Xenophobia, Islamophobia have reached ‘intolerable levels,’ Erdogan tells UN
NEW YORK (AA) – Levels of racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia have all climbed to a dangerous breaking point, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Tuesday.
“Racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia, which spread like a virus especially in developed countries, have reached intolerable levels,” Erdogan said in his address at the annual UN General Assembly in New York.
Signs of xenophobia, racism, and Islamophobia spiraling into a new crisis have reached alarming proportions in the last year, he said.
“The mentality which encourages heinous attacks against the holy Quran in Europe by allowing them under the guise of freedom of expression is in fact darkening its own future,” said the president.
He stressed that Türkiye will continue to support initiatives to combat Islamophobia on all platforms, in particular the UN, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
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