Tag Archives: Turkey
Turkey: See? You don’t need religion to be an insane tyrant!
…but it helps. The Economist. …It was Ataturk’s embrace of rigid secularism and Western reforms that underlay Turkey’s recovery. But at what cost? A personality cult that carpets the country with busts and portraits of the great man was nurtured … Continue reading
Turkey: Religious marriages sanction child rape
Stonegate Institute At the beginning of the New Year, as reported in the daily newspaper Haber Türk (Turkish News) of January 6, 2012, E.D., a 25-year old man in the northwestern Turkish city of Bolu, took his 11-year old “wife,” … Continue reading
Israel: 19 killed in Commando attack on Gaza relief fleet
SMH. Update via TV: The death toll now stands at 19.
Filed under Islamicism, Judaism, Religious wars, Troops
Turkey: Teenage girl buried alive for ‘talking to boys’
Telegraph. Official figures have indicated that more than 200 such killings take place each year, accounting for around half of all murders in Turkey. Although honour killings are not infrequent in Turkey, the especially gruesome manner of Medine’s death has … Continue reading
Filed under Children, Islamicism, Sexuality, Women
