Turkey and Islam | Secularists' lament | Economist.com |
| Published: September 27, 2007, 1:57 pm |
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"Secularists' lament Sep 27th 2007 ANKARA AND ISTANBUL From The Economist print edition Time to pray? Or to despair? A BUS travelling from Samsun to Istanbul on September 2nd stopped at a mosque when passengers insisted on saying their daily prayers. Similar demands are heard all over Turkey, says Milliyet, a daily that was bombarded with hate mail from religious hotheads for reporting the Samsun case. In another incident, Gulcan Kose, a 28-year-old divorcee who was wearing a knee-length tunic and leggings, was detained by Istanbul police for indecent exposure as she stood with a fellow fisherman on the Galata bridge; she faces charges of resisting the authorities. Many restaurants that once served customers during the Ramadan fast no longer do so."More:Turkey and Islam Secularists' lament Economist.com [ Full article ] |
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