Translated from http://istanbul.indymedia.org
Today, after the Friday prayer, about 1,000 Islamists hold a rally in Beyazit Square in Istanbul shouting: "To hell with Tayyip (1)". "Allah-u Akbar", "Imperialist USA", "No to War", "We are not going to be American Soldiers" were among the slogans they shouted. Among the banners they hanged on the walls of the Beyazit Mosque were "All Moslem peoples are brothers(2)", "Don't be a part of savagery", "Don't be afraid of America, Be afraid of God" and they carried the banner: " Global Intifada Against the US Hegemony (3)". +++++++++++++ I find the above event very important. Until recently Islamists have kept quiet since "their" party was in power but now they are raising their voices too. Global intifada it is. Best, Sabri ++++++++++++++ (1) Tayyip is Tayyip Erdogan, the president of the ruling Justice and Development Party. (2) In Turkish, there is just one word to mean both sister and brother: kardes. It is the condensed from of "karinda es" and means the ones who shared the same womb. (3) It is possible that they follow the World Systems People and I am not kidding. Many former leftists now joined the ranks of Islamists and they follow the left literature.
