NATO secretary-general candidate deemed "disrespectful toward Islam"

Jihad Watch
March 24, 2009

https://www.legal-project.org/227/nato-secretary-general-candidate-deemed

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 Among other things, he is accused of having "an irresponsible and unsentimental attitude during the [Muhammad] cartoon crisis." In other words, he seems to be an advocate of free speech. "Rasmussen disrespectful toward Islam: Turkey's senior AKP official," from World Bulletin, March 24:

Suat Kiniklioglu, deputy chairman of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party for foreign relations, said, "it is unacceptable that a person who loutishly disrespect our faith and holy values in the past, will head the Alliance."

 

In an interview with the A.A, Kiniklioglu said that election of Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark as the new secretary-general of NATO could cause some difficulties for the Alliance because of the Islam[ic] world's perception of him."

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