ISTANBUL — Mehmet Görmez, the head of Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs has harshly responded to the Pope Francis for not contributing enough to reconciliation between different religions and stated peace cannot be established through football games or disingenuous actions.
Speaking at a press conference, Görmez highlighted the fact that the Islamic world is going through an extremely difficult period of time with millions of Muslims under oppression, while numerous organizations such as the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and others act in contradiction to the nature of the religion. He touched upon the fact that around 34 mosques in Germany alone have been attacked since 2013 while Islamophobia throughout the world is on the rise while he noted that Muslims are intentionally being targeted for their religion and are being labeled as a security threat.
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