'Not a matter of foreskin!' an article with such headlined was published by Hurriyet today. The article written by Burak Bekdil is devoted to a circucision ban introduced by a German court recently.
"The judge probably did not know that his ruling in June to ban ritual circumcision in the Cologne region of Germany would succeed in doing what world leaders have been futilely trying to do for decades: In Berlin, it brought together a rare but willing union of hundreds of Muslims and Jews, marching for a common cause. In that joint rally, both Muslims and Jews protested against the ban and demanded that freedom of religion be respected," the article reads.
"Of course, freedom of religion should be respected. And probably the lawmakers of the federal German state will draft a bill nullifying the local court ruling that has gone beyond the local, as doctors across Germany have refused to carry out operations in fear of legal consequences. I will leave the criticism of Jewish hypocrisies to Jewish colleagues, but what four million Muslims of Germany cry for is not freedom of religion. It is simply freedom of Islam – not of other religions, including atheism," the author says.
"Muslims think it is smart to demand rights in lands in which they are a minority because “that is democracy,” and to rigidly deny the same rights to non-Muslims in Muslim lands because “these are against the culture, religion and traditions of our majority.” Muslims should stop playing the multiculturalist, democracy-thirsty underdogs in non-Muslim lands while defending strict majoritarianism in lands where they are the majority."
"I shall always keep on asking the disturbing question: Can a religion at odds with its less devout adherents be at peace with other religions, including agnosticism and atheism?" the article reads.
