We must have common voice against terrorism: Turkish FM

By Umar Farooq</p> <p>WASHINGTON (AA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday urged nations to reject all forms of terrorism and said Islamophobia is a big threat to the world.</p> <p>Cavusoglu spoke at the United Nation's 73rd plenary meeting, where a draft resolution was introduced on the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, and xenophobia.</p> <p>&quot;Islamophobia and racism go hand in hand,&quot; Cavusoglu said, referring to the Christchurch attacks in New Zealand, where a white nationalist terrorist killed at least 50 Muslim worshippers.</p> <p>&quot;We cannot ignore violence,&quot; he said. &quot;We have to have one common voice against these acts of violence.&quot;</p> <p>Turkey's top diplomat also told the UN that terrorism should not be associated with any religion.</p> <p>&quot;We should all reject the use of words such as Islamic terrorism, Christian terrorism, Jewish terrorism or Buddhist terrorism,&quot; Cavusoglu said.</p> <p>He added that the ideology of terrorism &quot; have a religion, a language, a race, or nation.&quot;