Category: Religion and History
Posted by: an okie gardener
Story here from Reuters.
Hard to be a Christian in a Muslim land. The article's explanation, Turkish secularism, only covers 80 years of the last 1000. At one time all of present-day Turkey was a Christian land. Then Islamic conquests reduced Christians to second-class citizens--dhimmis--and their numbers have dwindled since.
Good luck with that E.U. membership thing Turkey.
Hard to be a Christian in a Muslim land. The article's explanation, Turkish secularism, only covers 80 years of the last 1000. At one time all of present-day Turkey was a Christian land. Then Islamic conquests reduced Christians to second-class citizens--dhimmis--and their numbers have dwindled since.
Good luck with that E.U. membership thing Turkey.
Category: Religion and History
Posted by: an okie gardener