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Turkish Minister says nuke weapons do not go to Islamic mentality

Turkey's industry and trade minister said that it was impossible in a scientific atmosphere shaped up according to Islamic culture to make atomic bombs.

Turkey's industry and trade minister said on Wednesday that it was impossible in a scientific atmosphere shaped up according to Islamic culture to create biological weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and nuclear bombs.

Minister Nihat Ergun said technological products were a reflexion of the mentalities that manufactured them, and they were not independent from those mentalities. "Our culture is based on an agreement that focuses on being constructive not destructive, attaches importance on ethical values and aesthetics as good as welfare, and regards justice above everything," Ergun said during a panel discussion on "Technology Vision of Arrangement of the Muslim Conference (OIC) Countries" in Istanbul. The panel discussion took place as a portion of the fourteenth International Business Forum (IBF) organized by the Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD). Ergun said the recent global financial crisis had showed the total world that economic and technical development was not sufficient enough, and countries should cooperate and build partnerships. The curate said technology was the most important parameter defining force in the world, and societies transforming information into technology had become rich, secure and strong countries. "Many Islam countries have rich oil and natural gas resources. If we receive a new technology that can exclude fossil fuels in the world, many Islam countries can face serious problems," Ergun said. Therefore, Islam countries should attach importance to private sector, entrepreneurship, production, trade, science and technology, Ergun said. Ergun said economies that could not renew themselves, produce new products and get their existing products could not give a book to say in the world competition. "Therefore, there is demand for R&D activities to drive new products to market, raise quality and reduce costs," he said. Ergun also said Turkey would prove the proportion of R&D expenditures to its Gross Domestic Production to 2 percent by the end of 2013, and grab up with the developed countries. International Business Forum (IBF) is a voluntarily-based, non-governmental platform with the slogan of "World Business Network among Muslim Nations" for assembly of Muslim business people from all over the world where they try to get trade, investment and co-operation. The Independent Industrialists' & Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD) organizes the IBF Congress every year since 1995. The report of this year's congress, taking office in Istanbul between October 6 and 9, is "importance of engineering for growth in Muslim countries"