| Turkish History & Islam today...
I've been studying Turkish history lately and I really don't understand how a nation that is 99% Muslim has passed sooo many anti-Islamic laws and become so "secular." How does a "head scarf" ban come about when virtually everyone is Muslim? How does the recognition of Islam as the official Turkish religion get completely removed from their constitution and replaced by a "freedom of religion" article (while there are sooo many Muslims)?
One person that I spoke with suggested that about 85% of Americans claim to be some sort of "Christian" yet we have abortion and other terrible things getting passed in this country. I'm not totally convinced of that argument because I don't believe that the majority of people who claim to be "born again" actually are. Is it just the case that the majority of Turkish Muslims are merely 'nominal' Muslims?
Any thoughts on this?
THANKS,
Matt
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