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Diyanet chief Arpaguş urges U.S. Muslims to unite against Islamophobia
At a gathering of Muslim community leaders at the Diyanet Center of America in Maryland, Türkiye's top religious official Safi Arpaguş said unity and brotherhood are Muslims' greatest strength in the face of Islamophobia and discrimination.
Prof. Dr. Safi Arpaguş, president of Türkiye's Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), called on Muslims in the United States to stand together against Islamophobia and all forms of discrimination, speaking at a gathering of religious leaders at the Diyanet Center of America in Lanham, Maryland.
Muslims in the U.S. at times face Islamophobia, prejudice and exclusion, Arpaguş told imams, representatives of Islamic organizations and community leaders from across the country. "In such times, our greatest strength is our unity and brotherhood," he said, adding that ethnic, sectarian and institutional differences should be seen as a source of richness rather than division.
He pointed to the suffering in Gaza and other regions as a reason for Muslims to come together more than ever.
Young people and online religion
Arpaguş said that while information has never been easier to reach, finding accurate information has never been harder. Young people now learn much of what they know about Islam online, where groups that exploit religion for extremism, violence or personal gain are active, he said, calling for sound religious knowledge to be offered to youth in their own language and in answer to their own questions.
38 mosques across the U.S.
Arpaguş said 38 mosques and prayer halls across the U.S. operate under or in cooperation with Diyanet, providing places of worship and social solidarity and helping communities preserve their identity. He described the Diyanet Center of America as one of the strongest symbols of Turkish-Islamic civilization abroad, crediting donations from the Turkish people, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's vision and the work of Dr. Abdülbaki Keskin.
Diyanet Deputy President Fatih Mehmet Karaca, Foreign Relations Director General Ensari Yentürk and Fatih Kanca, religious services counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, attended the meeting. Arpaguş also led the dawn prayer at the center.
His U.S. program also included a meeting with Turkish Americans in Maryland, and he was scheduled to attend the opening of the Turkish community's mosque in Rochester, New York.
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