Agence France-Presse May 26, 2013
ANKARA // Islamists attacked a group of kissing couples who locked lips
in a Turkish metro station to protest a morality campaign by the
authorities in Ankara, the local press reported on Sunday.
One person was stabbed when about 20 Islamists chanting "Allah
Akhbar" (God is Greatest) and some carrying knives attacked the
demonstrators on Saturday, the Milliyet and Hurriyet newspapers
reported.
About 200 people staged the kissing protest after
officials in the Ankara municipality, which is run by Turkey's ruling
Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP), admonished a young
couple for kissing in the street.
Turkey is predominantly Muslim
but staunchly secular, although the government of Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan has introduced several measures opponents see as a sign
of the creeping Islamisation of the country, including restrictions on
alcohol.
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