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The “lynching campaign” is the practice of punishing death without trial. Such practices had targeted Jews in Europe before World War II. (Read: Higher Council of Academics of Saudi Arabia: insulting the prophet Muhammad only serves extremists)
Erdogan continued his war of words with Macron after the French president’s harsh comments on radical Islam following the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty in Paris.
Speaking from the Presidential Palace in Ankara on Monday, Erdogan said Macron encouraged Islamophobia on a large scale and accused other European heads of state of participating. (Read: Macron Hina Islam Scan: Hacked French Website, Boycotted Products Everywhere)
“Muslims are now the target of a lynching campaign similar to the one carried out against Jews in Europe before World War II,” Erdogan said. Russia today, Tuesday (10/27/2020).
“European politicians must now say ‘stop’ the Macron-led hate campaign,” Erdogan continued before turning his attention to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, questioning how there can be freedom of religion in Germany after police raided a mosque. In Berlin.
While blaming Macron most of the blame, the Turkish president pointed to other Western leaders: “The attacks have become a policy at the level of heads of state, from here I call them, fascists, they are the link in the chain of Nazism”. (Read also: Arab Christians criticize the French insult to Islam)
Erdogan also repeated earlier statements about Macron’s mental health, insisting that the French president needed “mind control.” He also called for a boycott of French products.
