‘Islam means ‘peace’, it can’t come with ‘terror’: Erdogan slams Merkel for 'Islamist terror' phrase

We are just as committed to the fight against terrorism
and against all legal violations as the Turkish government also expected
each country does that, we do that in Germany as well
However, we can only proceed when we have knowledge about it, and such knowledge will be then assessed by the courts.
In Germany, we have a few court decisions which do not make extradition possible in certain conditions
We have talked about that today, and our justice minister will discuss it further here
but what the court confirms, that is a result of an independent inquiry, and we have and will respect that
And I have pointed out that, which is important to me
that at the moment we do not have wrong developments
for example when the question is about Imams who work on the Ditib (Die Turkisch-Islamische Anstalt fur Religion) in Germany
There must not be the impression that there are spies, but rather that the German constitutional state goes after violations of the law
Turkey can trust on it, and it belongs to the valued form of democracy
I want to underline something here because my people could have understood it wrongly
The Islamist Terror, I have explained it to the chancellor
The expression of Islamist Terror makes Muslims sick to the heart. That kind of expression cannot be used, it is not correct either
Because Islam and terror cannot come together - the verbal meaning of Islam is peace
Therefore if we put an expression which means peace together with terror, that makes the believers of that religion sad
I mean, if we use the expression 'Islamist terror' because of DAESH terror, that would be sad. Please let us not use it
Because as long as it is used we have to stand against it. If we remain silent that means to accept it
I personally as a Muslim, a Muslim President, I cannot accept it
There is a second country fighting against DAESH like us in the world
Everybody is talking, but we will keep our determination

‘Islam means ‘peace’, it can’t come with ‘terror’: Erdogan slams Merkel for 'Islamist terror' phrase

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