Capitalism, not sharia, is coming to Cuba

The situation looks serious: This mosque issue seems to have created some tension in the Cuban press, according to our own press, the one that has a high dose of sensibility of Cuba due to ?comradeship.?

The source of the fear is that President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an was going to Havana, not only with one mosque projects in his suitcase, but two?

I am scanning news reports about Erdo?an?s visit to Cuba. It was told that papers were highlighting that the real agenda of the meeting with ?comandante? Raul Castro was building a mosque in Cuba, is that really true? He was going to Cuba for mosque negotiations, one in Havana, the other in Santiago, is that so? Was it reported that Erdo?an has set in his mind to build a mosque here and that other matters were of secondary importance? Or was there some exaggeration for the future of the ?last romantic communist? regime? It was shown as if this mosque negotiation was the only reason that Erdo?an included Cuba in his trip.  It is as if this is not an official trip by Erdo?an to Cuba, but it was the association?s plan to build a mosque in Cuba?

Well, the mosque issue was followed up by Erdo?an and it was brought up in the talks with Castro. It was already confirmed that The Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) had prepared a project similar to the architecture of the Ortaköy Mosque.

What about the second mosque? Erdo?an had explained that there were two supporters of the mosque idea and that Saudi Arabia also wanted to build a mosque. 

Did they misunderstand two supporters and two different mosque projects as Erdo?an wanting to build two mosques?

Cuba was the first settlement of the Spanish in the region; in other words, this island is the epicenter of first...

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