In Vol 10 No 3 (2007)
we reported the dastard killing of three Christians in Malatya, Turkey. As we reported then, in the morning of Wednesday April 18, 2007, Ugur Yüksel, 32, and Necati Aydin, 36, both
Turkish converts from Islam, and Tilmann Geske, 45, a German national, had left home to attend a Bible study in the office
of the Zirve Publishing House in Malatya in southeastern Turkey,. It was there that they were joined by men who pretended
to be interested in the Bible Study. The
men later identified as Islamists with strong organizational support,
subsequently attacked, bound and tortured the Christians for three hours before
slitting their throats. The murderers were
arrested almost immediately, but nine years and 115 court-hearings later, the
case only just passed through the first
Court. On 28th
Sept. this year, The
Malatya First Heavy Penal Court Sentenced Salih
Gurler, Cuma Ozdemir, Abuzer Yildirim, Hamit Ceker and Emre Gunaydin to life
imprisonment without the possibility of parole. As expected, the Islamists duly appealed the
judgement. It is understood that it will
still take many more years before the case would finally get to the Supreme
court – as it is expected to. In the
meantime, the well-connected Islamist killers, out on bail, could continue to
walk the streets freely and go about their normal businesses, celebrated as
heroes of Islam.. Read details at
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