“A gesture to Muslims is [a] much more immediate [political gain] and preferable and the [gains from the] touristic side of Hagia Sophia can be negligible,” Sonmez argued. “That’s why he didn’t take it into consideration.” That is, the benefits of asserting Islam’s superiority over both secularism and Christianity outweighed for Erdogan any economic considerations. […]
One-third of Egyptians see Turkey as the world’s leading Muslim country, many are willing to fight for it
As Turkey expands its footprint across the Arab world, using force more than diplomacy, many Muslims in Egypt — the country that gave birth to the Muslim Brotherhood — see Turkey as the leading Muslim country, and they are willing to fight for it. Undoubtedly Turkey has become today’s Islamic supremacist strongman, newly emboldened especially […]
‘The threat that is coming out of Turkey is similar to the threat that was coming out of Iran after the revolution’
David Lepeska here provides an excellent summary piece of Turkey’s movement away from secularism and back to Islam. And while it is certainly true that “the threat that is coming out of Turkey is similar in many ways to the threat that was coming out of Iran after the revolution,” Turkey’s transition into an Islamic […]
Turkey grants citizenship to dozens of “most senior” Hamas jihadist operatives and their families
In mid-August, Jihad Watch reported that Turkey had been accused of giving citizenship to Hamas members who were planning jihad terror attacks, which Turkey denied. Just over a week after that, Turkish President Erdogan hosted a large Hamas delegation, including wanted jihad terrorists who murdered Israelis. Now comes more: Turkey has granted citizenship to a […]
Turkey and Jihad
Turkey is in the news again for its hosting Hamas terrorists and granting them Turkish passports. The covenant of Hamas openly aims for annihilation of Israel. In a written statement, the US State Department “strongly objected” to Turkey’s hosting two Hamas leaders in Istanbul on August 22. Hamas leaders received red-carpet treatment from Turkish President […]
Erdogan hosts large Hamas delegation, including wanted jihad terrorists who murdered Israelis
Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Erdogan is a loyal supporter of it. They share a common Islamic supremacist mission “to restore the era of Islamic rule, seen by the Brotherhood as the basis for protecting ‘the Islamic nation.’” They also both share a hostility toward Israel, along with any other nation […]
Turkish government axes proposal to set up counter-jihad study group with UK to fight al-Qaeda
Turkey’s Islamic supremacist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poses an ever increasing threat to the West; Turkey should long ago have been thrown out of NATO. It has now come to light in court that the British insistently lobbied the Erdoğan government to collaborate with them on a joint counter-terrorism project against al-Qaeda and other jihad […]
Turkey’s appropriation of Chora church after Hagia Sophia shows Pope’s human fraternity document a massive failure
Here is the full statement I sent to Church Militant: The “Document on Human Fraternity” that Pope Francis signed with the Sheikh of al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayeb, and is now aggressively pushing upon the Catholic Church, states that “the protection of places of worship – synagogues, churches and mosques – is a duty guaranteed by religions, […]
Turkey: Erdogan converts historic Chora church into mosque
The conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque, followed so closely by this conversion of the Chora church, is a declaration of Islamic supremacism. Erdogan is signaling the victory of Islam and its supremacy not only over Christianity, although that is certainly part of what he is doing, but also over Ataturk’s secularism. Ataturk made […]
Turkey: People smugglers advertise fake ‘cruises’ on Facebook, offering to ship migrants to Italy for $6500
The hijra into Europe continues. Even during the coronavirus lockdown, hordes of illegal Muslim migrants have arrived in Britain from France via the English Channel. Migrants have also swarmed into Italy and overwhelmed the Island of Lampedusa. And who is to blame? Western globalist leaders who were voted in by people who were and largely […]
Turkey: Ruling party discussing annulment of law combating violence against women
It’s easy to see why. This is all part of Turkey’s abandonment of secularism (exemplified by the conversion of Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque) and embrace of Islamization. The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women because […]
Muslim cleric: When women obey Islamic law, ‘the Jews will be disappeared and Jerusalem be ready for a new conquest’
Imagine if a cleric of any other religion said something like this, which would never and should never happen. But this will receive no attention. It is taken for granted that Muslim clerics will say this sort of thing from time to time, and that it means nothing, nothing at all — taken for granted […]
Turkey accused of giving citizenship to Hamas members planning jihad terror attacks
The Turkish government has denied this, but given Turkey’s stance toward Israel and Erdogan’s increasingly obvious affinity for political Islam and desire to restore the Ottoman caliphate, there is nothing implausible about it. “Turkey gave citizenship to Hamas members planning terror attacks – report,” by Cody Levine, Jerusalem Post, August 15, 2020 (thanks to M.): […]
Turkish spy planes violate Greece airspace 45 times
Turkey’s despotic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is growing bolder by the day in pursuit of his jihadist ambitions of conquest and revival of the Ottoman empire. As the world tolerates Turkish aggression and NATO continues to allow this enemy to be part of its alliance, Erdogan’s worst tendencies are continually being reinforced and encouraged. Turkish […]
Turkey Drives a Hard Bargain in Libya (Part 3)
Erdogan has been systematically jailing his enemies, especially those secularists who have remained loyal to the ideals of Ataturk. It is unsurprising that this supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists would not be concerned about ISIS members finding refuge in Turkey, or using the country as a way-station between Europe and continuing campaigns […]
Turkey Drives a Hard Bargain in Libya (Part 2)
The Turkish entry into Libya’s civil war on the side of the GNA has provoked other foreign powers to either threaten to join in, or actually to do so, on the side of Haftar’s LNA. Now the Libyan side of the story can be told in more details. We know that since Turkey has escalated […]
Turkey Drives a Hard Bargain in Libya (Part 1)
Turkish President Erdogan has come to the rescue in Libya of the GNA (Government of National Accord). Just as the forces of the LNA (Libyan National Army) under General Haftar were besieging – as they had been doing for 14 months – the GNA in Tripoli, and on the point of success, the Turkish troops […]
Turkey: Religious Affairs Ministry says it’s permissible for girls to be married at age nine
It would have been surprising if the Diyanet had said anything else. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. Child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and law. Turkey’s […]
Turkey’s Erdogan declares agreement between Egypt and Greece null and void
What authority does Turkey have to declare void an agreement to which it was not a party? None, of course. Erdogan is asserting authority as if he were the Ottoman caliph. “Erdogan: Egyptian-Greek agreement is null and void,” Libya Observer, August 8, 2020: …Erdogan stressed, in a speech on Friday, that the agreement signed by […]
Turkey deploys 27,000 jihadis from Syria in Libya
More evidence of Turkey’s growing regional adventurism, which accords with Erdogan’s increasingly obvious desire to restore the Ottoman caliphate, and its embrace of jihadis and jihad activity. “Turkey Deployed 27,000 Syrian Militants, Jihadists In Libya: Monitoring Group,” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, August 1, 2020 (thanks to Henry): Turkey has been deploying Syrian militants and […]