ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused Western nations of trying to implement a “dirty scenario” to destroy the unity, coexistence and wealth of Islamic countries.
“Obviously, the West is trying to guarantee its own future by exporting all kinds of sick elements to the Islamic world,” Erdogan said at a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul.
He said terror organizations including the Islamic State, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram have transformed the entire region into a bloodbath while the West remains unresponsive.
“Islamophobia, neo-Nazism and racism have been increasingly replacing democracy, human rights and freedom in the Western world,” the president said, urging Islamic nations to take actions to spoil the West’s game and not to remain silent in the face of those who use Islamophobia as an instrument.
“Who are the true winners of hundreds of billions of dollars of weapons ordered by Islamic countries to the West? Who earns from it?” Erdogan asked at the 33rd meeting of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the OIC. (Xinhua)