Når en syrisk jihadist detonerer en bombe i Istanbul, så er det en større mediehistorie, ikke mindst i Tyskland, der har et stort tyrkisk mindretal. For at mindes ofrene for 12. januar-angrebet valgte tyske TELE5, at tilføje logoet stjerne og halvmåne, formentligt ud fra en ‘I dag er vi alle tyrkere’-tænkning.
“For at udtrykke vores medfølelse med ofrene for gårsdagens angreb, inkluderer vores programmer i dag dette logo”, forklares det på Twitter. Et opslag på Wikipedia fortæller, hvorfor det er en rigtig dårlig ide.
“A star (or stars) and crescent featuring in some combination form the basis of symbols widely found across the ancient world, with examples attested from the Eastern Mediterranean, Persia and Central Asia. The symbol emerged into popular use during the 19th century as a modernistic national symbol for the Ottoman Empire during the Westernizing Tanzimat reforms. … During the 1950s to 1960s, the symbol was re-interpreted as the symbol of Islam or the Muslim community. By the 1970s, this symbolism was embraced by movements of Arab nationalism or Islamism, such as the proposed Arab Islamic Republic (1974) and the American Nation of Islam (1973).” (Wikipedia)
