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Turkey's Erdogan: "Muslims Found Americas Before Columbus " by panafrican(m): 3:41pm On Nov 16, 2014
Here we go again. And now will come some crack addicted and brainwashed radical jihadi volunteering to "expel infidels from America, the land of Muslims".


BBC 15 November 2014 Last updated at 15:24 ET

Muslims found Americas before Columbus says Turkey's Erdogan

He made the claim during a conference of Latin American Muslim leaders in Istanbul, pointing to a diary entry in which Columbus mentioned a mosque on a hill in Cuba.

Mr Erdogan also said "Muslim sailors arrived in America in 1178".

He said he was willing to build a mosque at the site Columbus identified.

The Turkish president - whose AK Party is rooted in political Islam - gave no further evidence to back up his theory, instead stating: "Contacts between Latin America and Islam date back to the 12th Century."
Controversial article

Columbus is widely believed to have discovered the Americas in 1492, while trying to find a new route to India.

But in a disputed article published in 1996, historian Youssef Mroueh said Columbus' entry was proof that Muslims had reached the Americas first and that "the religion of Islam was widespread".

However many scholars believe the reference is metaphorical, describing an aspect of the mountain that resembled part of a mosque.

No Islamic structures have been found in America that pre-date Columbus.

Mr Erdogan said he thought "a mosque would go perfectly on the hill today" and that he would like to discuss building this with Cuba.

The first people to reach the Americas came from Asia. They are believed to have crossed the Bering Strait about 15,000 years ago.

The first European visitors to North America are widely thought to have been Norse explorers, about 500 years before Columbus.
Article found @ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30067490
Re: Turkey's Erdogan: "Muslims Found Americas Before Columbus " by Nobody: 3:54pm On Nov 16, 2014
Says the nincompoop who built himself a 1000-room palace. This fool is dragging Turkey. towards the stone age.

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Re: Turkey's Erdogan: "Muslims Found Americas Before Columbus " by Nobody: 4:47pm On Nov 16, 2014
I pray the people of cuba prevent the project for the sake of long term peace.
Evil and religious intolerance go with that religion.
Re: Turkey's Erdogan: "Muslims Found Americas Before Columbus " by Nobody: 4:47pm On Nov 16, 2014
does this affect price of kuli-kuli?

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Re: Turkey's Erdogan: "Muslims Found Americas Before Columbus " by panafrican(m): 5:14pm On Nov 16, 2014
rafhell:
I pray the people of cuba prevent the project for the sake of long term peace.
Evil and religious intolerance go with that religion.
Don't worry, communist know how to teach a lesson to these Muslims.
Re: Turkey's Erdogan: "Muslims Found Americas Before Columbus " by tartar9(m): 7:42pm On Nov 17, 2014
whether it is true or not,america and the entirety of this earth belongs to the caliphate.
Re: Turkey's Erdogan: "Muslims Found Americas Before Columbus " by panafrican(m): 4:30am On Nov 18, 2014
tartar9:
whether it is true or not,america and the entirety of this earth belongs to the caliphate.

A Jihadi is now in the hood smoking some Marijuana from Afghanistan and feeling so high he can touch the sky !
With this shortcut way of thinking you would say that the stars also belong to your freaking caliphate maybe grin
Listen to this: KAYA NOW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T2kAjRsk28
Re: Turkey's Erdogan: "Muslims Found Americas Before Columbus " by igbo2011(m): 4:56am On Nov 18, 2014
Africans were there first!!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1ZeK4ecHKU

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