Mustafa Akyol
By Mustafa Akyol
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Opinion What Israel Can Learn From The ‘Erdogan Revolution’
The news from Turkey, arguably the most modernized of all Muslim nations, has been depressing lately. The country has suffered a string of terrorist attacks, and a bloody coup attempt in July 2016. Meanwhile, Turkey’s democratic credentials have declined dramatically. According to the nongovernmental organization Freedom House, in terms of press freedom the country entered…
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Opinion A Growing Culture of Hate Takes Root In Middle East
On March 12, 2017, Ahmed Daqamseh, the Jordanian soldier who had murdered seven Israeli schoolgirls in 1997, was released from prison. One would have expected to see him regret his horrible crime, and the people around him to express remorse for his victims — as the late Jordanian King, Hussein, exemplified 20 years ago when…
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Opinion What Judaism Can Teach Islam About Reforming The Faith
Does Islam needs its own Martin Luther? Does it need its own “Reformation,” which will lead to the separation of the Muslim “church” from the state? I have heard these questions frequently in the past decades from Westerners. They were right about one thing: Islam, despite being a religion that once cultivated an open, tolerant,…
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News Put the Fear of God Back Into the Mideast Peace Process
FORWARD FORUM The historic visit to Israel this week by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the Justice and Development Party, proves that a Muslim who is serious about his religion can be friendly to Israel, and that those who predicted a decline in Turkish-Israeli relations following the rise of Erdogan’s Islamic- inspired conservative…
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