634 convert to Islam in Turkey

Abu Sina · Nov 14, 2011

The Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs has announced that 634 people have converted to Islam over the past year, Press TV reports.

Figures released by the Turkish institution show that the converts come from different religions, mainly Christianity.

Women make up 467 of these people.

About 25 percent of those who have converted to Islam in Turkey have been Germans. Americans, French and British nationals are also among the converts.

Islam is the dominant religion in Turkey with over 95 percent of the population as Muslims. Other religions include various Christian denominations such as Roman Catholics and Protestants
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http://www.presstv.ir/detail/209993.html

An excellent role model for Islam Mr Erdogan and his cabinet unlike other so called Muslim leaders. Nice to see so many are Western converts.

litwin · Nov 20, 2011

Abu Sina said: ↑

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/209993.html

An excellent role model for Islam Mr Erdogan and his cabinet unlike other so called Muslim leaders. Nice to see so many are Western converts.
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Nice to see the Western converts alive and happy, the eastern converts have it much tougher...

"Afghan Rights Fall Short for Christian Converts...Mr. Mussa was arrested after a television station in Kabul broadcast images that it claimed showed Westerners baptizing Afghans and other Afghans praying at private Christian meetings. The broadcast stoked fears of proselytizing brought on by the influx of foreigners since the American-led invasion in 2001. Some lawmakers publicly declared that converts should die. ...."
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Hakan Tastan and Turan Topal are two Turkish converts from Islam to Christianity who went on trial on November 23, 2006, several days before a visit to Turkey by Pope Benedict XVI on charges of "allegedly insulting 'Turkishness' and inciting religious hatred against Islam".

Turan Topal converted to Christianity in 1989 whereas Hakan Tastan converted in 1994.

The men were accused of insulting Turkish heritage and inciting hate against Muslims while allegedly trying to convert other Turks to Christianity. The men were charged under Turkey's Article 301, which has been used to bring charges against dozens of Turkish intellectuals. According to the written charges, the three plaintiffs, identified as Fatih Kose, 23, Alper, 16, and Oguz, 17, claimed the two Christians had called Islam a "primitive and fabricated religion" and had described Turks as a "cursed people."

They also accused the defendants of opposing the Turkish military, encouraging sexual misconduct, procuring funds from abroad to entice young people in Silivri to become Christians and secretly compiling data on private citizens for a local Bible correspondence course.

One paper, Zaman, even claimed that the two Christians were connected to Hakan Ekinci, the man who on October 3 hijacked a Turkish Airlines plane to Italy where he claimed to be Christian and a conscientious objector, and had appealed to Pope Benedict XVI for asylum.

The spokesman for the Alliance of Protestant Churches in Turkey, Isa Karatas, says that there is no evidence against the men. He claims that charges filed against them are based only on verbal allegations without any proof.

The men have had several hearings since November, 2006, the most recent being April 18, 2007. Another hearing is scheduled for July 18, 2007 reportedly because one of the accusers did not show up. The next hearing was held in Silivri, Turkey, on September,2007, where the judge excused himself from the trial. He then referred the case to a judge in a higher court district in Istanbul. This first hearing is now scheduled for December 29, 2007.
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PS you can get more white trash since "we" got
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir_Kusturica

litwin · Nov 20, 2011

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Somalia

xsited1 · Nov 20, 2011

Abu Sina said: ↑

634 convert to Islam in Turkey
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Meanwhile in Iran:

Retrial Ordered for Iranian Pastor Facing Death Sentence for Christian Beliefs

Beevee · Nov 20, 2011

Abu Sina said: ↑

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/209993.html

An excellent role model for Islam Mr Erdogan and his cabinet unlike other so called Muslim leaders. Nice to see so many are Western converts.
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630 of them are CIA trained.

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