Erdogan and Muslim Enlightenment

I don’t have time for a full post, but I really have to say something about what PM Erdogan said in Egypt yesterday (Arabic) about secularism and the state.

What a wonderfully enlightened debate-starter in this part of the world. This is something we urgently need. Muslim peoples would do very well to understand the nuanced notion Mr. Erdogan advanced: I am a Muslim Leader of a Secular state. I am very devout, but it is not my place, nor that of the state to tell people whom to or whether to worship.

So simple, so brilliant.