Hurriyet Daily News
March 22, 2022

Turkish FM urges Islamic world to stay united against challenges

The Islamic world should stand united against the challenges Muslims in every corner of the world face…Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told at a routine meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).

He also called on the Islamic world to lend support to Muslim communities in Western Thrace, Cyprus and elsewhere in the world.

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Muslim Turks in Western Thrace and Cyprus are deprived of their basic human rights, Uyghur Turks and other Muslims in China struggle for the protection of their culture and anti-Islam sentiments in Europe are on the rise, the top Turkish diplomat stressed.

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“The war in Ukraine, which we all reject, also bluntly displayed a double standard. We have heard some saying, ‘This is not the Middle East or Afghanistan. Why is blood spilled?’ For us, the blood spilled in Kharkiv and Aleppo is the same,” Çavuşoğlu underlined.

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“The Islamic world from Sarajevo [Bosnia] to Urumqi [China] from Bakhchysarai [Crimea] to Saray [unknown] suffers from different problems. Well, do we all feel their disturbance?” he asked.

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Daily Sabah
March 22, 2022

Ukraine war revealed global hypocrisy, FM Çavuşoğlu tells OIC

Underlining that Muslim Turks, who have been in Western Thrace for seven centuries and in Cyprus for five, are deprived of their basic rights in the 21st century, Çavuşoğlu said: “The fundamental rights of our brothers and sisters in Kashmir are being violated. Islamophobia is on the rise in Europe. In China, Uyghur Turks and other Muslims face difficulties in protecting their religious rights and cultural identities. The headscarf right is denied in India, one of the countries hosting the highest number of Muslims. The Rohingya no longer even attract the attention of the world. Brotherly blood continues to flow in Libya, Syria and Yemen.”