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Erdogan Urges United Muslim Front Against Terror by Nobody: 12:54pm On Nov 19, 2015 |
ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan on Thursday called for a united front
by Muslim leaders to fight extremism after the
Paris attacks, warning that otherwise extremists
will commit further atrocities.
Erdogan warned that “calamities will happen
again” if the rise of radical Islam is not halted
in Europe, after the Paris attacks last Friday
claimed by the Daesh group which killed 129
people and suicide bombings in Ankara that left
103 dead in October 10.
“We are at a crossroads in the fight against
terrorism after the Paris attacks,” Erdogan told
a meeting of the Atlantic Council think-tank in
Istanbul.
“I strongly condemn the terrorists, who believe
in the same religion as me, and I am calling on
all leaders of Muslim countries to put up a
united front,” he said.
“If not, those who knocked on our door in
Ankara, will knock on your door elsewhere, as
they did in Paris.”
Erdogan, a pious Muslim whose Justice and
Development Party (AKP) spearheaded the rise
of political Islam in Turkey, has long angrily
dismissed suggestions that Ankara had colluded
with Daesh in the Syrian civil war.
Turkey has supported rebel groups throughout
the over four years of conflict in Syria in the
hope they can help oust President Bashar Al-
Assad from power.
But Erdogan lashed out at any notion “that all
Muslims are terrorists,” saying: “Bad people can
be Muslims as well as Christians and Jews.”
“Those who demonise Islam by looking at
Daesh are making a big mistake,” he said, using
the Arabic acronym for IS. “Daesh has nothing
to do with Islam.” — AFP
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Re: Erdogan Urges United Muslim Front Against Terror by Nobody: 12:59pm On Nov 19, 2015 |
Missy89, Nairaminted, Appleyard over to you all. |
Re: Erdogan Urges United Muslim Front Against Terror by Appleyard(m): 1:50am On Nov 21, 2015 |
I see. But i don't think erdogan is ready yet to fight extremism and terrorism. You cant be calling for a united front against terrorism and islamic extremism while openly aiding and abeting the same group of people in Syria, under the guise of moderate rebels. You cant eat ur cake and have it. It is either you bend or you break. Nevertheless, ther is every need for all hands to be on in tackling the menace of islamic extremism. |
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