Here is a strong indication of Erdogan’s re-Islamization of Turkey. Feyza Altun thought she could publicly register her disdain for Sharia without fear of consequences. She knows better now. “Turkish Religious Authority Seeks Lawyer’s Prosecution for ‘Insulting Islam,’” by Hamdi Firat, Balkan Insight, February 20, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The Turkish religious […]
Erdogan: Any ‘definition of Turkishness’ must include ‘Islam’s holy war spirit’
The nations neighboring Turkey should see this statement as a warning, but they probably won’t. “‘Hostility against Sharia is hostility against Islam,” says Turkey’s Erdoğan,” Duvar English, February 2, 2024: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Feb. 1 commented on the critics of Sharia law, saying “hostility against Sharia Law is hostility against Islam,” during […]
Turkey: Top Islamic body files criminal complaint against journalist for criticizing anti-adoption fatwa
Diyanet is on strong Islamic ground. The Qur’an forbids adoption: “Allah has not assigned to any man two hearts within his body, nor has he made your wives whom you declare your mothers, nor has he made those whom you claim your sons. This is just a saying of your mouths. But Allah tells the […]
Turkey: Imam says ‘Doctors say they are on strike today. Would you not kill him? Would you not beat him up?’
Wait, what? How could a Muslim cleric, a man who has dedicated his life to understanding Islam correctly and communicating its message effectively, get the crazy idea that the Religion of Peace allows him to call for violence? There must be some mistake! “Turkish imam to face investigation for calling for violence against doctors,” Ahval […]
Turkey Continues Desecrating Historic Churches
As millions of Christians were celebrating Christmas Eve on December 24, 2021, the Head of Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) opened a historic church, also known as Ainos (Enez) Hagia Sophia Church in Edirne, as a mosque after its restoration was completed by Turkey’s General Directorate of Foundations. Referring to the former Greek church […]
Turkey: Government religious authority publishes children’s magazine featuring child slave, beheadings
Inculcating in the youth the values they want Turks to have. “Strong reaction from CHP’s Kaya to Diyanet-Sen: ‘Young minds are poisoned,’” Tekdeeps, June 13, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Visuals of beheadings, executions and wars appear in the children’s magazine of Diyanet-Sen, a subordinate of Memur-Sen; from CHP Lightning Rock “Young minds are poisoned,” he […]
Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate top dog: ‘Let’s protect our children from ideologies other than Islam’
Another nail in the coffin of secularism in Turkey. “Children must be protected from ideologies other than Islam: Turkey’s top religious body,” Duvar English, March 29, 2021: The head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) has said that children must be protected from ideologies other than Islam, as he warned against “organizations that promote deism […]
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: Top Islamic religious body tells women to accept violence at the hands of their husbands
Of course. 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 Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah […]
Turkey’s Religious Affairs top dog: ‘Hagia Sophia shouldn’t only be place of worship,’ should be ‘a madrasa inside’
Training a new generation of jihadis and Islamic supremacists inside what was the foremost cathedral in Christendom for nearly a millennium — what could be more deliciously illustrative of the triumph and supremacy of Islam? “Turkey’s Top Imam Now Wants to Build an Islamic School at Hagia Sophia,” by Tasos Kokkinidis, Greek Reporter, July 12, […]