Leader of second largest NATO military and President of Turkey, Tayip Erdogan said on October the 25th that "Our God commands us to be violent to the kuffar".
This statement, uttered after the muslim Friday prayers by the leader of the so-called secular Turkey was largely unnoticed by most western media, however it begs the question
of whether Turkey is a country that NATO can or should still include in its member list, as such a statement, inciting violence against people based on religious beliefs (or lack thereof)
not only goes against the main principles of NATO, but even those of modern Western societies.
Religious discrimination is not what NATO and the West stand for, and it is high time that the issue was addressed. Turkey's strategic geographic position can no longer be a free pass for openly racist comments by its leader.
I would like the opinions of the members as to what (if anything) should be done about the recent statements as well as actions in Syria, as Erdogan directly linked this statement with Turkey's actions in Syria, (see links).
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/...lamic-holy-war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoBaBCkplVs