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None of that is sharia. In fact, there's a huge contraindication which you conveniently left out - a constitutionally mandated secular government.
by LLWM 12y ago
None of that is sharia. In fact, there's a huge contraindication which you conveniently left out - a constitutionally mandated secular government.
- blueskin_ 12y agoThat's as much of a token gesture/joke as Pol Pot's Cambodia calling itself 'Democratic', or the first amendment in the US. Argentina's constitution says they own the Falkland Islands, yet they don't either. The US constitution guarantees freedom of speech, protection from unlawful searches and surveillance, probable cause for any search, and separation of church and state, yet the actual reality is almost the direct opposite of all of those. As such, Turkey going "hey, look, we're secular" is worthless when they act like a psychotic dictatorship.
- LLWM 12y agoIf your claims about the US are any clue, I don't think there's any reason to trust the accuracy of your knowledge of Turkey either.