Istanbul (dpa) - The whole of Europe will implode as it is riven by an "Islamophobia disease," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday.

As examples he cited this week's police raid on a mosque in the German capital, Berlin, and French President Emmanuel Macron's measures to fight Islamic radicalism.

"We are confronted daily with new and concerning signs of rising Islamophobia in Europe," Erdogan said at a congress of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Kayseri, central Anatolia.

"They [Europe] speak of secularism. But there's nothing like secularism there. It's all a lie. A lie, a lie, a lie."

There was no justification for the Berlin raid, which was "carried out in a disrespectful manner," he said.

On Wednesday, some 150 police in Berlin raided several businesses and a mosque suspected of fraudulently claiming subsidies related to the coronavirus pandemic, seizing 7,000 euros in cash, data storage devices, computers and files.

Prosecutors said the raid was aimed at three suspects who had applied for 70,000 euros, of which 45,000 had been paid. Some of the money is alleged to have been paid into the account of a mosque.

Erdogan also criticized Macron, who this month outlined plans to crack down on Islamist activists and build a form of Islam compatible with what he called "the values of the Republic."

"What is the problem this person called Macron has with Islam and Muslims? Macron needs mental treatment," Erdogan said, as supporters cheered and waved AKP flags.

"What else can you say about a president who knows nothing about freedom of faith and who is treating millions of people of different faith in his own country like this," Erdogan continued.

Erdogan and Macron have frequently been at odds over drilling and maritime rights in the eastern Mediterranean, the conflict in Libya and most recently the fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

France was shaken by the recent beheading of a history teacher by a suspected Islamist, apparently for discussing controversial caricatures of the prophet Mohammed that originally appeared in satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

Erdogan said that in France, "cartoons that insult our prophet ... are projected on buildings, which is vulgarity in its poorest form."

"Fascism in Europe has reached a new degree," Erdogan said.

He reminded people not to forget that every Islamophobic act in Europe was also an act of "hostility against Turks."

"Because for a Westerner, a Muslim is a Turk and a Turk is a Muslim."