BoJo is a tosser! Bringing Turkey into any European community would be an absolute and utter disaster, especially when it is governed by the Islam-leaning, truculent Erdogan. Under Atatürk, it might have been a slightly different story; but Erdogan has been busy over the years unpicking Atatürk’s secular legacy.
But more than this: The European Union needs to remain a Judæo-Christian community, even though it is largely (and correctly) secular. To introduce a country such as Turkey into any form of European community would be asking for trouble. The population of Turkey is approximately 86 million. Does Europe really want to be taken over by Muslims and Islam? Listening to this video talking about BoJo’s crackpot idea of bringing Turkey into the European fold, one really has to ask oneself a fundamental question about Boris: How much of a grip on geo-politics does this man have?
Am I against Islam? No, certainly not! But, having spent years studying Islam and writing on the subject, I do understand it.
We refer to Islam as a religion, but the English word 'religion' does not correctly or accurately capture its meaning. More accurately, it should be called a deen (sometimes din or dean). This is the word that is used in Arabic to describe Islam. One often hears Arabs refer very proudly to the Deen (الْدِّين). Whereas the word 'religion' deals with the private spirituality of the adherent of the the faith, deen encapsulates all aspects of life, the private and the collective. The deen is a religious/spiritual, social, political and economic coherent whole.
Concerning BoJo's half-baked idea... it is little wonder that he wants to bring Turkey into the European family. Turkish blood courses through his veins. Ali Kemal, a newspaper editor, poet and politician, was Boris's great-grandfather. There is an interesting article in Reuters about the Turks welcoming the 'Ottoman grandson' as British leader. These facts should be borne in mind when we listen to the silly ideas that Boris spouts. For your information, BoJo also has Russian blood coursing through his veins; so, does Boris—a quintessential Russian first name if ever I heard one—want to bring Russia into this new-fangled European community as well? What a clown BoJo truly is! – © Mark Alexander
