https://youtube/watch?v=tDTPThyfL58 Heres a full translation of Erdogans speech, if anyone cares. Translated by yours truly. Latin Americas first encounter with Islam, Id like to emphasize, goes back as far as the twelfth century. It is argued that the American Continent was discovered by Columbus in 1492; however 314 years before Columbus, in 1178 Muslim sailors have reached the American Continent. Furthermore, in Christopher Columbus journals, it is mentioned that a mosque was situated on the top of a mountain on the shores of Cuba. Well, we could have a discussion about this with my Cuban brother, and we could decide that a mosque would look nice on that mountain, even today. So long as he lets us. *applause* So, even before Columbus discovered the American continent, the religion of Islam was on the continent, and had already spread. However, here, I would also like to share one important difference. Be it the Ottoman Empire, or be it other Islamic States, none of these states have used this fact at any point for political gain. Islam has never, ever been the tool of exploitation, colonization, or enslavement. While others, for the purposes of exploiting better, of oppressing more easily, have used their religion, Muslims and Islamic States have only worked for spreading the word of Islam, only attempted to conquer the hearts and minds of peoples, and only worked to glorify the name of Allah.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 00:02:28 +0000
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