Turkish Islam Doing What U.S. Critics Have Said Islam Hasn't Done

Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts.

This is a most interesting story, from the BBC. If the story ever played in the regional papers and newscasts of the nation here, it could do a lot of good, for us, as well as for those dorkdongs of the Taliban. It states uncategorically, for instance:

[ "Some messages ban women from travelling without their husband's permission... But this isn't a religious ban. It came about because it simply wasn't safe for a woman to travel alone."

Prof Mehmet Gormez ,Hadith expert, Department of Religious Affairs ]