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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Doc's Talk: "Islamist threat to Turkey's secular system" set to win fresh mandate

"'Islamist threat to Turkey's secular system' set to win fresh mandate

Turkish secularism on the ropes. Sharia is advancing in what is always held out to be that exemplary beacon of democracy in the Islamic world, Turkey. The reasons why Sharia supremacists are advancing there have not -- unsurprisingly -- been sufficiently explored by Western analysts, who of course dismiss out of hand the appeal of a call to restore Islamic authenticity. 'Erdogan Set for Election Win That May Revive Tension Over Islam,' by Ben Holland for Bloomberg, March 27 (thanks to The Fool):"

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