September 10, 2007 - 19:07 AMT
If formed, Kurdistan would be second non-Islamic state in Middle East
If the population of Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) and Turkey forms a united state it may become the second non-Islamic country in Middle East, said American historian Robert W. Olson.

Problems of the Kurdish population of Middle East were discussed at the U.S. fifth annual 2007 Middle East & Central Asia (MECA) Politics, Economics, and Society Conference held at the University of Utah September 6-8. Kurdistan.ru reports.

Dr. Robert Olson is a Professor of Middle History and Politics. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1973 where he studied with Professor Wadie Jwaideh and specialized in the history of the Ottoman Empire and contemporary politics of the Middle East.