AINA, CA
Assyrian International News Agency
Jan 27 2007

The Turkish State Continues Disseminating Hatred Against Non-Muslims

The Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac Association has recently written about
the religiously based threats being continuously spread from the
Turkish state ministry responsible for religious affairs, the Diyanet
Isleri Baskanligi.

The European Parliament has demanded that Turkey stop these threats,
but the situation remains. On the contrary, the threats have
intensified.

As the whole world condemns the murder and mourns the death of
Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, and as tens of thousands of Muslims
participated in the mourning of Hrant Dink, the Turkish state
ministry mentioned above has published a statement on its home page.

The statement on the home page says that, from a religious point of
view, it’s unacceptable for a Muslim to participate in religious
ceremonies of non-Muslims. It further states that Muslims are not
allowed to pray for blessing or salvation for the soul of a
non-Muslim.

The Mullah of Istanbul, who recently received the Pope and asked him
to turn to Mecca, "in the name of tolerance", did obviously not
bother himself to attend the funeral of Hrant Dink and show the same
kind of tolerance he asked from the Pope.

Turkey, an EU-candidate, continuous to spread hate propaganda against
non-Muslims, from highest authority, its own ministry of religious
issues, even after the murder of Hrant Dink.

Ahmed Hakan, a Turkish writer, recently turned against the Turkish
state in the leading news paper Hurriet, questioning the
discriminating message of the ministry of religious affairs.

This state sponsored, Turkish, religious hate propaganda against
non-Muslims must stop.

For how long will the EU and its member states turn a blind eye to
these barbaric acts?

Sweden, Södertälje 24 January 2007

ACSA Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac Association
Özcan Kaldoyo
Jakob Rohyo
Olle Wiberg

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