Turkey-Iraq row escalates 14 mai 2012
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Religion, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, Arab Spring, CHP, Faruk Loğoğlu, foreign policy, Iran, Iraq, Kurds, Middle East, Shiite, Suat Kınıklıoğlu, Sunni, Tareq al-Hashemi, Turkey
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Deutsche Welle (Germany) 14 May 2012
Ayhan Simsek
Ankara’s refusal to extradite Sunni politician al-Hashemi to Iraq has heightened tensions between Turkey and Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government. The crisis adds to concerns over a Sunni-Shi’ite « Cold War. » (suite…)
Can Islamists Be Liberals? 14 mai 2012
Posted by Acturca in Economy / Economie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: AKP, democracy, Islam, liberalism, Middle East, Mustafa Akyol, Turkey
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The New York Times (USA) Monday, May 14, 2012, p. A 23
By Mustafa Akyol *, Istanbul
For years, foreign policy discussions have focused on the question of whether Islam is compatible with democracy. But this is becoming passe. In Tunisia and Egypt, Islamists, who were long perceived as opponents of the democratic system, are now promoting and joyfully participating in it. (suite…)
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