(New York Times) Seyla Benhabib - The presence of about 30,000 Jews in Turkey is a testament to the peaceful coexistence of Jews and Muslims throughout the old Levant. This is something the murderous forces of Islamic terrorism would like to obliterate. The Jews of Turkey are also proof of the foresight and sound judgment of secular Turkey's republican founders. A thorn in the flesh of Islamic terrorists is the peaceful coexistence of Jews and Muslims since the 15th century in a Muslim country that respects the democratic equality of citizens of different faiths and ethnicities.
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