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Is the Gulen Movement Against Peace With the PKK?
Al-Monitor 23 May 2013
By Mustafa Akyol for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse
One of the frequently discussed issues in contemporary Turkey is the political influence of "The Gulen Movement,” or the religious network inspired by the teachings of 
Turkey condemns NSW's genocide recognition
Neos Kosmos 22 May 2013
Turkey has condemned a move by the NSW Parliament to recognise as genocide Armenian, Assyrian and Greek deaths while Turkey was under Ottoman rule. Turkey accepts that there
Over 500 Imams Protest Against Gay Marriage in UK
Christian Post 22 May 2013
By Michael Gryboski
Hundreds of Islamic leaders have turned out in the United Kingdom to protest a bill proposed by Prime Minister David Cameron to legalize same-sex marriage. According to John
Largest political party in Bangladesh: kill 1.1 million Buddhists
JihadOnBuddhists.org 22 May 2013
When Muslims in Bangladesh scream "kill all the infidels”, it is not clear if they mean all non-Muslims in the world or "just” the 15 million non-Muslims in India, of which 1.1
Lawyer: Two Moroccans jailed for homosexuality
Al Arabiya News 22 May 2013
Two young Moroccan men were jailed on Monday by a court in Temara for four months for being homosexuals, one of their lawyers told AFP. The two, aged 20 and 28, were
Turkey Disturbed by Recognition of Pontian Genocide
Greek Reporter 21 May 2013
By Maria Arkouli
NSW Parliament’s recent decision to recognize the Genocide of Pontian Greeks, Assyrians and Armenians, triggered Turkey’s strong reaction. According to the newspaper The
A gay Muslim answers the imams trying to stop equal marriage
Gay Star News 21 May 2013
By Omar Kuddus
Gay Star News yesterday (19 May) reported Muslim leaders representing tens of thousands worshippers in the UK have banded together against gay marriage. In what British
Canada: Turkish groups celebrate Armenian Genocide
jihadwatch 14 May 2013
What illness has overtaken these people? "Turkish-Canadian Groups Celebrate Armenian Genocide," from the Armenian Youth Federation of Canada, April 24 (thanks to
The Armenian hero Turkey would prefer to forget
The Independent 13 May 2013
By Robert Fisk
The Armenian-Turkish officer Torossian was awarded medals by Enver Pasha
Think Captain Terossian. Confronted by the chilling hundredth anniversary of the genocide of one and a half million Armenian men, women and children at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1915, Turkey’s government is planning to swamp memories of the Armenian massacres with ceremonies commemorating the Turkish victory over the Allies at the battle of Gallipoli in the same year.
Already, loyalist academics have done their best to ignore the presence of thousands of Arab troops among the 1915 Turkish armies at Gallipoli -- and are now even branding an Armenian Turkish artillery officer who was decorated for his bravery at Gallipoli as a liar who fabricated his own biography.
Turkey's Armenian community on alert after attacks
The Daily Star 8 May 2013
Turkish Armenians are on edge after weekend attacks against members of the community during Orthodox Easter raised fears about their security. An unidentified assailant
Greek Church Vandalized In Turkey
Greek Reporter 30 April 2013
By Margarita Papantoniou
A group of about 10 young people of Turkish origin invaded the Greek Church of Saint John in one of the Princes’ islands, the island of Antigone in Istanbul and caused some
Plaque Honoring Victims of Nail Bomb Attack at UK Gay Pub Missing
Towleroad 30 April 2013
In 1999, the Admiral Duncan Pub on Old Compton Street in London's gay SoHo district was bombed. Three people died. Now a plaque in memory of Andrea Dykes, John Light and Nick
Turkey Should Acknowledge The Armenian Genocide
Al-Monitor 26 April 2013
By Yavuz Baydar
Every year passing, they are more in number. When Turks began commemorating April 24, 1915 — the day symbolizing the mass deportations and annihilation of Ottoman Armenians
The Forgotten Genocide — and why it matters today
Human Events 26 April 2013
By Raymond Ibrahim
Today, April 24, marks the "Great Crime,” that is, the Armenian genocide that took place under Turkey’s Islamic Ottoman Empire, during and after WWI. Out of an approximate population of two million, some 1.5 million Armenians died. If early 20th century Turkey had the apparatuses and technology to execute in mass—such as 1940s Germany’s gas chambers—the entire Armenian population may well have been decimated
Most objective American historians who have studied the question unequivocally agree that it was a deliberate, calculated genocide:
Knesset discusses Armenian Genocide
Ynetnews 26 April 2013
By Moran Azulay
The Knesset on Tuesday devoted a session to mark the 98-year anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the behest of Meretz MK Zehava Gal-On, sparking a discussion of Israel's
Protest actions to be held on the 98th anniversary of Armenian Genocide in Turkey
Armenpress.am 26 April 2013
On the occasion of the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide mass protest actions will be held in Turkey on April 24. This was stated in the joint announcement spread by
Armenian Genocide victims commemorated in Adana
Armenpress.am 24 April 2013
The Adana massacre occurred in Adana Province, in the Ottoman Empire, in April 1909. A massacre of Armenian Christians in the city of Adana amidst governmental upheaval resulted in a series of anti-Armenian pogroms throughout the district. Reports estimated that the massacres in Adana Province resulted in 15,000 to 30,000 deaths.
Commemoration ceremony of the victims of Armenia Genocide and 1909 Adana massacre will take place in Adana. As reports Armenpress, this was noted in the message spread by Peoples' Democratic Congress of Adana.
Participants of the event will gather in front of Adana Central Bank on April 24. As reports Armenpress the message of Peoples' Democratic Congress of Adana mainly reads:
The violent Quran
Dispatch International 22 April 2013
By Peter Nilsson
The Quran does not have a single verse encouraging love towards those outside of Islam. But there are 493 passages that either endorse violence or talk about the hatred of Allah for the infidels, meaning all non-Muslims.
The Quran is a book mainly concerned with how Muslims are to think and act towards those outside of Islam; that is, either kill them or force them to live as second-class citizens and pay taxes (Jizya).
More than half the contents of the Quran are texts despising or inciting against non-Muslims. This is what turns Islam into a religion of hate and violence, for which history carries much evidence.
Those criticizing Islam are branded with epithets such as "Islamophobe”, "racist” or "right-wing extremist”. A phobia is an unjustified fear of something.
The struggle of religious minorities in Indonesia
BBC News 18 April 2013
By Karishma Vaswani
An ongoing conflict between the Ahmadiyah community and the local government has been drawing attention to what rights groups say is an increasing trend of intolerance in
Koran Teacher in East Kalimantan Arrested for Raping Student
JakartaGlobe 18 April 2013
Tarakan. A Koran recital teacher who is also an imam at a Tarakan mosque in East Kalimantan has been arrested after admitting to raping one of his students, an 8-year old
