Erdoğan slams terrorism in the name of Islam --- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has denounced a recent terrorist attack by al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab at a Kenyan mall, saying Islam does not allow the killing of innocent civilians. --- “They claim they are doing this in the name of Islam. Give me a break. Allah does not give anyone the authority to kill defenseless people,” Erdoğan said during a speech on Saturday, without naming al-Shabaab or al-Qaeda. “Killing one person is no different than killing the whole of humanity. This is what our religion asserts.” --- Erdoğan also condemned an attack on a church in Peshawar, Pakistan, last Sunday that killed 85 worshippers. “We condemn every inhumane act of violence in Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon and Syria,” he said. “Terrorism has no religion, and we can never accept the words Muslim and terrorist uttered together. … Those who attempt to bring these two words together to flame Islamophobia are racist and discriminatory. Those who distinguish between good and bad terrorists are as criminal and monstrous as terrorists themselves.” todayszaman