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2019-10-16 Europe

German Mosques Pray for Erdogan's Military Offensive Against Kurds: ‘Allah, Lead Our Glorious Army to Victory'

[LI] Mosques in Germany are praying for the Turkish army’s success as it wages a fierce military offensive against the U.S.-allied Kurdish forces and civilians in neighboring Syria, German newspaper Die Welt reported.

The worshippers pray the victory verse: "Allah, Lead Our Glorious Army to Victory."

The backing from mosques in Germany comes days after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered a full-scale attack against Kurds in northern Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region. German mosques read out the "victory verse," or Surah al Fath, from the Muslim holy book Quran, celebrating Muhammad’s victory over his rivals in 7th century Arabia, media reports suggest.

Turkey’s state-controlled Directorate of Religious Affairs, or Diyanet, issued the call to prayer. Germany’s largest Turkish Islamic group, DITIB, which runs some 900 mosques across the country and boasts of 800,00 members, has also allegedly participated in prayers calling for the victory of the Turkish military against Kurds in northern Syria. DITIB officials denied endorsing the call, but a media investigation showed several leading DITIB officials involved in the campaign. Mosques affiliated with Milli Görus, Germany’s largest Islamic association with around 10,000 supporters, also reportedly took part.

German newspaper Die Welt reported the nationwide Islamist prayer call:

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#1 German Islamists aligning themselves with our democratically controlled congress.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-16 02:23|| 2019-10-16 02:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I feel so clever — I commented about Erdogan’s mosque collection only yesterday. (Final comment in this thread.)

Posted by trailing wife 2019-10-16 14:03|| 2019-10-16 14:03|| Front Page Top

#3 'The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the urinals are every leftist legislator's bank account.'

Posted by Dron66046 2019-10-16 14:15|| 2019-10-16 14:15|| Front Page Top

#4 So, if the Turks get clobbered, is it Allen isn't listening or they are not slamming their foreheads against the floor hard enough?

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-16 14:52|| 2019-10-16 14:52|| Front Page Top

#5 The other side also prays to Allan.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-16 14:54|| 2019-10-16 14:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Which of course brings us to "Wouldn't it be great if both sides lost?"

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-16 15:55|| 2019-10-16 15:55|| Front Page Top

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