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| Islamophobia Is a Crime Against Humanity: Erdogan |
| 2006-06-29 |
| The incitement to hatred of Islam should be considered a crime against humanity, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a speech before the Council of Europe in Strasbourg yesterday. “Just as anti-Semitism is a crime against humanity, so should Islamophobia be regarded,” Erdogan said. Erdogan warned against the growing phobia against Islam and foreigners in the world in which “we Muslims feel increasingly under siege.” Referring to the row over blasphemous cartoons that were originally printed in a Danish newspaper, he said freedom of expression should not be confused with the freedom to insult. The row showed not only a “lack of respect for religious convictions,” but was also a sign of a “growing and dangerous polarization between the Western and Islamic world.” The Turkish prime minister called on Western countries to integrate the Muslims living among them to a much greater degree. “With a (Muslim) population of between 10 and 25 percent in Europe’s largest cities, it is important to follow a policy of social integration to ensure a peaceful coexistence,” Erdogan said. This was a “great challenge” that could, however, be overcome “with the joint efforts of the host countries and Muslim communities.” Erdogan did not deal with questions from members of the European Parliament about the protection of human rights and religious minorities within Turkey. The parliamentary session of the Council of Europe was debating a decision on freedom of expression and religious tolerance in connection with Erdogan’s visit. Meanwhile, the Turkish Parliament voted late Tuesday to contribute 17 soldiers and a C- 130cargo plane to a European military force that will police the first free elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, parliamentary sources said yesterday. According to the motion that was voted unanimously, the soldiers will serve in the African country from July 30to Nov. 30 to provide air defense and are expected home before the end of the year. This will be Turkey’s first European military operation outside the scope of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, of which it is a member, Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul told Parliament. In another development, Turkish police said yesterday they had detained two more people over the killing of a senior judge last month which shocked the country and fuelled tensions between the government and secularists. “Yes, we have detained two people over the Danistay attack and we are still questioning them,” an anti-terror police official at Ankara’s police headquarters told Reuters. He declined to comment on the identity of the two men. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #27 I'd always heard it had to do with improper toilet training. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-06-29 19:30 |
| #26 Zenster, Naw, they was just misunderstood and had bad childhoods. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-06-29 19:14 |
| #25 Isn't this like the Nazis claiming that their poor image is due to bad press? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-06-29 17:31 |
| #24 Any female who isn't a little Islamophobic is insane, IMHO. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2006-06-29 17:24 |
| #23 “With a (Muslim) population of between 10 and 25 percent in Europe’s largest cities, it is important to follow a policy of social integration to ensure a peaceful coexistence,” Erdogan said. IE "You'd better behave, kufrs, and become good lil' dhimmis in the new soon-to-be Eurabia (in full effect as soon as turkey joins the EU), or else!" |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-06-29 14:53 |
| #22 "Just as anti-Semitism is a crime against humanity, so should There ya go - corrected the error. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-06-29 14:40 |
| #21 OK...islam sux. mohammed was a whore-chasing, pedofile. I stand convicted in the world court of islamophobia. |
| Posted by: Floque Glinelet8787 2006-06-29 14:32 |
| #20 What a stupid argument PM Erdogan makes. It isn't antisemitism that's a crime against humanity, nor even acting on it in everyday life, like any other stupid prejudice that people act on. The crime against humanity is that the Nazis attempted murder all the Jews in the territory they controlled, an action heartily cheered by the Arab leadership then, and which they desire to reprise in their own part of the world now. Mr. Erdogan's argument is as facile as the Arabs' claim that they can't possibly be antisemites when they are a semitic people themselves, completely ignoring the history of the term. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-29 13:01 |
| #19 We'll start with a two woman panel to decide what is Islamophobic and what is not. The panel will be comprised of Oriana Fallaci and Hirsi Ali. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-06-29 12:12 |
| #18 I will agree that Islamophobia is a crime against humanity if I am allowed to pick who gets to side what is and isn't Islamophobic. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-06-29 12:08 |
| #17 Westo/aphobia....fear of shaving ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-06-29 11:16 |
| #16 It's not islamophobia, it's Westo/aphobia. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-06-29 10:37 |
| #15 If they're so upset about Islamophobia then they need to direct their outrage at the people who cause it. Turkey talks tough against the PUK nutters but they do almost nothing while their neighbor to the South is struggling between becoming a Nation - a nation that Islamic people can be proud of - and devolving into the kind of chaos and violence that Islamophobes assume is the default position of Islamic countries. |
| Posted by: Monsieur Moonbat 2006-06-29 10:16 |
| #14 Infidilophobia is it? Checking my shot record, brb. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-06-29 10:04 |
| #13 infidelicide infidelicide? Oh, LOL, there's a word I'm going to have to keep and use ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-29 10:02 |
| #12 Islamophobia is a crime against humanity. So is being a werewolf or vampire. Now that we're done talking about mythical conditions, let's consider reality. A phobia is an unreasoning fear of something, like that of heights or enclosed spaces or cats. Ask the people in the WTC if there is nothing to fear from Islam. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-06-29 09:59 |
| #11 By extension, the logical step would require that every Saudi Muslim World League sponsored mosque and madarass around the world be closed for inciting hatred against every non-Muslim (and Shia, too), right? |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2006-06-29 09:43 |
| #10 "a real pity one" -ahh, I meant *pithy*, damn fat finger. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-06-29 09:30 |
| #9 Isn't a phobia where you have a fear of something? I'm not afraid of muslims, I just hate their f*cking religion and their f*cking culture. Other then that, their okay by me. Maybe "islamohater" is the right term. I'm sure someone here can think up a real pity one. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-06-29 09:29 |
| #8 Islam should be a crime against civilizaiton and humanity. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-06-29 09:27 |
| #7 Proudly Islamophobic! Next question? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-06-29 09:23 |
| #6 bleah. The Turks have had it good for a long time. Why do they let Erdogan drag them back into caveman status? Guess that ol' Turkish Military Will Step In(TM) is ancient history. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-06-29 09:16 |
| #5 I'm guilty as charged. However, I became an Islamophobe by simply watching the news. For punishment, shouldn't I be allowed to blast a mosque with an m60 or something until I feel better ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-06-29 09:13 |
| #4 Islamophobia is a response to malignant Islamonoma. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-06-29 09:02 |
| #3 JQC, there you go using perfect logic again. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-06-29 08:59 |
| #2 The incitement to hatred of Islam should be considered a crime against humanity... One has to ask, "Who is responsible for the terrorism going on in the world? Who is performing atrocities? Who is beheading soldiers and innocents? Who killed more than 3000 U.S. citizens on 9/11. Who blew up the subways in GB and Spain? The list goes on and on and on and on. It is they who are commiting crimes against humanity. It is they who hate everything and everybody in the West. It is they who want to take over the world and make it over in their image. The islamofacists are doing it to themselves--they need no help. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2006-06-29 08:56 |
| #1 Yeah, but infidelicide is just peachy. |
| Posted by: WTF 2006-06-29 08:54 |