I'm officially calling for Turkey to change its name to Bull. The Prime Minister of Tur...er...Bull demonstrated a less than stellar grasp of reality in a speech to the Council of Europe wherein he not only managed to flaunt his apparent lack of knowledge about the nature of Islam itself, but somehow managed to compare 'Islamophobia' to Anti-Semitism. Yes, the fear of Islam has been compared to the hatred of Jews.
This is especially interesting considering that Islam is a tad more anti-Semitic than a pub full of drunken Nazis.
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.”
I had no idea they felt this bad. How terrible. Let's start a "pity-club." I can introduce these Muslims to a lot of people in DC and New York...and for that matter the rest of the Western Hemisphere who feel the same way for some reason. I don't hate Islam. I hate the fact that it justifies murder and terror to a substantial portion of the world's population, whether or not they choose to publicly acknowledge the fact.
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.Um, you and your violent beliefs suck like an Oreck. Oops, look at that. Freedom of expression and an insult to boot. Cool.
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.
I lost my respect for your religious convictions when they led to the death of a friend of mine in Tower 2. Take your bullshit sob story somewhere else. Is this guy really so ignorant of current events as to not understand the reason for this polarization? People don't like to hang out with people who want to KILL them. Got it yet?
“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...”
What do you even say to this? Peaceful and coexistance are two words which are conspicuously absent in the Q'uran. You know what, let's just ask Muslim countries how they've managed to successfully integrate Christians and Jews.
And the pin drops.
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