Further to my friend Joshua Trevino's previous essay on religious tolerance in Turkey, there's a related piece in the Washington Times which also provides more detail on how state secularism is driving Christian faiths to extinction and suppressing Islamic identity - provoking an Islamist backlash. Also worth reading is another essay by Josh which compares Turkey to Malaysia. I think Turkey is schizophrenic in a fundamental way regarding its identity, which is why it merits so much analysis. We Talk Turkey (ahem) quite a bit over at Talk Islam for precisely that reason.
talking turkish tolerance: links delight
Wednesday October 14, 2009
Categories: Read This, The Gash of Civilizations
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