Posted on 06/12/2005 3:50:43 PM PDT by CHARLITE
The infamous manifesto penned in prison during the 1920s by one of history’s greatest despots has become a bestseller in Turkey, a troubling sign of increasing anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism.
Since January, Mein Kampf has sold more than 50,000 copies, rising to No. 4 on the bestseller list. The book outlines Hitler's plans for world domination and his intense hatred of the Jewish people.
"A lot of people in the West don't realize this has always been a popular book among radical Muslims," says Steve Hagerman, founder of Turkish World Outreach. "They think it’s a tragedy Hitler didn’t win the war. This is symptomatic of growing anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism in the country."
Hagerman is concerned about a resurgence of conservative Islam in Turkey, which he believes is promoted and funded by Iran and Saudi Arabia.
"Turkey is a different place right now," Hagerman observes. "The military, the radical Muslims and the secularists are becoming more and more anti-American," he says. "Literalist Islam is teaching the Muslims to hate the Jews and to hate democracy. Their belief in Muslim eschatology is that the world is destined to be conquered by Islam."
Hitler was just using them. No matter how white they think they were, they weren't white enough for Hitler's view of 1,000 years of nazi heaven. All they, the North Africans and the Indians were to Hitler was a means to an end.
Incredible, no wonder the Muslim world is nuts.
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What is this huge anti-Americanism frenzy this guy is talking about? OK, the United States' Middle East policy has been less than sympathetic for the past few years but the far left and far right have always disliked the US and Israel and Iran (when the Shah was in power) and anybody else allied with her. That list would include the Turkish government too. As in every other country, these people make up something around 5-10 percent of the population and never gain enough power to make any major impact in the political scene.
How many copies of Mien Kampf have been sold in the US the past year?
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