Erdogan Political Islam
He was later stripped of his position banned from political office and imprisoned for four months for inciting religious hatred due to his recitation of a poem by ziya gökalp.
Erdogan political islam. In germany too erdogan uses the turkish variant of islamism for his policy of influence. The decision to change the status of the ancient hagia sophia church which had been transformed into a mosque in 1453 and then into a museum in 1934 was made. Turkey s president recep tayyip erdogan vowed to liberate al aqsa mosque from israel after resurrecting hagia sophia as a mosque on friday july 10. Erdogan s forcible conversion of the museum and cathedral flies in the face of islamic tradition and underscores the need for mature tolerant islam worldwide.
The decision to change the status of the ancient hagia sophia church which had been transformed into a mosque in 1453 and then into a museum in 1934 was made controversially last week. The radical sunni islamische gemeinschaft milli görüs igmg has a network of more than 300 mosque communities in germany. Saint sophia cathedral converted to a mosque by force steven sahiounie journalist and political commentator europe is historically a group of christian nations now banded together as an economic unit known as the european union eu. As erdogan gained popularity and power he more confidently steered turkey towards political islam and showed increasing disregard for democratic checks and balances on his own authority.
The combination of people s disillusionment with the saudi regime as well as bin salman s ambivalence towards sunni radicalism has led erdogan to pursue a role as the new political leader of sunni. Turkey s president recep tayyip erdogan vowed to liberate al aqsa mosque from israel after resurrecting hagia sophia as a mosque on friday. Turkey is a muslim nation on the edge of europe with a long stated goal of entering the eu. A recent tweet from erdogan summoned muslims in every corner of the earth to follow turkey s lead in reawakening the islamic nation or ummah which was largely united under the political and.
In total the igmg is said to have more than 30 000 members in germany. Turkey s strongman president recep tayyip erdogan may have exhibited all possible features of political islam since he came to power fifteen years ago but at least he has been bold and honest.