Berlin. Berlin’s queer representative repeatedly attracts attention with provocative theses. This time he is being criticized because of a photo on Facebook.
Alfonso Pantisano, Berlin’s queer representative (SPD), has a photo of him with one Arabic headgear shows, caused a stir – especially since it was published almost at the same time as the anniversary of the attack on Israel. The picture was a reaction to statements by SPD General Secretary Kevin Kühnert. He said in a “Spiegel” interview that homophobia is often promoted by conservative gender images and religious fundamentalism, especially among Muslims.
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In Berlin he experiences that “homophobic sayings are more common from groups of men who read Muslims”. Of course the majority of them are Muslims not homophobic, “but those who are restrict my freedom and have no right to it,” said Kühnert.
Pantisano criticizes Kühnert: “Why always single out Muslims as a singular phenomenon”
Pantisano criticized on Facebook on Friday: “Dear Kevin, really now”. Queer hostility exists from people of all origins and with all languages, skin colors and religions. “But why we always single out Muslims as a singular phenomenon remains a mystery to me.” He later wrote about “anti-Muslim racism” and emphasized that one could Hostilities You can’t even tell on the street whether someone is Muslim.
To prove this, Pantisano posted a photo of himself, which he said showed him wearing an Arabic headgear in an advertising campaign in the Arab world in 2007. In the The campaign he was seen as an Arab, even though he came from Italy and was German.
The “Tagesspiegel” reported on criticism also within the SPD on the photo on the anniversary of the terrorist attack by the Islamist Hamas on Israel. The Berlin CDU General Secretary Ottilie Klein wrote on the Internet platform
