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Doctor/independent political commentator on Islamism, MENA issues, and current affairs. Conservative. 🇬🇧 BBC100 women 2013. Made in Cairo.

Jul 24, 2020, 10 tweets

Today’s Friday sermon in #HagiaSophia—with choice of Quranic verses, sword display, #Erdogan reciting of Quean, and covering of “Christian symbols” —was the official inaguration of the Islamic State of #Turkey.
This will not end here; expect the worst to come.

They did not even bother to choose verses of the Quran that advocate peace and harmony, but the sermon in #HagiaSophiaMosque was full of verses on the “infidels”

Funny how Erdogan and his fan base detest Arab nationalism. “ We all one Muslim Ummah,” they say.
But Turkish nationalism is apparently halal!
#HagiaSophia

https://t.co/rRU2wvN7ze

The sword is not part of any Islamic prayer.
It is, however, the logo of the Muslim Brotherhood group!

#HagiaSofia
#HagiaSophia
https://t.co/uc3fc2iCM9

Correction: Quran

Just to refresh your memory about the Muslim Brotherhood logo, the sword and the Quran
Today, both were used in #HagiaSophia inauguration

#Erdogan is the Sunni version of #Khomeini; with deceptive face.
At least Khomeini was frank and honest about his ideology and never tried to hide it.

Every #Islamist wants to be #Erdogan and follow his manual:

•Initial liberal front
•Gradual rise to power
•Then the “Sword and Sharia” doctrine.

Those cute American Islamists, from Linda Sarsour, #IlhanOmar, to Mohamed Soltan, are no different!

@JoeBiden
@realDonaldTrump

#Erdogan’s fans should not get angry when Islamophobes say Islam is not a religion of peace.
When sword is seen in
#HagiaSophiaMosque, it is hard to argue about peacefulness.

Interestingly, absent from #HagiaSophiaMosque inauguration, many of #Erdogan’s friends, even #Qatar’s Tamim did not attend!

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