Free-market Muslims speed Turkey&#39;s march West as leaders declare ...
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As a devout Muslim, Celal Hasnalcaci believes women should cover their hair and dress modestly, as the Koran teaches. As
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Turkey's politicians made a final pitch for votes on the eve of a parliamentary election the ruling AK Party is tipped to win, despite rivals' claims this would boost Islam in the secular nation's public life.
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The moment of truth was approaching for Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union, EU enlargement chief Guenter Verheugen said Monday, as European leaders prepare to decide whether to open membership talks with the mainly Muslim country.
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A deep cultural misunderstanding between Western and Muslim societies is fueling radical groups around the world, Turkey's prime minister says.
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Close to 15,000 area Muslims thronged the Qwest Field Exhibition Center yesterday for services marking Eid-ul-Fitr. The festival of Eid marks the end of Ramadan, Islam&#39;s holy month of prayer and fasting; Hisham
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On the eve of a devout Muslim's expected accession to the country's presidency, Turkey's resolutely secular military leadership issued a sharp warning yesterday against any attempt to erode the constitutional separation of religion and state.
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Thousands of cheering supporters showered Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with ticker tape Saturday as he returned to Ankara from a European summit, vowing to press forward with reforms and the country&#39;s bid to join the bloc.
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More than 20,000 Muslims in Istanbul  on Sunday held the biggest protest so far against Pope  Benedict's controversial visit to Turkey this week.
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Western foreign policy and a  tendency among some Muslims to impose their idea of truth have  been key factors in the rise of radical Islam, Muslim writers  say.
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Turkey is navigating a treacherous path between the forces that want to pull it closer toward Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism.
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Thousands of secular Turks rallied on  Saturday against a plan by the government to allow women  students to wear the Muslim headscarf at university, a move  they say will usher in a stricter form of Islam in Turkey.
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GAZIANTEP, Turkey  - A high-flying City of London economist and a woman are Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's top bets in this fast-growing city to present a modern, liberal face for his Islam-rooted AK Party to voters and the world.
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Most of the world&#39;s 1.2 billion Muslims began Ramadan on Thursday, a holy month of dawn-to-dusk fasting, festivities -- and abstinence.
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The moment of truth is approaching for Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union, EU enlargement chief Guenter Verheugen said Monday, as European leaders prepare to decide whether to open membership talks with the mainly Muslim country.
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Abdullah Gul, a religious man in the secular realm of Turkish politics, hopes to persuade the establishment that it has nothing to fear from his candidacy.
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Its foes like to accuse  Turkey&#39;s ruling AK Party of plotting to create an Iranian-style  Islamic state, but many among the country&#39;s Christian minority  seem to prefer the alleged Islamists to more secular parties.
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TURKEYâS prime minister said admitting his Muslim-majority country to the European Union would contribute to &quot;reconciliation between civilisations&quot;.