Berlin . The Central Council of Jews has expressed disappointment at how Muslims in German mosques have dealt with the terrorist attacks on Israel. In North Rhine-Westphalia there were two events after October 7th, in a synagogue and a mosque, said the President of the Central Council, Josef Schuster, to the Düsseldorf “Rheinische Post” (online). “But it is also a fact that the imams didn’t mention anything about it in the Friday prayers, there was mostly no condemnation of Hamas and Israel’s right to exist was not discussed. We are very disappointed.” There is very little exchange at the institutional level.
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He sees “a certain indifference towards the conflict in society, although it is also far away”. The figure has been consistent for years that around 20 percent of German society has anti-Jewish advantages. His appeal: “Education, education, education. “It has to start in early childhood, no one is born an anti-Semite.”
On October 7, terrorists from the Islamist Hamas and other extremist groups carried out the worst massacre in Israel’s history.
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2023-12-24 17:26:40
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