Re: ‘Bin Laden’s nightmare’ seeks Islamic reformation
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fundamentalist, islamist, traditionalist, sufist, modernist, terrorist.
Howard, ‘Moderate Islam’; Erdogan Corrects, Just ‘Islam’
http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&hn=18896
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a correction to the expression “moderate Islam” of his Australian counterpart John Howard whom he met on Tuesday, April 26.
According to information received, Howard spoke at a dinner held in his honor where he said, “One of the factors that will block the path of terrorism is the formation of democracy in moderate Islamic countries like Indonesia and Turkey.” Upon this, Erdogan taking the floor corrected: “After the September 11 attacks, the expression, ‘moderate Islam’ that is widely being used is leading to different interpretations. There is no need to put a different adjective before or after the word ‘Islam’. Islam means peace. It rejects all kinds of excessiveness.” Howard then noted that he had meant “true Islam”.