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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Retired Turkish Mufti Discusses Erdogan and the Abortion Debate - SPIEGEL ONLINE

'It Always Depends on the Circumstances'
Women demonstrate in Ankara against Erdogan's plan to limit their abortion rights.

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has outraged women in his country by calling for a ban on abortion. But he's just using the issue for political gain, says Ihsan Özkes, a retired mufti and parliamentarian for the country's center-left Republican People's Party (CHP). Islam is actually more permissive on the issue than Christianity, he says.

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