{"id":4239,"date":"2015-04-10T18:13:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T18:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=4239"},"modified":"2015-04-10T18:13:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T18:13:36","slug":"islamic-world-risks-disintegration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/islamic-world-risks-disintegration\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamic world risks \u2018disintegration\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Erdugan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3537\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Erdugan.jpg\" alt=\"Erdugan\" width=\"323\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Erdugan.jpg 580w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Erdugan-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a>The Islamic world is at risk of \u201cdisintegration\u201d due to the current conflicts in the region between the Sunni and Shiite strands of the Muslim faith, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in comments published Thursday.<br \/>\nErdogan, who is increasingly presenting himself as a leader of the Muslim world, said he would take steps to calm the tensions by meeting Islamic leaders.<br \/>\nThe Turkish president, a devout Muslim, made the comments in a closed briefing to Turkish reporters.<br \/>\n\u201cAt this moment the Islamic world is facing the risk of disintegration,\u201d Erdogan was quoted as saying by Turkish dailies including Hurriyet and Sabah.<br \/>\n\u201cSteps need to be taken quickly to thwart these attempts\u201d to cause the disintegration, he added.<br \/>\n\u201cYou can have a different denomination (of Islam) but if you seek to impose one denomination on another you will break up the ummah (Islamic community),\u201d he said.<br \/>\nErdogan said international organizations including the Organization of Islamic Cooperation should show they are sincere about halting the violence in flashpoints like Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen.<br \/>\nBut Erdogan said he would also play a role and revealed he was planning visits to Asian Muslim powers Indonesia and Malaysia and would also once again visit Saudi Arabia.<br \/>\nTurkey during Erdogan\u2019s rule, first as premier and now as president, sought to place itself as the center of the Islamic world, although some commentators argue its move backfired and simply created more enemies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/islamic-world-risks-disintegration\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Islamic world is at risk of \u201cdisintegration\u201d due to the current conflicts in the region between the Sunni and Shiite strands of the Muslim faith, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in comments published Thursday. 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