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To: jhpigott
The islamization of Turkey accelerates. The military was the last defense against a Koranic theocracy.
16 posted on 07/29/2011 10:13:00 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Truth29
One big problem: Turkey is a relatively prosperous secular state (prosperous relative to other non-oil-producing Muslim countries, with a per-capita GDP of $12,300, compared to Pakistan's $2,500 or Egypt's $6,200). The reason is that capitalism and Western financial systems (ability to charge interest on loans, etc) can operate there.

If the Islamists take charge and try to impose Sharia law, then the economy will implode. People don't behave nicely when they used to be middle-class and suddenly find themselves poor.

17 posted on 07/29/2011 10:26:50 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (When you've only heard lies your entire life, the truth sounds insane.)
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