...At this junction the statements of Turkeys leaders speak for themselves.
“Erdogan added that during his term as Istanbul’s mayor, he “closely examined” the Jewish people. And these are the conclusions of the anthropologist research he conducted: “Most Jews don’t buy property, but rent apartments in the best places in the city. This is because they believe the money disappears if you buy the property. We, on the other hand, waste every penny we have on buying a house.””
when it comes to the http://xrl.us/Islamic religion all you have to do is read their literature.
I believe that you fear having to prosecute people for being Islamic. there is a Democratic way to do this. the very text of the Quran is enough of a “warrant” to search every Mosque for signs that they follow these http://xrl.us/Islamic rules. If you see signs that Muslims are following the hate in their texts then deport them. This is enlightened thinking to believe you can protect your citizens from murder.
...it isn’t rocket science. it is common sense.
When the http://xrl.us/Islamic religion says it wants to kill you. they mean it.
we sometimes have to make judgments about Islam generally, whether as currently practiced in a particular country or as we might worry that it might be practiced by many in a generation or so. I can’t see how it would be reasonable for Europeans to decide on Turkish membership in the EU without worrying in some measure about the risk that I describe.
Again, in most situations that involve our own citizens or residents, we should treat individual Muslims as individuals, and focus on each person’s actions rather than his theology. That’s the best American tradition, which has served us very well as to other religions, and is generally likely to serve us well as to Muslims, too — especially given that many Muslims are American citizens, and that American needs their help in many contexts (e.g., to serve the government as translators, to report jihadist and other criminal activity by other Muslims in their communities, and so on). But in foreign policy, broader judgments may often be necessary.
