Posted on 04/02/2016 5:30:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
At the opening of the Turkish government-funded Diyanet Muslim center in Maryland, President Recep Erdogan lashed out at US presidential candidates for encouraging xenophobic and Islamophobic rhetoric against “primary elements” of American society.
Speaking to a mainly Muslim crowd at the inauguration of the Turkish-funded Diyanet Center of America, in Maryland, just outside of Washington DC, Erdogan took the opportunity to criticize the American political elite and American society, saying that “there are still people walking around calling Muslims terrorists.”
He blamed the US presidential contenders for spreading anti-Muslim sentiment in the US. In their race to secure the Republican candidacy, Donald Trump has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country. His main party contender, Ted Cruz urged the police to patrol Muslim neighborhoods in the US.
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“It is very interesting and shocking for me to see some of the presidential candidates here in the United States using these allegations and using these labels against Muslims openly and on a continuous basis,” Erdogan said.
Erdogan stressed that Muslim communities in the US have nothing to do with terrorism and in fact are “contributing to strengthening the United States,” adding that Muslim communities are “primary elements” of American society.
“It is unacceptable for the Muslims of the world to be forced to pay the price of a horror of a pain and suffering created by a handful of terrorists, infamous terrorists here in the aftermath of 9/11,” he stressed.
Circumventing discussions about a Turkish military campaign against the Kurds, Erdogan touched on his Thursday visit to the Brookings Institution think tank where he was met by protesters who had been mishandled by his bodyguards.
Violence and chaos reigned outside the event, with one journalist physically removed from the venue by Turkish security personnel, another kicked by a guard, and a third, a woman, thrown to the sidewalk in front of a Washington think tank. Erdogan’s bodyguards also insulted, threatened and pushed the journalists.
However, instead of apologizing for the conduct of his security team, which also brawled with American policemen, Erdogan went on the offensive against the crowd, which kept on shouting, “Erdogan- terrorist!” Erdogan labeled pro-Kurdish protesters as “parallel state structure” in “religious disguise” in addition to calling them “terrorists.”
“There is one organization that specifically upsets me the most which has a religious disguise, which is pretending to be legal but has been involved in all sorts of illegal actions,” Erdogan said. “Not only the representatives of the parallel state organization were outside the Brookings Institution, you could see also members and supporters of the Armenian organization along with other terrorist organizations in Turkey.”
Erdogan moved on to praising the Turkish role in fighting the global terrorism, referencing the terror attack in Brussels, where he blamed the Belgian authorities for not following through on a lead provided by Ankara. At the same time he accused EU countries of refusing to extradite militants wanted by Turkey.
“The perpetrator of the recent attacks in Brussels was a person that we have identified and detained in Turkey and we had provided the relevant intelligence to the authorities in Belgium,” the Turkish President said, adding that the Belgian authorities claimed that there was “nothing ... to pay attention to.”
Good Luck Road. That’s right up the street from my house. I normally would have passed by there yesterday and the day before but by chance I took an alternate route. Sorry I missed it.
And the Armenians.
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QUESTION:How many deadly terror attacks committed in the name of Islam have occurred since September 11, 2001?
a) 234
b) 701
c) 4,049
ANSWER: d
Not to mention the millions Islam has murdered, raped, enslaved, and mutilated since its inception.
It is the "religion" of Satan.
muslims: Worshippers in a “faith” founded by a terrorist, pedophile and mass murderer.
It’s not wrong to hope for its destruction.
Heh, the way the demographics are changing in Compton, that way might have them praying to Haysus... if you get my drift ;)
Questions the reaction..... if someone built a $100 million Christian cultural center in Turkey.
I hastily read up on the history of the Hagia Sophia formerly in Constantinople, now Istanbul. A great Christian cathedral which was sacked in 1453. Still there today. From then up until 1935 it was turned into a mosque, it's splendid Christian frescoes left to wither.
In 1935 it was turned into a museum. Kemal Ataturk, the ruler ordered it. Excuse the ramble, but the cathedral was emblematic of the mighty Eastern Christian empire. One has to endure pious comments about people's fears of Islam. We know what happened to the Armenians in 1915. I do not wish any ill to law abiding peaceful muslims, nor do I think most people.
How many multimillion dollar Christian churches are being built in Muslim countries, you SOB? If I ran this joint, there would be NO mosques or “Muslim community centers” until Christians and Jews could build the same facilities in any country in the the Middle East. That bully should have been booted out of this country the minute he started whining about our freedom of speech, something he is as incapable of understanding as a pig trying to learn calculus.
The days of Ataturk are gone. That’s thr problem with turkey IMO.
Our enemies are welcome to further destroy America from within
Caliph Erdogen can cram islamic jihad up his Allah
Port.
This thing is a mosque but they won’t call it that!
Peaceful Muslims? Do you believe Islam is a religion of peace?
Do you believe Islam is a religion of peace?
After reading The Malakand Field Force by Winston Churchill who was in a strike force at age 27 - no. He mentions the traveller brought down by a stolen British breech loading rifle. The Islamic robber mutilates him, then steals his property. Churchill's comment follows:
"Stone age savages with 19th century weapons".
Nor do I, BUT due to the policy of taqiyya it is not possible to believe those who claim to be peaceful, nor those who appear to behave peacefully. They can reveal their true colors in an instant when your guard is down.
A small percentage will wage Jihad, but consider this: If you were give a thousand candy bars and told that ten were deadly poison, but you could not tell the difference, how many would YOU eat?
That’s GIVEN, of course. Need more coffee!
He's already in Turkey.
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