Islamic State Awaits The Ataturk Revolution
President of Turkey Kemal Ataturk, left, points out somthing of interest to the Shah of Persia, Reza Shah Pahlavi, during military manoeuvres in Turkey, July 3, 1934.(AP Photo)
TURKEY is the model for the Arab Middle East, says Roger Scruton:
The Middle East is, as we are discovering, not one thing: on the contrary, it is a patchwork of communities whose peaceful coexistence depended on conditions that no longer exist. And many of those communities are in the habit of producing the two greatest scourges of the human race: young men without women, and puritanical rage …
Thanks to Ataturk polygamy was abolished in Turkey and women were encouraged to enter public life. Their status as the unspeakable ‘secret’ was removed, their faces were revealed, their soothing presence was everywhere perceivable. Thanks also to Ataturk the other great solvent of social tension – alcohol – was permitted and, while drunkenness is rightly viewed with anger all across the Middle East, the example of Turkey has helped many of those ancient communities to let their hair down and relax together over a bottle.
Remove wine and women, however, and the tension quickly escalates.
Turkey’s players celebrate after winning the Women’s Volleyball European Championship Playoff match between Turkey and Belarus in Halle in Westfalen, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. Turkey defeated Belarus with 25-16, 25-13 and 25-17. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Over in Islamic State:
Drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes are forbidden. Carrying weapons and non-ISIS flags is illegal. All shrines and graves will be destroyed, since they are considered polytheistic. Women must dress modestly (a euphemism for the full-body niqab).
And the sun sails over the yard arm…
Posted: 29th, September 2014 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
