60 Minutes Veils Education Jihad

By Janet Levy

While the mainstream media continues to promote Turkey as a successful example of the coexistence of Islam, democracy, and economic stability -- referring to the country as "a bridge between East and West" and a potential asset to the European Union -- this view couldn't be farther from reality. In fact, Turkey has descended farther into the abyss of Islamization as it continues to refuse to acknowledge its genocide of Armenians, Assyrians, Greek Christians, and other minorities; denies its decades-long repression of its Kurdish population; and persists in its illegal occupation of the Republic of Cyprus. Islamic instruction, under the guise of religious culture and ethics classes, has become mandatory in state schools, further signaling the demise of secularism in Turkey. Meanwhile, veiling, an emblem of Islamization, has increased significantly within the last decade. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's public statements have also defied this optimistic view of Turkey as a "moderate" Islamic state. In 2007, he was quoted in Milliyet commenting on the term "moderate Islam" to describe.... (Read Full Article)