"A call for respect and calm
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero International Herald Tribune
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2006
With growing concern, we are witnessing the escalation in disturbing tensions provoked by the publication, in European newspapers, of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that Muslims consider deeply offensive. We shall all be the losers if we fail to immediately defuse this situation, which can only leave a trail of mistrust and misunderstanding between both sides in its wake. Therefore, it is necessary to make an appeal for respect and calm, and let the voice of reason be heard."
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