| Turkey's top court ruled that the leader of a popular pro-Islamic party violated laws by founding the party -- a ruling that could force the politician to step down as the party's chief. The Constitutional Court said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, head of the Justice and Development Party, was banned from being among the party's founding members because of a prior conviction for inciting religious hatred. Turkey takes this stuff seriously. What's scary is that they've been taking it seriously since the 1920s, and it's still not gone away. |