PM Erdoğan: "Violence in Syria is new Karbala."

PM Erdoğan: "Violence in Syria is new Karbala."(TZ).Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a strong critic of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, drew a parallel between the bloody campaign against civilians by the Syrian government and the Battle of Karbala during a speech on Friday. “What happened in Karbala 1,332 years ago is what is happening in Syria today,” Erdoğan said at an international conference titled “Arab Spring and Peace in the Middle East: Muslim and Christian Perspectives.” Erdoğan stated that the Karbala tragedy would never be forgotten and that this painful incident must be a lesson to all, referring to a battle between supporters and relatives of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Husain ibn Ali on the one side and a military detachment from the forces of Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph, in what is now Iraq in the year 680.

Islam considers human beings the most sacred of all creatures regardless of their faith, sect or status, he said, adding that Turkey doesn't have any prejudice against any ethnic origin, religion or sect. 

The prime minister on Wednesday also condemned the brutal crackdown of the Assad regime during a meeting of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), saying that Assad has created a terrorist state in Syria.Hmmmm........Erdogan: "Islam considers human beings the most sacred of all creatures regardless of their faith, sect or status.".....Just ask the Armenians, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and Christians.Read the full story here.