Islamic Turkey Persecutes the Christian Eastern Orthodox Church a Most Fervent Example of Islamic Religious Intolerance

This is strange because Turkey is a secular state, not an Islamic Republic. That does not mean there are no fights of course. But Turkey is rather modern. And the first church known in that area was built in Iran in 68 ad.

This comes from a CBS 60 Minutes piece this evening.
Statistics: The Eastern Orthodox Church has it's seat in Istanbul,Turkey and is 17 centuries old. It is the oldest Christian Church in existence.

In 1900 there were 2 million Christians in Istanbul. By natural repopulation between then and now that number should be around 8 million. Today there are 4000 Christians in Istanbul. Between 1923 and 1955 1.6 mil Christians were either killed by the Turks or fled the coming persecutions.

The Eastern Orthodox Church with 300 mil followers has been reduced to 9 buildings with no hope of perpetuating itself due to Turkish regulations where it is now. The Turkish Gov ordered the closure of the Church Seminary school 38 years ago thus effectively at some point in the near future assuring the destruction of the seat of the Church. By Turkish Law the Archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul) must be Turkish and TRAINED IN TURKEY.

In my opinion this represents the Islamic view of toleration of other competing religious viewpoints. Turkey is not considered a RADICAL State and thus probably is more mainstream than most Islamic nations. We in the West had best wake up real quick because it appears this is just the tip of the ICEBERG when it comes to Islam.

This is strange because Turkey is a secular state, not an Islamic Republic. That does not mean there are no fights of course. But Turkey is rather modern. And the first church known in that area was built in Iran in 68 ad.

So because they hate against us it's okay to hate against them?

This is the tip of the iceburg, and I have no doubt that it will fly over the head of this forum.

As a convert!...I thank you for posting this!

As another convert, I thank the OP.

Statistics: The Eastern Orthodox Church has it's seat in Istanbul,Turkey and is 17 centuries old. It is the oldest Christian Church in existence.

Oh in telling you about my observations in September, I forgot to mention the case of the father murdering his daughter and burying her under the chicken coop because she talked to a boy.

I don't believe he was arrested. Yes, Turkey's going radical Islam.

So because they hate against us it's okay to hate against them?