They don't allow female politicians to wear hijab in official capacity, and there's been squawking about that. Kinda draws attn to the fact that women ARE politicians in Turkey, doesn't it? If hijab were allowed, how long would women be allowed in office?
Not long, that's for sure. That's why constitutions, and militaries dedicated to preserving those constitutions, are so important. In the early years of the United States, the threat to our democracy was external conquest. In the Middle East, the threat will come from within—"one man, one vote, one time."
Sharia law, as currently practiced, is as illegitimate and corrupt as even the worst Communist systems, and should be condemned just as strenously. Unfortunately, our otherwise-admirable tradtion of religious tolerance forces us to pretend that all manifestations of religions are equally good. That's just foolish, though: If Central America were still ruled by the human-sacrificing Aztec Empire, we would not be under any obligation to respect their religion. Just because sharia kills Muslims slower and less methodically, it is no less evil. Just as 51% of the population should not be permitted to impose Communism on the other 49%, neither should majority rule be able to drag a country back into the seventh century.