NO TERM GENOCIDE IN ISLAM, ERDOGAN SAYS

PanARMENIAN.Net
29.06.2006 17:49 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The matter of respect of religious confession and
freedom of expression was discussed at the PACE summer session on
June 28. According to the report of PACE Committee on Education,
Science and Culture, Finnish MP Snikki Hurskae’s report was heard.

Following him Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke about religious
record, tolerance and freedom of expression in Turkey. Then he
answered questions of the MPs. Danish MP Rune Lund accused Turkey
in committing the Armenian Genocide, occupying Cyprus and violating
rights of Kurds. In response the Turkish PM called him "helpless man,
who cannot speak basing himself on historical facts."

Erdogan noted that he supports research of the Genocide by historians
and underscored Armenian historians are invited to take part. When
asked by a deputy, "why Allah admitted commitment of the genocide,
Erdogan noted there is no concept of genocide in Islam and added
Allah likes all people created like he does himself."