Condemned
“Could you imagine the uproar that would take place had someone else said the same thing about the Jewish people in the US? And people just clap.”
Soylu condemned the remarks and applause by comparing them to an analogous statement about Jewish Americans.
- Speaker
- Ragıp Soylu
- Capacity
- Journalist
- Observed
- September 5, 2026
- Published here
- September 5, 2026
- Targets
- Mosab Hassan Yousef, Jewish American Summit
- Classification rationale
- The rhetorical comparison treats the statement and applause as discriminatory and worthy of public outrage.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Soylu responded to the circulated summit clip.
After the quotation
TRT World quoted the post in reporting on the reaction.
Evidence
Complete source record
Fury as ex-Israeli spy delivers bigoted speech against Muslims, Quran and Prophet Muhammad in US (opens in a new tab)
Reaction roundup quoting Mehdi Hasan, Elizabeth Tsurkov, Ragıp Soylu, and CAIR. Used as secondary evidence where the original social posts were not accessible.