Chicago – U.S.

Sümeyye Erdoğan Bayraktar, vice president of the Turkish Women’s Democratic Association (KADEM) and the daughter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, addressed a huge gathering of Muslims of northern America in Chicago on Tuesday (early Wednesday in Turkey), which clearly showed that the Muslims of the world see Turkey as the bastion of Islam and the only hope for the survival of the Islamic nation (ummah) that is riddled with major challenges throughout the globe.

What the U.S. taught Mrs. Erdoğan Bayraktar said was important but the response of a crowd of 10,000 cheering Muslims was even more significant at the annual event organized by MAS and ICNA, the umbrella organizations for the Muslims of America.

The young Erdoğan explained to the crowd Turkey’s efforts to help those oppressed masses of the world and the help extended by Turkey to the needy but she needn’t have bothered. Because, speaker after speaker, the Muslims of northern America who come from different countries and reside in the U.S. as well as black American Muslims thanked Turkey for its contributions to the “ummah” and the help for those in Syria, Egypt and even Myanmar.

Representatives for Syrian migrants thanked Turkey for being the only country in the world to extend a helping hand to the 3 million fellow citizens fleeing the disaster in their country and hosting them in the best possible conditions. Each time the crowd reacted with a thunderous applause.

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