President Erdoğan: Fighting against Islamophobia and xenophobia is a requirement of our responsibility towards our brothers and sisters
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed via videoconference the 36th Ministerial Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC).
Drawing attention to the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Erdoğan said the member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should plan their steps in light of the facts faced with during the pandemic, and that the means in hand must be mobilized in order to reduce the economic effects of the pandemic and ensure the continuity of production and demands.
“OUR SACRED VALUES ARE TRAMPLED UPON UNDER THE PRETEXT OF FREEDOM OF THOUGHT”
Underscoring that Muslims not only fight against the pandemic this year but also Islamophobia, which is on the rise in western countries, President Erdoğan stated workplaces, houses, places of worship and schools which belong to Muslims in those countries have come under attack by neo-Nazis almost every day, and that Muslim women are either insulted at or harassed verbally in the streets, markets, on busses or boats because of the headscarves they are wearing.
“Our sacred values are trampled upon and nefarious attacks are carried out against our Prophet under the pretext of freedom of thought and freedom of press,” President Erdoğan stressed, adding that unlawful acts against Muslims have become ordinary incidents in many western countries.
