Word: islamics
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...outdistanced the main secularist opposition People's Republican Party (CHP), which trailed with 20% of the vote. It was a shattering defeat for the party, which had urged voters to defend the secular political system established in 1923 by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk against what they claim is the political Islam of Erdogan and his party...
...Melee at the Madrasah Your story on the standoff at a mosque in Islamabad is of a radical Islam that will wreak havoc to uphold its ideologies [July 16]. But it failed to mention that the views held by those responsible for the siege of Islamabad's Red Mosque are not truly representative of Islam. There is no religion in the world that justifies the use of violence or promotes taking the law into one's own hands. The residents of the Lal Masjid compound have done both by forcefully occupying land and abducting people. If any of the victims...
...Yuksel also said he’s aware that while the Turkish people may want a government free from Islam, they still want to practice their religion in their own homes...
...That raised the question what he knew about Islam. When I asked he said he'd read the Quran. I asked it him if he understood it. He shook his head. It was then it became apparent his education went no farther than the madrassa-he was taught to recite the Quran in Arabic but did not understand a word. Other than what he was told...
...Taliban had described it. The Taliban indoctrinated him well, convincing him the Americans were stealing the faith of Afghan Muslims. Turning them into kafirs. I asked him if he hated the governor. No, it was simply that in working with the Americans he'd fallen away from Islam. He deserved...