Political Thread

[westlondoncarparts]

Turkey is a secular State which means that the Turkish Government maintains a neutral position on religions and does not favour one religion over the other. Nor does it incorporate religious philosophy or doctrines into policy formulation or laws or any other way in which it governs Turkey.

This secularism is compatible with EU membership.

Erdogan was prosecuted and imprisoned for the offence of inciting religious hatred by repeating in public such verses.

This happened 15 years ago.

Erdogan broke Turkish law then when he repeated the verses and would break Turkish law again today if he repeated the verses. He would be imprisoned today under Turkish law if he repeated the verses again publicly.

Such views as represented by the verses have never been presented by any Turkish Government as being with official sanction.

Such views as represented by the verses would not be tolerated under EU policies and would be grounds for rejecting the application of Turkey to join the EU if they represented official Turkish Government views.

Nor would they be tolerated under UK law.

[moonwitch]

Such views as represented by the verses would not be tolerated under EU policies and would be grounds for rejecting the application of Turkey to join the EU if they represented official Turkish Government views.

Nor would they be tolerated under UK law.

Oh drearie me.....Islamists abusing our troops and behaving in an agressive manner is happening regularly in the UK

Murder and beheading for religious reasons isn't tolerated here but that didn't help Lee Rigby nor his grieving family

EU laws didn't prevent the London bombings either.

Jailing known terrorists and/or not letting others in...might have helped though

[westlondoncarparts]

A comment was posted about the Turkish Prime Minister and was replied to in a balanced way on topic.

The teachings of any religion can be distorted and the misinterpretations taken to extremism.

Usually the majority of followers of the main religions are not extremists.

Where I live the Islamic community tries to contribute to making the world a better place.

On Christmas Day I say thank you to the Hounslow Islamic Relief Association for showing kindness and consideration to those people who are completely destitute and starving in one of the richest areas in Europe.

http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/...upport-5968932

[tonyreddevil]

City Link Go Bust.
Suppose its Bad Management.