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Old 03-10-2011, 10:17   #1
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Turkey and the Restoration of the Caliphate

Turkey and the Restoration of the Caliphate

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/...ration_of.html

"Turkey, the supposed bridge between East and West, was, until recently, showcased as a model democratic and secular exception in the Muslim world. Since the days of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk -- founder of the modern Turkish state in the 1920s -- the Turkish military and courts were assumed to be effectively moderating against the theocratic and ideological hold of Islam evident in Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. ......"

A good summery of the last 100 years and whats happening now.
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