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| Al-Zawahiri blasts Erdogan |
| 2006-01-12 |
| Al-Qaeda's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri says Turkeyâs Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was not Islamist. Al Zawahiri further argued that Erdoganâs links with Islam are âso-called connectionsâ. According to Al-Qaeda, the United States grants power to Erdogans party in Turkey because the Ak Party behave secularist. The latest Al Qaeda video-tape broadcasted by the Al Jazeara TV show the vivid gap between Al Qaeda and Turkeyâs governing party AK Party (Justice and Development Party). Ayman Al Zawahiri, the second most important figure in Al Qaeda, strongly critiqued AK Partyâs and Turkeyâs leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Al Zawahiri also condemned Muslim Brotherhood (Ihvan) in Egypt because the group joined the latest Egyptian elections. Interestingly the Turkish intellectuals agree with Al Qaedaâs latest statements. Dr. Sedat Laciner, head of the Ankara-based International Strategic Research Organisation (ISRO) says Erdogan was not Islamist but Muslim-Democrat: âWrongly the Western press has named Erdogan Islamist. Mr. Erdogan never names himself or his party Islamist. He is not a cleric or a spiritual leader. He is conservative and religious man, but not a religionist man. He could be defined as Muslim-Democrat. AK Party is like a Christian Democrat party in Europe, and definitely very different than Al Qaeda.â Dr. Laciner also said that Al Qaeda is Islamist and religionist, but not Islamic: âIslamic means that something is according to Islam, something which is good for Islam. Under this definition Al Qaeda is not Islamic. The Western media including BBC; CNN and many others, use âIslamic terrorismâ term. There is no terrorism which is acceptable by Islam and Quran. So, there is no Islamic terrorism, but religionist terrorism. Al Qaeda and terrorist have no power in representing Islam and Muslims. Only the elected Muslim politicians and religious leaders can represent the Muslims. That is why Al Qaeda and his men are not happy with the Muslim politicians in Egypt and Turkey. Turkey is a model country and antidote of the Al Qaeda understanding.â |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #2 C'mon Zawahiri. Stick your pointy li'l beturbanned head up from your hidey hole. You *know* you want to. You're not getting Allan's message out clearly enough.... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-01-12 12:36 |
| #1 Al-Qaeda's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri says Turkeyâs Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was not Islamist. Al Zawahiri further argued that Erdoganâs links with Islam are âso-called connectionsâ. According to Al-Qaeda, the United States grants power to Erdogans party in Turkey because the Ak Party behave secularist. [...] Al Zawahiri also condemned Muslim Brotherhood (Ihvan) in Egypt because the group joined the latest Egyptian elections. So many complaints..... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2006-01-12 12:30 |