Politics as usual: another bad sign for world peace; Obama cowers to pro-Israelis

[Kratos]

Really silly what you just said. Turkey is a fervently secularist country, ever since Ataturk came to power. In Turkey, the religious Muslims are heavily persecuted, and you are damn right that I am going to speak out against that.

Turkey is only a Muslim country insofar as the Soviet Union was a Christian one.

Anyways, the ban on the headscarf in Turkey has been lifted. In any case, persecution of religious Muslims in Turkey continues. I will post an Amnesty International report on this shortly. But of course that doesn't matter to America, since Turkey is a strategic ally in the region.

98% of the people in Turkey are Muslim
what do you classify as religous Muslims?
What are you even talking about?

[BuffedGuy]

98% of the people in Turkey are Muslim
what do you classify as religous Muslims?
What are you even talking about?

Since the rise of Ataturk in the early 1900s, Turkey has been ruled by fervent non-religious non-practicing secularists. They are Muslim only ethnically, not religiously. In other words, the same way that some Jews are atheists but still call themselves Jewish atheists.

In any case, things are changing in Turkey, and Muslim parties have been becoming more popular, but the secular atheist army keeps a check on them and periodically crushes them.

Once again, you don't understand the issues.

[Kratos]

Since the rise of Ataturk in the early 1900s, Turkey has been ruled by fervent non-religious non-practicing secularists. They are Muslim only ethnically, not religiously. In other words, the same way that some Jews are atheists but still call themselves Jewish atheists.

In any case, things are changing in Turkey, and Muslim parties have been becoming more popular, but the secular atheist army keeps a check on them and periodically crushes them.

Once again, you don't understand the issues.

No, once again you don't understand the issues. It has nothing to do with being atheist. I can promise you they are quite religious in Turkey.
Secularism is the assertion that governmental practices or institutions should exist separately from religion and/or religious beliefs.
It's a good thing and keeps the religion from being forced on the people. I know about the rise of these "muslim" parties, and I urge you to see Turkey before they gain control.

How on earth does co-mingling of Church and state promote religious freedom?