On Saturday 30 July, a hot air balloon crashed in Texas killing in the process all 16 people on board. According to Google News, over two million news articles covered this event.

On 18 August 2016 the Telegraph Newspaper, along with many other news outlets reported that Ismail Berdiyev, a senior Muslim cleric from Dagestan has advised that “all women” should be subjected to the practice of Female Circumcision to eliminate immorality in society.

The modern day superpower politics is nothing but an art of deception. Depending on how well you deceive the populace and your opponents confirm your stay at the top. Niccolo Machiavelli who is considered the founder of modern political science said in his seminal work, “The Prince,” “Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”

No analysis on the current Turkish situation can be complete without understanding Turkish history. Mustafa Kamal demolished the institution of the Caliphate and established the secular republic. In doing so he used brute force, appealed to Turkish nationalism and relied upon the declined understanding of Islam in the masses.