*ANKARA: *Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hit out on Thursdayagainst “massacres” of Muslims in India after communal riots in New Delhileft at least 33 dead.
“India right now has become a country where massacres are widespread. Whatmassacres? Massacres of Muslims? By who? Hindus,” Erdogan said during aspeech in Ankara after violence broke out this week between mobs of Hindusand Muslims over a citizenship law.
Sporadic violence hit parts of Delhi overnight as gangs roamed streetslittered with the debris of days of sectarian riots that have killed 34people.
The unrest is the latest bout of violence over Prime Minister NarendraModi’s citizenship law, which triggered months of demonstrations thatturned deadly in December.
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Erdogan’s growing fame as ‘mediator’ and a ‘peace maker’ is acknowledgedworldwide. According to an annual popularity index of world politicalleaders released by Gallup Internationallinkincollaboration with Gallup Pakistan, President Erdogan has emerged as themost popular Muslim leader in the world. – APP / AFP
