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Moslem – is the form predominantly preferred in journalism and popular usage. Muslim – is preferred by scholars and by English-speaking adherents of Islam. The holy book of the Islamic religion is the Koran. When I arrived in Turkey my image of Moslems echoed what I had seen on the media. Women covered from head to toe in black cloaks and fanatical men running around with guns shooting at anything un-Islamic. Well, I got a big and pleasant surprise. Turkey is the only country in the world that is predominantly Islamic, 95%, but is secular. That is, the law and education are not dictated by the religion. Therefore few of the women are covered (refer 5. above), the men drink alcohol, strictly forbidden by the Koran. In fact, the government has a monopoly on the production of the countries national drink – Raki. Raki is very similar to Ouzo. Very, very little fanatacism. In fact quite the opposite.
