Pacifica Institute strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in Paris. We stand united with the people of France and with people around the world in mourning the loss of innocent lives and offering our deepest condolences to the families.<\/p>\n
We honor the victims by strengthening our commitment to peace, tolerance and mutual respect.<\/p>\n
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New York, November 14, 2015<\/strong> \u2013 I strongly condemn the brutal terrorist attacks across Paris, France in the evening of Friday, November 13, that resulted in the deaths and dismemberment of hundreds of innocent people.<\/p>\n Every terrorist activity, no matter where they occur, is a blow to the peace and tranquility\u00a0of humanity everywhere. These revolting acts of terrorism are attacks not only against\u00a0people of France but against universal human values that we all share and against human\u00a0solidarity.<\/p>\n On this occasion I reiterate my categorical condemnation of all forms of terror regardless of\u00a0its perpetrators or their stated purposes. No terrorist activity can ever be condoned on any\u00a0grounds.<\/p>\n I send my deep condolences to the victims\u2019 families, loved ones and the people of France.<\/p>\n I pray that God leads all humanity to a world of peace and tranquility. I invite everyone to\u00a0join me in this prayer and act in solidarity against all forms of terrorism and in the effort to\u00a0establish peace around the world.<\/p>\n About Fethullah Gulen<\/strong><\/p>\n Fethullah Gulen is an Islamic scholar, preacher and social advocate, whose decades\u2010long commitment to\u00a0interfaith tolerance and altruism has inspired millions in Turkey and around the world. Gulen is the\u00a0honorary chairman of the Foundation of Journalists and Writers, Istanbul, Turkey.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pacifica Institute strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in Paris. We stand united with the people of France and with people around the world in mourning the loss of innocent lives and offering our deepest condolences to the families. We honor the victims by strengthening our commitment to peace, tolerance and mutual respect. Fethullah\u00a0Gulen\u00a0Statement\u00a0on\u00a0Paris\u00a0Terrorist\u00a0Attacks New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[325,326],"class_list":["post-947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-paris","tag-terrorism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/orange-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/orange-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/orange-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/orange-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/orange-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/orange-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/orange-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/orange-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/orange-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificainstitute.org\/orange-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}