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June 10, 2010

Imam-bites-dog

Spengler on the Gaza flotilla and Turkish self-exiled preacher and author Fethullah Gulen.

A name to conjure with.

The killing last week by Israeli commandos of nine activists on board the Mavi Marmara served numerous goals, and Gulen's grand return to Turkish politics appears to be one of them. The question that every commentator in the Turkish press asked over the weekend, in one form or other, was: When will this voice of Muslim moderation re-emerge as an open force in the ruling Islamist party?

Expect "voice of moderation" to be the CNN line. Read the whole thing but be warned, it gets scarier and scarier as it goes.

Update: Thanks to a Flea reader for pointing out a problem with the link. For whatever reason the url appears to have changed or the page has been pulled. It could be temporary. In the meantime, I have redirected the above link to cached article at Google.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at June 10, 2010 09:27 AM

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typo on link...

http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LF09Ak02.html

missing the l

Posted by: Van Grungy [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 11, 2010 10:03 AM

just a problem with the link...

Posted by: Van Grungy [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 11, 2010 10:04 AM

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