Guest post by Joe Hoft

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday and was rebuked by Erdogan for using the term “Islamist terrorism”. Erdogan said the phrase was not correct and saddened Muslims.

After holding a critical bilateral meeting with Erdogan, Merkel spoke of the need for Turkey and Germany to cooperate even further to fight against terror, including “Islamist terrorism” and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants.

“We spoke in detail about… the questions of the fight against Islamist terrorism, against every form of terrorism, also the terrorism of the PKK,” she said alongside Erdogan at his palace in Ankara. “We agree we want to cooperate, we are all affected by this. We agreed to have closer cooperation in the future,” she said. TRENDING: FOX News Panel Melts Down After Newt Gingrich Correctly Calls Out Lawless Soros-Funded District Attorneys (VIDEO) Erdogan, sitting next to Merkel, was stony-faced as she spoke. Many Muslims oppose any equating of Islam and terror, arguing those who commit crimes purportedly in the name of Islam have nothing to do with a religion that espouses peace. “This expression ‘Islamist terror’ seriously saddens us Muslims,” Erdogan replied, glancing sternly at the German chancellor. “Such an expression is not correct because Islam and terror cannot be associated. The meaning of Islam is peace.” He said it would be “saddening” if the term was used because of the crimes of the so-called Islamic State (IS) extremist group, which has been blamed for a string of attacks in Turkey over the last year. “Please let’s not use it. As long as it is used we need to stand against it. As a Muslim president personally I cannot accept that,” he said.

At the end of the discussion, Merkel did not use the term Islamic terrorism.

Chancellor Merkel tried to have eye contact at least five times with Erdogan and he would have none of it. It was clear that Muslim Erdogan looked down upon Merkel.

Erdogan’s comments about Islam meaning ‘peace’ were not true. Islam means ‘submission’ and women in Islam are to submit to men. This may be why Erdogan looked disgusted talking to Merkel. According to Islam she is not his equal.