Comments on: Turkish PM Erdogan Admonishes Israel President Shimon Peres over Gaza, and Walks Off

By: Sayf

Sayf — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:21:34 +0000

Hi Andrea, I think you should check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6KLFrye9Xk

Every coin has two sides.

By: Andrea Levin

Andrea Levin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:02:05 +0000

I think the PM of Turkey is doing a huge mistake.
People are going to remember him getting closer to Iran and further away from the west (Israel included).
The people of Israel and the people of Turkey always had such a good relationship and it’s a shame that ErdoÄŸan is happily destroying good faith for his narrow interests.

By: Ali Colak

Ali Colak — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:57:33 +0000

I know this post was a year ago, but for future reference. Turkey doesn’t sell Israel weapons, it bys Israely weapons.

By: Haytham Soliman » Blog Archive » The World Economy Forum – About Gaza

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:28:23 +0000

[...] Taken from MuslimMatters.org [...]

By: Pasha

Pasha — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:39:32 +0000

Excellent renglish translation in subtitles, Highly recommended:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6NMmHqSUzk

By: Abd- Allah

Abd- Allah — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:26:17 +0000

Intelect1430, your “shia” card is out of context. If you haven’t noticed, this whole website is called MUSLIM matters, and if Ahmedinejad wants himself to be considered as a Muslim leader, then he should act like a leader for ALL muslims and not just the “shias” as you put it yourself and have no problem with agreeing that the Iranian government is only taking care of the “shias”. But in all cases, no one is asking Ahmedinejad to take care of Sunnis, just leave them be! Instead of opressing them, why aren’t they just left to deal with their own issues. This is not an issue of sunni-shia conflict, it is a matter of a government that is opressing its own people!
And just because the rest of the leaders are corrupt, it doesn’t make Ahmedinejad any better than them! He is just as corrupt, if not more, than the rest of them. Talk is cheap, and all Ahmedinejad seems to do is talk. The media quotes him all the time as threatening to attack Israel, but he has never done anything at all except talk. He probably is just a puppet for the Israelis… but he is a good actor if he has that many people fooled.

By: Intelect1430

Intelect1430 — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:32:36 +0000

I agree with Siraaj,

Abd Allah, your “Sunni” card in this discussion is is “out of context” . Siraaj is talking about “Leadership”, and if you re-read your own post you have confirmed how a Shia Leader is taking care of “shias” in his “shiaee country” can you show me one “Sunni” current Leader who is standing up for “sunnies” ?

By: Siraaj Muhammad

Siraaj Muhammad — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:36:50 +0000

Abd’Allah, my point about Ahmedinejad is not about his record with his own people or how he runs his state, but rather, the way he deals with the United States, meaning, he doesnt allow them to push him around. He calls their bluff every time. If enough Muslim leaders did the same, they would find that united, they have more than enough economic and political resources to bend the will of the West in its favor, but they’re goal is not society’s benefit, but their own, hence they always will cluck after the one’s putting them in power, the West, rather than stand straight and firm.

Siraaj

By: Shahbaaz

Shahbaaz — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:27:13 +0000

Assalamualaikum If only Hugo chavez was a Muslim... Venezuela would be an axis of evil by now. Turkey joined after Venezuela and Bolivia for the walkOut and have the Arab states no shame? BTW this is an accidental (really?) TV clip where Israel almost confirmed to attack Iran within next year.

By: Abd- Allah

Abd- Allah — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:19:36 +0000

“we cannot always get the full package, so let’s be thankful for what we get. Because surely it isn’t because our Ummah deserves it.”

Brother Amad, you are right we can not always get the full package and we should be thankful, but just because our Ummah doesn’t deserve it doesn’t mean we can’t ask for it. No one deserves Jannah but yet we all ask for it every day, right. However, just because we criticize some Muslim leaders for their policies does not mean they are not Muslims anymore. No one doesn’t have any shortcomings and mistakes, but the politicians by choosing to run for these leadership positions put themselves under the magnifier and thus become exposed to criticism.

One thing is true that remaining balanced when it comes to politics is not easy, and many of us go to an extreme of either declaring the politician or leader a kafir for doing a mistake, or of holding him in such a high position that we think he is infallible and so we start defending or denying his mistakes.