Delusional? Stupid? Both? Is it really a phobia if they're really trying to kill us?
Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan’s increasingly bizarre
rhetoric continued this week when he told reporters Muslims have "never
taken part in terrorist massacres" and appeared to blame the West for
the recent Islamist attacks in Paris.
The NATO nation leader and western ally has moved his powerful nation
further from its Constitutionally-mandated secularism in recent years,
and has drawn criticisms for not doing more to stop the flow of foreign
jihadis, who pass through Istanbul on their way to join Islamic State in
Syria and Iraq. But Monday's comments, against the backdrop of
near-universal condemnation of the Islamist attack on French satirical
tabloid Charlie Hebdo, could further isolate Erdogan from the West.
“As Muslims, we've never taken part in terrorist massacres," Erdogan
said. "Behind these lie racism, hate speech, and Islamophobia. French
citizens carry out such a massacre, and Muslims pay the price. The
West's hypocrisy is obvious.”
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