MONDAY NIGHT LIVE!!!
- 30 Apr 07, 05:38 PM
We're talking Turkey again tonight. In November '06 it was the pope's visit but today it's the secular v religious politics debate which has got folks on the debates fired up. We'll also be getting Israeli reaction to the Winograd report which has criticised PM Olmert and some other top guys for their conduct of the Lebanon war.

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Turkey: Secular, Islamic or both?
We're listening to Muge in Ankara, she's no fan of Gul: "They're using democracy as a name."
Volkan is in Istanbul, he's cool with Gul: "I don't see a problem. His party has the most votes."
We've got Mevlut Katik, Turkish affairs analyst, in the studio here in London. He';s got questions for Muge.
Muge: "Democracy is good as long as you don't hurt freedom of expression of others. We could become like Iran."
Volkan: "There's a sociological transformation in Turkey."
Masood is in the UK but is originally from Afghanistan: "Mixing up religion will lead to a threat to human rights. Reformation is the only answer within Islam. We still have religious radicals in power in Afghanistan."
Melvut: "As long as these issues are resolved within the democratic process it's ok."
We're breaking for the news . . back soon . . .
some texts are in:
"Religion is a private matter and wouldn'n be allowed to play any rules in politics!"
Frank
"Turkey is desperately trying to prove itself to Europe. I wonder if they would react the same way for a lets say christian candidate?"
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We're joined by Lori Lipman Brown, director of the Secular Coalition for America: "For us the question is will that person try and impose their theology on civil law. JFK said 'Yes I'm a catholic that's what I believe but I won't make my religion the law of the land'."
Siggy is a blogger in N. Carolina: "Turkey is a world unto itself. It's down to behaviour. Are they treating everyone else equitably? That's the bottom line. The supremacy of Islam in Pakistan works great if everyone is a muslim."
It's time to remember our colleague Alan Johnston. We're now hearing from Mohammad Abu Haseera, baraber to the journos of Gaza. Now if you've seen a pic of Alan, you'll know he is a very regular Mohammad Abu Haseera customer!
Ros' mentioning of Paul Wolfowitz at the top of the programme has got you e-Mailing in:
Reed in Portland has mailed in:
it seems that wolfowitz totally blew it by giving his girlfriend such a nice raise and while him and his lawyer are trying to point the finger at the paper trail the documents don't seem to really be in their favor. Wolfowitz's order to the HR department at the World Bank seems pretty decisively against him. I get the sense that the board at the bank is none too impressed by Wolfowitz "lawyering up" as a means of dealing with his situation as well.Winograd Report

Judge Eliyahu Winograd said today:
We lay the main responsibility for these failures on the prime minister, the defence minister and the former chief of staff, these three were responsible for these decisions and the way they were taken.
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