difficult, it’s ok however you do it.)

  14. ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Dec 14, 2016 at 10:13 am

    mr billybob, you did not answere the questions.please edeavor to conduct more scholarly research,not trial and error as you did.i am sure the editorial of this forum could so.if you are not part it,why intruding? i want add more questions.is jihad in the form of military confrontation carried according to rules of sharia different from wars of crusade carried out by church in the name of mithraist jesus(not prophet isa alaihissalam)?what are the valid justifications for crusade wars where more than 20 million muslims, including women and children,brutally killed.note historians recorded that fighters for christ walked in human blood up to their ankles. on your complaint about grammatical mistakes in my writings,arbic is my mother tongue and not from english speaking country.the important thing is to get the message accross and iam sure you are geting it. however,keys to my system are not functioning well.i am sourcing fund to rectify it and make it more efficient and effective. thank!

    • billybob says

      Dec 14, 2016 at 4:09 pm

      i am sure the editorial of this forum could so if you are not part it, why intruding?

      Mr. Ibrahim – sorry – I didn’t mean to intrude, only the “editor of the forum” is unlikely to respond. He may, and sometimes does, but very rarely. But just to check I will address him – Hello Mr. Spencer, Ibrahim would like a response from the editor of the forum. There.

      The way forums typically work is that when somebody makes a post, anybody will respond. Usually the editor of the forum does not intervene except to remove spam or the occasional comment that violates the rules.

      By the way, on the main page, scrolling well down, on the right you will see in big letters “Contact Us”. Clicking on this link will allow you to submit a note directly to the editor of the site.

      So since I am not the editor of the forum you addressed your questions to, I will say no more.

  15. Ali Bey says

    Dec 14, 2016 at 11:54 am

    Kurtulmus is an ignoramus with hypopothamus hipothalamus causing marasmus, strabismus and mystaginus and dislike of cus-cus.

  16. Lesley says

    Dec 14, 2016 at 3:17 pm

    It’s funny, when I was a child in elementary school I learned about the barbaric things that Vlad the impaler did, such as eating lunch while watching people impaled on spears squirm and die. I thought, what a madman!

    Then I understood that Vlad and his brother were captured by Ottoman Turks as children, and that Vlad was only out-crazying the crazy Muslims to save Europe.

    Now I regard Vlad the Impaler with sympathy (as we know there has been no Reformation in Islam, and we can witness the horrible things done to children in the name of Islam all over the world), and as a hero.

  17. TheBuffster says

    Dec 14, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    No doctrine is more imperialistic than Islam. No empire was more imperialistic than the Ottoman Empire.

    So if, in the AKP’s dicitonary, “… kafir is the despot, the oppressor, the one who persecutes people, and the imperialist”, then Islam and all the imperialist aggressors that obeyed the Islamic mandate to conquer the unbelievers and establish Shariah law over all of mankind must be kafirs.

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