ISLAMOPHOBIA IS A DISEASE SPREADING FASTER THAN CORONAVIRUS, ERDOGAN

Sat 28 November 2020:

The Turkish president said Saturday that insulting people’s beliefs has nothing to do with freedom.

“You have been closely following the meanness in France towards the Prophet [Muhammad] under the label of ‘freedom of thought’,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a video message to the 23rd annual convention of the Muslim American Society.

“Insulting people’s holy figures is far removed from freedom. Because the thought is different, the insult is different.”

Those who encourage insults towards the prophet and those who ignore attacks on mosques are trying to hide their fascism.

Underlining that they use freedom of thought and the press while attacking sacred values, he said they cannot tolerate even the slightest criticism of themselves.

President Erdoğan sends videomessage to the 23rd Annual Convention of the Muslim American Societyhttps://t.co/15Z9D8xlGu

— Turkish Presidency (@trpresidency) November 28, 2020

Describing Islamophobia as a disease which spreads faster than the novel coronavirus, Erdogan said: “Cultural racism, discrimination, and intolerance have reached levels that cannot be concealed in countries that for many years have been hailed as cradles of democracy.”

Highlighting that Islamophobia and xenophobia have turned into a trend that guides state policy and makes daily life difficult, Erdogan said the marginalization of Muslims due to their beliefs, language, names, or dress has become ordinary in many countries.

On the Turkish community living in America, Erdogan said he is gladly following the close brotherly relationship they have developed with other Muslim groups.

He went on to say that the annual meeting of the Muslim American Society will give hope and strength to Islamic society.