Reply to Ianus (Poland)

Submitted by Vijay (United Kingdom), Apr 10, 2009 at 18:10

Hi Ianus (Poland)

You wrote "Turkey is a 99,8% Moslem monoculture. If you don't believe, check e.g. the CIA Factbook. There are more than 85,000 active mosques there, one for every 350 citizens, which is the highest number per capita in the world. With 90,000 imams it has more imams than doctors or teachers"

The CIA page on Turkey does not give these figures.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html#People

Be that as may, Turkey has been run by a committed secular regime from 1923. They had kept in check "Islamist forces" by what you can say 'undemocratic' means. The number of mosques in Turkey does not bother me for after all Turkey has been the seat of Calihahte till 1923 and there have been thousands of mosques built till then. Mosques have been Turks cultural heritage.

By and large, Turks especially those in urban areas have been freed from the shackles of medievel outlook springing from Sharia and Islamism. The present government in Turkey is trying to bring it back by backdoor means.And Obama is playing along with it by rewarding it and appeasing it.

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