From BBC: On 10 January, before an audience of eminent Islamic scholars in Kuwait City, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was awarded the “Outstanding Personality in the Muslim World” prize. Drawing on his training as a Muslim cleric, Mr Erdogan elicited cries of “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great) as he launched into a passionate tirade against Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians in his acceptance speech.
The moment perfectly captured Turkey’s growing popularity in the Arab world under Mr Erdogan’s mildly Islamist Justice and Development (AK) party government that shot to power in 2002……………………………………….Full Article: Source