UPDATE: If you are reading this post you are not in Turkey. Apparently this site is being blocked by their government or someone. We will keep you posted on what we discover….
I was listening to an interview with a Turkish tour guide today. She was asked about the role that Fundamentalist Islam was playing in Turkey today. She said that there was a bit of a rise in fundamentalism in society, but that “we are taking our measures against them.”
Turkey defines itself as a secular nation, even though it is 99% Muslim. The U.S. is a much less homogeneous society and was founded on the ideas of religious tolerance and religious freedom. So I wonder why we have to be called a Christian nation? Aren’t we a secular nation with a problem with fundamentalists that we aren’t willing to address?