Atlas Shrugs
May 23 2013

TURKISH RULING PARTY MEMBER CALLS FOR THE `ANNIHILATION OF ATHEISTS’ ON TWITTER

This is Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s party — Obama’s most trusted
ally (Obama sought his advice on “how to raise his daughters”).

And you thought that the hundreds of thousdands of Muslims violently
protesting for the death penalty for bloggers in Bangladesh were
confined to that country only. Wrong. It is Islamic law — here, there
and everywhere. As Prime Minister Erdogan, Obama’s favorite foreign
leader, told him, there is no moderate Islam, there is no extreme
Islam, Islam is Islam.

Ruling party member calls for the `annihilation of atheists’ on
Twitter, sparking controversy Hurriyet Daily News, May 22, 2013
(thanks to Armaros)

‘My blood boils when spineless psychopaths pretending to be atheists
swear at my religion. These people, who have been raped, should be
annihilated,’ Macit wrote in one tweet.

An official from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)
sparked controversy after he called for the `annihilation of atheists”
on his Twitter account.

Mahmut Macit, a senior member of AKP’s Ankara provincial board and
keen user of social media, flared up on May 21 about insults against
believers via Twitter. `My blood boils when spineless psychopaths
pretending to be atheists swear at my religion. These people, who have
been raped, should be annihilated,’ Macit wrote in one tweet. He also
argued that `insulting Islam could not be considered freedom of
expression.’

His remarks came as renowned Turkish-Armenian linguist and former
columnist Sevan NiÅ?anyan was condemned to 13 months in prison for
alleged blasphemy in a blog comment.

They also added more fuel to Turkey’s culture wars, reignited by a
bill currently debated in the Turkish Parliament that foresees new
restrictions on the sale and consumption of alcohol.

‘My blood boils when spineless
psychopaths pretending to be atheist
swear at my religion.These people
which have been raped should be
annihilated,’ Macit wrote in one tweet.

While reactions from twitter users were pouring in, Macit retaliated
by writing that those who criticized the AKP government were `either
seen as nude or holding a bottle of an alcoholic drink in their bio
picture.’

This is not the first time that members of the AKP have stirred debate
with comments about atheists. AKP Zonguldak deputy Ã-zcan Ulupınar had
said last year that `no benefits could come to society from an atheist
youth.’

Recently a Turkish sociologist had likened atheism with autism, saying
that autistic children can’t go to heaven as they were `atheists due
to a lack of a section for faith in their brains.’

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress