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We do have some LGF readers who are creationists, so we would be remiss if we didn’t bring to your attention a chance to win a prize of 100,000 new Turkish lira (about $63,191.14 US at current exchange rates), in a scientific essay contest being held by Turkish creationist Harun ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, Turkey, Harun Yahya, Islam
Turkish Islamic creationist Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) is interviewed by Spiegel Online, and says that “All Terrorists Are Darwinists.” Oktar: Darwinism has laid the groundwork for Hitler’s and Mussolini’s fascism and Stalin’s communism. And when we look at the present day, we see that all the members of terrorist ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, Turkey, Harun Yahya, Islam
The Turkish crackpot creationist known as Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) has actually succeeded in getting a court order to block Turkey’s access to the web site of British biologist Richard Dawkins. Ankara - Turkish internet users have been blocked via a court order from accessing the site of prominent ...
Turkey, Evolution, Creationism, Harun Yahya, adnan oktar, richard dawkins, Internet
A setback for the Islamist ruling party of Turkey: Turkish Rulers Backtrack on Head Scarves. ANKARA, Turkey, July 31 — Turkey’s ruling party has dropped for now its attempts to lift a decades-old ban on wearing Islamic head scarves in universities, a campaign that infuriated defenders of the country’s ...
LGF, Turkey, Islamic Supremacism, Women's Rights, Hijab, Headscarf
Bruce Chapman of the Discovery Institute says I made false claims about them, but he doesn’t actually dispute a single fact in my LGF article. I was going to ignore this post at their anti-evolution blog, but on second reading it struck me as a pretty good example of the ...
LGF, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science, Religion, Creationism, Institute for Creation Research, Harun Yahya, discovery institute, Turkey, AKP
The Islamist government of Turkey continues marginalizing the Kemalist secularists, and although no one has claimed responsibility this is probably an Islamist attack to further intimidate the secularists: Istanbul rocked by bomb attacks. Turkey’s political landscape was plunged further into turmoil last night when two bombs exploded in a ...
LGF, Turkey, Islamic Supremacism, Middle East, Terrorism, Bombings
Jerry Pournelle has some interesting (if not very reassuring) comments on the dangerous situation in Turkey. (Hat tip: Insta P.)
LGF, Turkey, Islamic Supremacism, Middle East, Jerry Pournelle, Pournelle
Last year CBC radio had a segment devoted to Islamic creationism in Turkey, with some amazing revelations: * The Institute for Creation Research has been heavily involved with Turkish creationists for years, supplying propaganda and teaching materials and DVDs, to the point where Turkey’s school system has purged the teaching ...
Turkey, discovery institute, Harun Yahya, Institute for Creation Research, Creationism, Religion, Science, Intelligent Design, Evolution, LGF
A terrorist attack on the US embassy in Istanbul. ISTANBUL (AFP) - Three gunmen and three Turkish policemen were killed Wednesday in an attack on a guard post outside the well-fortified US consulate here that the United States and Turkey both labelled a “terrorist” act. The assailants, armed with ...
In the showcase “moderate” Islamic state of Turkey, Islamist agents of Hamas and Hizballah organize events calling for the destruction of Israel and America: Pro-Hizbullah, Pro-Hamas Islamists Organize “Free al Quds, World Without Israel” Events. Radical Turkish Islamists organize nights in many Turkish cities under the slogan, “A free ...
LGF, Turkey, Islamic Supremacism, Hamas, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Militant Islam
Michael Rubin on a little-known Turkish Islamist living in the US while pulling strings in Istanbul, and preparing to make a Khomeini-esque grand return to Turkey: Could there be an Islamic Revolution in Turkey? Few U.S. policymakers have heard of Fethullah Gülen, perhaps Turkey’s most prominent theologian and political ...
A sad, pathetic story of a moonbat Italian artist with a big idea that got her killed: ’World peace’ hitcher is murdered. An Italian woman artist who was hitch-hiking to the Middle East dressed as a bride to promote world peace has been found murdered in Turkey. The naked ...
A Turkish lawyer has filed a complaint to cancel an Italian soccer team’s victory, because the Italian players wore shirts that offended the delicate sensibilities of the RoP. Also see: The Dreaded House Mix of Blasphemy The Heinous Teddy Bear of Blasphemy Dreaded Italian Toilet Seats of Blasphemy Seized by ...
A huge victimfest is taking place in Istanbul, with all the superstars of Islamic grievance theater, and their objective is to criminalize “Islamophobia.”
LGF, Radical Islam, Turkey, Grievance Theater, Propaganda, Islamophobia
The Turkish military is moving to the Iraqi border after an ambush yesterday by Kurdish guerrillas. SIRNAK, Turkey - Dozens of Turkish military vehicles loaded with soldiers and heavy weapons rumbled toward the Iraq border on Monday after an ambush by guerrilla Kurds that left eight soldiers missing and ...
The chairman of Britain’s new Commission for Equalities and Human Rights (a name that sets off loud warning sirens) is proposing that Britain rewrite history to ‘reflect other cultures’. Parts of British history need to be rewritten to emphasise the roles played by other races and religions like Muslims, ...
LGF, Britain, Dhimmitude, Islamic Supremacism, Ottoman, Turkey, Barbary Pirates
Yesterday, Turkish police narrowly averted a huge car bomb attack in the capital of Ankara. ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police foiled a bomb attack in Ankara on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the United States, averting what officials said would have been a disaster for the ...
Very bad news from Turkey, but not unexpected: Former Islamist wins Turkish presidency. (I’d like to know what a “former” Islamist is, besides another example of media mendacity.) ANKARA, Turkey - A devout Muslim with a background in political Islam won the Turkish presidency on Tuesday, in a major triumph ...
Two men hijacked a plane flying to Istanbul this morning, apparently as a “protest” against the United States. The incident ended without violence, thankfully, but one of the hijackers produced our line of the day. Turkey’s Transport Minister Osman Gunes said one hijacker is Turkish, while the other is believed ...
Turkey is slipping back into the grasp of Islamists, voting their way into the Dark Ages one election at a time: Turkey’s ruling AKP wins vote. ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey’s ruling AK Party won a resounding election victory on Sunday, giving the pro-business, Islamist-rooted party a mandate for reform but ...
Here’s an ominous note that makes perfect sense as the United States appears to be on the brink of a complete surrender and retreat from Iraq, cheered on by the largest mainstream newspapers. Clearly, Turkey is preparing for that eventuality and the genocidal chaos that will ensue, by amassing an ...
Several readers have emailed about a report at DEBKAfile that 50,000 Turkish troops have invaded Northern Iraq, but there appears to be nothing to it: U.S. says no new military activity in northern Iraq. HEILIGENDAMM, Germany, June 6 (Reuters) - U.S. officials in the region have said that there was ...
Reuters is reporting an explosion in a tourist area of the Turkish city of Ankara. ANKARA, May 22 (Reuters) - Several people were injured by an explosion in Ankara’s old Ulus district, known for its tourist sites and traditional bazaars, Turkish TV said on Tuesday. The cause of the blast ...
Another gigantic demonstration in Turkey protesting Islamists in government—but also protesting military suppression of Islamists: Turks rally against pro-Islamic leaders. IZMIR, Turkey - Choking the highways and crammed onto ferries, hundreds of thousands of Turks streamed into this port city on Sunday in an enormous show of opposition to the ...
Here’s some good news to start off a Sunday morning, as more than a million people took to the streets of Istanbul to protest against Islamic rule of Turkey. ISTANBUL, Turkey - At least 300,000 Turks waving the red national flag flooded central Istanbul on Sunday to demand the resignation ...