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Moderate Islam?
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RE: Moderate Islam?
Quote:Turkey is more tolerant than most. Its becouse We are not ruled by sharia and We have a secular constitution. But even here religious people sometimes do really horrible stuff.

When I visited Turkey a few years ago we were having a discussion with our guide about the truly magnificent way that English is taught in Turkey. He explained about how it was done but also mentioned that it caused some controversy because the more religious elements wanted Arabic taught so that people could read the koran "properly." (Apparently there is a belief that the book can't be translated properly?) Any comment on that Annatar?
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Moderate Islam? - by DeistPaladin - September 10, 2010 at 9:05 am
RE: Moderate Islam? - by HeyItsZeus - September 10, 2010 at 10:57 am
RE: Moderate Islam? - by Minimalist - September 10, 2010 at 11:54 am
RE: Moderate Islam? - by Skipper - September 10, 2010 at 12:12 pm
RE: Moderate Islam? - by annatar - September 10, 2010 at 6:03 pm
RE: Moderate Islam? - by Cerrone - September 13, 2010 at 12:23 pm
RE: Moderate Islam? - by annatar - September 13, 2010 at 6:34 pm
RE: Moderate Islam? - by Cerrone - September 15, 2010 at 8:06 am
RE: Moderate Islam? - by Ashendant - September 15, 2010 at 7:23 pm
RE: Moderate Islam? - by DeistPaladin - September 13, 2010 at 12:53 pm
RE: Moderate Islam? - by Minimalist - September 13, 2010 at 1:00 pm
RE: Moderate Islam? - by annatar - September 13, 2010 at 6:12 pm
RE: Moderate Islam? - by Ashendant - September 13, 2010 at 6:30 pm
RE: Moderate Islam? - by annatar - September 16, 2010 at 9:42 am
RE: Moderate Islam? - by Cerrone - September 17, 2010 at 10:09 am
RE: Moderate Islam? - by DeistPaladin - September 17, 2010 at 11:22 am
RE: Moderate Islam? - by Ervin - October 27, 2010 at 6:15 pm
RE: Moderate Islam? - by Minimalist - October 27, 2010 at 6:47 pm
RE: Moderate Islam? - by annatar - October 28, 2010 at 7:16 am

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