(Anadolu) Islam is a religion of peace that defends universal values, Ali Erbas, the head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate, said on Wednesday.
“Islam is a religion of peace that defends and tries to keep the same universal values alive all over the world,” Erbas said at the opening ceremony of [the] 2nd meeting of European Muslims in the German city of Cologne.
Erbas said racism, xenophobia and attacks on mosques gradually narrow areas of freedom and restrict rights.
“The recent increase in racial movements and anti-Islamic discourses and actions in Europe threaten the multiculturalism of Europe, the culture of living together, peace and tranquility,” he added.
