Turkey Tells EU to Criminalize Criticism of Islam
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Turkey wants all governments across Europe to criminalize what they call “Islamophobia,” including any negative comments about the religion.
World Net Daily reports a Turkish Foreign Minister in a statement called on all EU governments to criminalize “Islamophobia.”
He urged all politicians to recognize negative speech about Islam as ‘a hate crime and a form of racism’ in their constitutions, and went on to accuse lawmakers of not paying as much attention to Islamophobia as they do to anti-Semitism.
A report on the statement says Protestant Christians are not considered a “legal entity” in Turkey and are not allowed places of worship.
It also says Greeks are targeted with “hate crimes” and Yazidis are “simply not recognized as having religion.”
Corrie O'Connor
