Turkey Fears ISIL Radicalism Could Spill Over From Syria, Iraq
Posted 2014-07-31 22:17 GMT
(VOA) -- With the Sunni jihadist group ISIL stepping up attacks in Syria along the border with Turkey, concern is growing in Turkey that the violence could spill over.
Earlier this month, Istanbul's Jafari Muhamadiye Mosque a mosque belonging to Turkey's Shi'ite Muslim minority was burned down. The attack was blamed on ISIL and is seen as a possible harbinger of future ISIL attacks, which could threaten Turkey's complex social fabric.
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