Turkish ambassador to European security organization OSCE says “public should be told that Islamophobia is a crime”
The problem is that “Islamophobia” is a propaganda neologism that is used by its purveyors to refer to two distinct phenomena: harassment of innocent Muslims and violence against them, and honest analysis of the motivating ideology behind jihad terror. The goal is to use efforts against the former to silence the latter, so that no one will dare speak out against the advancing jihad for fear of incurring charges of “Islamophobia,” and that jihad can advance unimpeded and unopposed.
“‘West should be told Islamophobia is a crime,'” by Muhammet Ikbal Arslan, Anadolu Agency, January 10, 2019:
The West public should be told that Islamophobia is a crime, said newly appointed Turkish ambassador of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Friday.“It is necessary to tell the Western public in all ways needed that Islamophobia is a crime,” Mehmet Pacaci, OSCE’s senior representative to combat intolerance and discrimination against Muslims, told Anadolu Agency.Pacaci was appointed to the post on Thursday by Slovakia, who has taken over the 2019 Chairmanship of the OSCE.During his term, he said, they are going to conduct field researches on the subjects of Islamophobia and intolerance against Muslims.The reports of the researches would be brought to the agenda of the OSCE, he added.Noting that there was a high rise in Islamophobic incidents over the recent years, Pacaci said: “Turkey has always been closely following these incidents.”He went on to say that Turkish Presidency, Foreign Ministry and other relevant institutions gave great importance to this issue.Islamophobia not given importance“Actually, Islamophobia needs to be accepted as a hate crime. It is a clear fact that anti-Islamism isn’t given importance as much as anti-Semitism,” Pacaci said, adding that European countries should show some effort in this regard.“The public should be told in appropriate ways that Islamophobia is a crime. It would be a comprehensive and long-term effort,” he said….
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