by B. R. GOWANI
Darwin visits Erdogan CARTOON/Cagle
many naive and intelligent people believe:
people take diverse religious routes
but they all lead to the same God
there’s no guarantee
they end up with the same God
perhaps they’ll all drift apart
disillusioned, as there is no such God
but what’s not inane
is the fact that:
several political leaders from around the world
as Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman
India’s Narendra Modi
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu
United States’ Donald Trump
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan
and several other leaders
with dissimilar religion/background/culture/ …
are all heading towards the same goal:
hoarding more and more power with fascistic authority
Erdogan, like many non-Western leaders,
uses the weapon of religion
because he lacks the weapon of “democracy”
that Western countries use to get what they want
Erdogan, who has “absolutely no value”
for “democracy, freedom and rule of law”
and already has too much power
has now gone after Darwin
Erdogan has a dream to be the Caliph
of the Muslim Ummah or community
but that is not a possibility in today’s world
but, at least, he could be the Caliph of Turkey
that also a very backward looking Caliph
and he’s doing exactly that
school students won’t be taught theory of evolution because
“these subjects are beyond their comprehension”
from now on, a subject on jihad will be taught because
“Jihad is an element in our religion; it is in our religion …”
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com