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Azerbaijani president: Early tendencies of â€˜confrontation of civilizationsâ€™ already visible

29 September 2016 08:35 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Ramiz Mikayiloglu – APA. Early tendencies of confrontation of civilizations are already visible, said Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.

The president made the remarks addressing the opening ceremony of the fifth Baku International Humanitarian Forum in Baku Sept. 29.

“There are dangerous processes ongoing around the world, with some countries utterly ruined and tense of thousands of people in the state of refugees and IDPs,” he said.

President Aliyev stressed that the migrants who are heading to Europe are facing harassment there.

“If we have a look in elections in Europe, we see that the radical forces win more support, which bolsters radicalism in Europe. That is a highly dangerous tendency,” he said. “We’re talking about inter-civilization dialogue, yet we are seeing the early tendencies of confrontation of civilizations. We need to have an overt talk about our shared concerns.”

Ilham Aliyev emphasized the danger of islamophobia.

“Some politicians and media outlets relate terrorism to Islam. While Muslims countries are suffering from terrorism more than other countries, some European countries say there are ready to host the migrants, but not the Muslims ones. What is this? Is fascism on the rise in Europe? Growing support to radical forces is a matter of concern. We need to openly discuss these issues,” the president warned.