25 March 2013

Two-thirds of humanity suffers from ‘Islamophobia disease’: Turkey’s religious head

Fear of Islam has spread into the hearts of nearly two-thirds of humanity through global political actors, Turkish Religious Affairs Directorate head Mehmet Görmez said today.

"Islamophobia has become an illness in the hearts of two-thirds of humanity. We are facing different kinds of challenges against Islam,” Görmez said in a meeting with religious officials in the western province of Izmir. [Hurriyet Daily News] Read more