ANKARA, FEBRUARY 19 – Some 17,000 new mosques have been built during Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 10 years of leadership, Milliyet reports.
In the same period the amount of public schools has remained at 32,000 while the number of mosques has jumped from 76,000 to 93,000. Turkey’s secular opposition has accused Erdogan of having a ”secret plan” to re-Islamisize the nation.
Erdogan recently announced the construction of a new mega-mosque in Istanbul which will ”be seen from every corner of the Bosphorus” and will have the tallest minarets in the world.
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“Minarets are our bayonets, the domes our helmets, the mosques our barracks, and the believers our army.”
Well at least he's a man of his word.
Reminds me of his BFF: "If the political winds change, i will stand with the Muslims"
“Thank God Almighty,” said Mr. Erdogan in 1994, when he was the mayor of Istanbul. “I am a servant of Shariah.”
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 3:41:00 pm
I guarantee you a Pacifist and a Leftist would tell you that quote is exemplary of the fact that Erdogan does not believe in violence.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:20:00 pm