Thursday, May 18, 2006

Trouble in Turkey

From Militant Islam Monitor:

Islamist shoots five Turkish judges to protest headscarf ban -

A senior judge was shot dead in Turkey's highest administrative court today in an apparent protest at a ruling against the Muslim headscarf, which is barred from many places in this secular country.

The gunmen chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) as he sprayed bullets across the courtroom before police guards had time to react.
This was over headscarfs. But the conflict is deeper than that. It's about Turkey trying to westernize to a level that will get them into the EU. And about the majority Muslim populus wanting to remain in the stone age. They do have freedom of the press though:
In February the Islamist Vakit newspaper published a picture of some of today's victims, under the headline "Here are THOSE members." The newspaper is currently under investigation for inciting attacks against the judges.

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