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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Islamists Criticize Turkish Premier's 'Secular' Remarks - WSJ.com

Islamists Criticize Turkish Premier's 'Secular' Remarks

BY MARC CHAMPION AND MATT BRADLEY

CAIRO—The Muslim Brotherhood objected to statements by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan telling Egyptians not to fear building a secular state, in a rare clash that exposes the gap between the so-called Turkish model for building a Muslim democracy and what Islamists in the region believe when they invoke it.

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