During the last few days, I’ve been highlighting the undeniable social changes Turkey’s Islamist government is imposing. The situation is fast going from bad to worse, as the Turkish government transforms the country from one which upholds liberalism (beyond the Kurdish issue, that is) to one which now seems to be following the self-destructive path Pakistan forged in the early 1970s, when Islamabad pushed a more radical interpretation of Islam as its chief national identity.
The most recent outrage against tolerance in Turkey involves pianist Fazıl Say, who shared a tweet reading: “Wherever there is a stupid person or a thief, they are believers in God. Is this a paradox?” That sentiment may not be my cup of tea, but the basis of democracy is tolerance. Not so in Turkey. On June 1, an Istanbul court handed down an indictment charging Say with “insulting the religious values of a section of society.” He now faces 1.5 years in prison.
For President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to continue to promote Turkey as a model for countries seeking to blend Islam and democracy, is akin to promoting Greece as a model for fiscal discipline, China as a model for multi-party democracy, and Greenland as a model for tropical farming.
Strangely, the move of Turkey back into the arms of mainstream Middle East Islam is not only a result of "clumsy" Dim Liberal Politics, but also a FULFILLMENT of 2,000-3,000 yr old Bible Prophecy that aligns Turkey as a LEADER in the large conglomeration of Middle East nations that attack Israel before the passing away of the Generation that saw Israel's greatest regathering of all time, May 15, 1948. nTherefore, it should be a cause of greater alarm that Turkey moves inexorably back into the fold, but all the more so as one of the very DIRE warnings to any human being on the planet of imminent events in the World stage about to play out. I.e., Ezekial 38 and 39, and the Book of Obadiah. n nLet those who have ears to hear, and eyes to see all take warning.
Pr. O upbringing and belief system is convergent with Erdogan "philosophy".
Good news. The faster they unwind the clock the better.