Turkish President Erdogan says no particular person has the liberty to insult Islam or another faith after an anti-Muslim chief was given permission from the Swedish authorities to burn a duplicate of the Quran.
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Sweden mustn’t count on any good news from Türkiye on its NATO bid if it doesn’t present respect to Islam, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has mentioned.
“Those who caused such a disgrace in front of our embassy should not expect any benevolence from us regarding their NATO membership applications,” Erdogan mentioned after a Cabinet assembly within the capital Ankara on Monday.
Erdogan’s pointed remarks got here after Rasmus Paludan, the chief of Denmark’s far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line) Party, beneath police safety and with permission from the Swedish authorities, burned on Saturday a duplicate of the Quran exterior the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm.
He added that if Sweden “does not show respect to the religious beliefs” of Muslims in Türkiye and all over the world, it won’t obtain any assist from Ankara.
Earlier, Türkiye’s Presidency of Religious Affairs, Diyanet, introduced plans to take authorized motion overseas in opposition to the incident.
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Turkish President Erdogan in Ankara says:
– Those who permit such disgraceful acts in entrance of Turkish embassy in Stockholm cannot count on good news from Ankara on NATO membership
– If you do not respect faith of Türkiye or Muslims, you will not get any assist from us on NATO pic.twitter.com/a9IVAvVXbK— TRT World (@trtworld) January 23, 2023
Tolerating, supporting terror teams
Erdogan additionally criticised a current protest of supporters of the banned terror group PKK, which the town of Stockholm allowed to proceed.
“If they love the members of the terrorist organisation and the enemies of Islam that much, we advise them to delegate their country’s defence to them.”
In its greater than 35-year terror marketing campaign in opposition to Türkiye, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the US and EU – has been accountable for the deaths of over 40,000 individuals, together with ladies, kids, and infants.
Sweden and Finland formally utilized to affix NATO in May, abandoning a long time of navy non-alignment, a choice spurred by Russia’s conflict on Ukraine.
But Türkiye – a NATO member for greater than 70 years – voiced objections, accusing the 2 nations of tolerating and even supporting terror teams, together with the PKK.
Any nation becoming a member of NATO requires the unanimous approval of member states.
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Top spiritual physique to take incident to courts
Meanwhile, Presidency of Religious Affairs head Ali Erbas informed reporters within the capital Ankara on Monday that the spiritual physique’s representatives and consultants in 120 nations to protest the incident.
“We will raise our voice not only against the heinous Quran burning incident in Sweden, but also against Islamophobic attacks in European countries.”
Erbas mentioned the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs and Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have been planning a web-based assembly on the topic on Wednesday.
He mentioned they might additionally attain the representatives of various organisations through letters.
“We will also show our stance against such attacks on the Quran and mosques by writing letters to various places,” mentioned Erbas, urging a concerted voice in opposition to anti-Muslim assaults worldwide.
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