Crikey, the news out of Turkey is just
insaaaaane!For one thing, two major forces for modern Islam are trying to destroy one another. Prime Minister Erdogan— who leads the “moderately Islamic” AK Party— is now doing his best to destroy his former allies, the organization of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen (who I fictionalized in
Deep State as “Riza Tek.”)
The Gulen organization (informally called “Hizmet”) is a significant voice in progressive Islam, and runs charter and prep schools, clinics, r...
Published on March 27, 2014 22:52