Santiago, Chile (IINA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told an audience in Chile that ISIS which declared a so-called Islamic caliphate in Iraq and Syria in 2014, has “nothing to do with Islam”, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.
“Islam never allows terrorism; this is one. Secondly, Islam and terror cannot be mentioned together. Third, ISIS is a terror organization and it has nothing to do with Islam,” Erdogan said during an address to the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago, Chile.
The Turkish leader is currently on a tour of Latin American states.
Erdogan said that those who linked Islam and terrorism were giving support and courage to terrorist organizations.
Erdogan said that those who linked Islam and terrorism were giving support and courage to terrorist organizations.
“On the contrary, ISIS, known in Arabic as Daesh is harming Islam with what it does,” said Erdogan, warning that the approach of associating terror with a religion or an ethnic group empowered xenophobia and racism, which he described as a “disgrace in the history of humanity”.
The trade exchange between Turkey and Latin American countries has expanded 800 percent over the past decade, to $10 billion in 2014, and Ankara has opened new embassies around the region. Erdogan said he planned to continue forging closer ties, according to AFP.
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If only ISIS had followed the peaceful Path of Islam.
Because of ISIS action many western feel Islam is a Religion of
ISIS.
But the Learned people know Islam is a Religion of truth & love for humanity.