Erdogan: Sionisme og islamofobi er forbrytelser mot menneskeheten

Tyrkias statsminister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spiller islamofobi-kortet for hva det er verdt. Han sa onsdag at det er en økende rasisme i Europa som rammer muslimer. Slik går det når man ikke gjør noe for å stanse islamofobien, sa Erdogan.

Han ville funnet en god samtalepartner i Europarådets leder, Thorbjørn Jagland. Det er Europas dårlige samvittighet som begge spiller på. Men spørsmålet er om ikke samvittigheten snart er oppbrukt. Det i seg selv er heller ikke uproblematisk. Det kan tenkes at folk blir immune.

Erdogan har frekkhetens nådegave: Han likestiller sionisme og antisemittisme. Jødisk nasjonalisme er altså lik jødehatet som tok livet av dem.

Slik retorikk gir et legitimit cover for dagens jødehat.

Utspillet falt på møtet til Alliansen av sivilisasjoner, et forum for tettere samarbeid mellom Vesten og islamske stater. På podiet satt FNs generalsekretær uten å fortrekke en mine. Store deler av FN-systemet er preget av den samme hatefulle populistiske retorikk som Erdogan utmerker seg i.

Den perverterer en hevdvunnen menneskerettstradisjon og snur den på hodet.

Islamophobia must be recognized as a crime against humanity in the same fashion that Zionism, anti-Semitism and fascism should be, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said yesterday.

Speaking at the “Fifth Alliance of Civilizations Forum” in Vienna’s Hofburg Palace, the prime minister underlined the rising trend of fascism across the Europe. “We are facing a world in which racist attacks have gained momentum, terrorism has claimed more lives, and religions and sects treat each other with less understanding,” Erdoğan said.

“In a similar fashion, I must state that rising racism in Europe is a serious problem for the Alliance of Civilizations Project,” Erdoğan said, adding that the “disrespectful” attitudes to Muslims in certain countries hurt consciences.

“Aside from countries indifferent to Muslim countries, disrespectful attitudes toward Muslims living in certain countries continue to hurt consciences,” said Erdoğan.

Erdogan lager en blanding av rettigheter og lover og gjør dem til våpen i sin egen islamistiske kampanje: Hvis islamofobi er et anerkjent begrep, kan man stoppe munnen på dem det passer Erdogan og hans menn.

Erdogan anvender Den andre-retorikk i et land der kristne er skviset ut og vekk. Han er fylt av en selvrettferdiggjørelse stående på toppen av folkemord og fordrivelse. Uretten ser ut til å fylle ham med energi og anklager mot Europa og Israel.

“We witness very frequently the alienation of the ‘other’ in various countries instead of efforts to understand the culture and beliefs of the ‘other,’” he said.

“Just like Zionism, anti-Semitism and fascism, it becomes unavoidable that Islamophobia must be regarded as a crime against humanity,” Erdoğan said, slamming politicians who use communication tools to deepen the gap between cultures.

“Certain politicians’ defamation of a religion or a sect by mass communication tools only makes pre-conceived notions bigger and deepens the gap,” Erdoğan said.

Som for å illustrere at denne tankegangen betyr sensur, gikk hans Europa-minister til angrep på belgiske Filip de Winter, for en fotomontasje med hans datter. Slike stunt provoserer altså statsråder nok til at de tar det opp i et internasjonalt forum.

In a related development, EU Minister Egemen Bağış, who accompanied Erdoğan on the one-day trip, slammed a far-right Belgian politician, Filip Dewinter, after the latter posted a photo on his Twitter account showing a woman and a girl wearing hijabs standing next to garbage bags with a caption reading, “find the 5 differences.”
“Someone stepped up, an insolent person who I don’t feel like calling human, and put together the women wearing hijabs and garbage bags,” Bağış said Feb. 26 in Ankara, describing Dewinter’s move as “Islamophobic.” The post has also drawn criticism in Belgium.

Erdogan sa også noe annet interessant som er avslørende for hans tankegang: Opprøret og den påfølgende krigen i Mali hadde ingenting med religon – les islam – å gjøre.

The prime minister also touched on the Mali crisis. “If we evaluate the current developments in Mali as if they were based on religion, it would be a historic mistake,” Erdoğan said.

“Members of different religions in Mali are not fighting against each other. There could be acts of terrorism in Mali but to define such violence as part of a religion would not be correct since no monotheistic religion encourages terrorism. Islam means ‘peace.’ We can never accept arguments that a religion of peace, Islam, encourages or approves terrorism,” Erdoğan said.

Turkey’s EU membership would be a highly meaningful and crucial step for the success of the Alliance of Civilizations, Erdoğan also said, while criticizing world powers over their lack of response to the Syrian crisis. “Unfortunately, the modern globe has not given a good account of itself on the Syrian issue,” Erdoğan said. “When the number of those killed in the past two years in Syria has reached around 70,000, and when dozens of innocent children, women and civilians get killed in Syria, the world’s silence seriously hurts the feelings of justice.”

Samtidig som Erdogan spiller på Europas dårlige samvittighet, spiller han for galleriet: Han appellerer til ressentimentkulturen i den islamske verden, mot Israel og mot den del av vestlig kultur som motsetter seg islamsk ekspansjon.

NGO’en UN Watch synes både uttalelsene og mangel på reaksjon er opprørende:

FNs generalsekretær Ban Ki-moon satt på podiet og hørte Erdogans tale, uten å si noe. Antisemittisme er noe fjernt for den sørkoreanske generalsekretæren.

Speaking yesterday before a Vienna forum of the Alliance of Civilizations, a UN framework for West-Islam dialogue, Erodgan called Zionism, the movement founded in 1897 for Jewish self-determination, a «crime against humanity,» likening it with anti-Semitism, fascism, and Islamophobia. Click here for video (minute 8:00 to 8:30); click herefor Turkish news report.

«We remind secretary-general Ban Ki-moon that his predecessor Kofi Annanrecognized that the UN’s 1975 Zionism-is-racism resolution was an expression of anti-Semitism, and he hailed its repeal.»

UN Watch urged all members of the Alliance’s High Level Group — including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Professor John Esposito — «to denounce remarks that fundamentally contradict the very purpose of a forum supposedly dedicated to mutual tolerance.»

«Erdogan’s misuse of this global podium to incite hatred, and his resort to Ahmandinejad-style pronouncements appealing to the lowest common denominator in the Muslim world,» said Neuer, «will only strengthen the belief that his government is hewing to a confrontational stance, and fundamentally unwilling to end its four-year-old feud with Israel.»

«In a similar fashion, I must state that rising racism in Europe is a serious problem for the Alliance of Civilizations Project,” Erdoğan said, adding that the “disrespectful” attitudes to Muslims in certain countries hurt consciences.

“Aside from countries indifferent to Muslim countries, disrespectful attitudes toward Muslims living in certain countries continue to hurt consciences,” said Erdoğan.

“We witness very frequently the alienation of the ‘other’ in various countries instead of efforts to understand the culture and beliefs of the ‘other,’” he said.

“Just like Zionism, anti-Semitism and fascism, it becomes unavoidable that Islamophobia must be regarded as a crime against humanity,” Erdoğan said, slamming politicians who use communication tools to deepen the gap between cultures.

“Certain politicians’ defamation of a religion or a sect by mass communication tools only makes pre-conceived notions bigger and deepens the gap,” Erdoğan said.