President Erdoğan attends opening event of Mawlid al-Nabi Week

 

Speaking at the opening event of Mawlid al-Nabi Week, President Erdoğan said: “If half our hearts are here right now, the other half is in Gaza, Palestine, Yemen, Sudan, and Afghanistan, which are the bleeding wounds of the Islamic world. No matter where they live, we will not forget the innocents and the oppressed in our prayers this night.”

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the opening event of Mawlid al-Nabi Week in Ankara. 

“If half our hearts are here right now, the other half is in Gaza, Palestine, Yemen, Sudan, and Afghanistan, which are the bleeding wounds of the Islamic world. No matter where they live, we will not forget the innocents and the oppressed in our prayers this night,” President Erdoğan said. 

Stressing that today prayers will also be said for peace in the region and the world, President Erdoğan stated that they, as Muslims, believe that with every hardship comes ease, and added: "My brothers and sisters, we are not hopeless and will not be; we are not pessimistic and will not be. Despite our region's injustices, wrongs, and oppressions, we will never give in to despair. As has been for thousands of years, today’s sufferings will also come to an end. The darkness of oppression will give way to the sun of justice that warms our hearts.”