Friday, April 03, 2009

Prime Minister objects to ’moderate Islam’ label

"Prime Minister objects to ’moderate Islam’ label
ANKARA - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rejected attempts to call Turkey the representative of moderate Islam. 'It is unacceptable for us to agree with such a definition. Turkey has never been a country to represent such a concept. Moreover, Islam cannot be classified as moderate or not,' Erdoğan said, speaking at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies late Thursday."

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