‘There Is No Idol Worship in Islam’: Man Takes Sickle to Founder Atatürk Statue in Turkey

Posted on August 2, 2017

Police have arrested a man dressed in traditional Islamic garb who attacked a statue of founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in southeast Turkey on Saturday. The man claimed he needed to destroy the statue to adhere to his Muslim faith.

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