Foreign imams preach hatred
Israel’s ambassador calls for mosque control
November 9, 2023, 3:57 a.m
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In the fight against anti-Semitism, Israel’s ambassador is calling for state-funded imam training and a ban on foreign hate preachers. Prosor warns against Islamists who abuse German hospitality to push their own agenda.
The Israeli ambassador in Berlin, Ron Prosor, has called on Germany to resolutely combat hatred of Jews. “We have a problem with some imams from abroad. It must be clear to everyone: Imams come with an ideology with which they want to change Germany and Europe,” Prosor told the Funke newspapers. “That’s why the mosques need to be better monitored. It would be best if Germany trained imams on a large scale itself – and banned foreign imams from working.”
The ambassador demanded that one should not shy away from tough measures out of political correctness. In the long term it is a matter of education and upbringing. “But now we have to confront the terror and violence on German streets – including through criminal law.” Specifically, Prosor demanded in an interview with the newspapers: “Germany should change the law – and restrict freedom of expression. Peaceful demonstrations must of course be possible, but inciting hatred of Jews, of Israel and of democracy must be punished.”
Prosor warned the German public against naivety: “Hamas and Hezbollah are not only against Israel. They perceive Western societies as a whole as decadent. They detest homosexuals and want to deny women basic rights. We Jews only sit in the front row. When the Germans If you don’t act and take action against these people, they will cry tomorrow.”
“Now it’s about it again: civilization or barbarism”
The ambassador referred to what has been happening on German streets and in social networks since October 7th. “There, the extermination of the Jewish state is called for. Incendiary devices are thrown at synagogues, and houses where Jews live are marked with Stars of David. The Palestine flag is hoisted on monuments, and the establishment of a caliphate in Germany is even propagated.” , he said. “The people who do this are a Trojan horse of German democracy. The Germans have welcomed these people with open arms. Now they are abusing the hospitality. It cannot be the case that Jews and Israelis in Germany have to be afraid again. They must be against this you can do something.”
This Thursday marks the 85th anniversary of the November pogroms in National Socialist Germany. “This day of remembrance is different from all previous ones,” said Prosor. “The massacre of Hamas terrorists on October 7th reminds us how important democracy is. Israel was founded so that we Jews would never again have to experience what happened to us under the Nazi dictatorship. Now we have seen Jews burned , babies’ heads were cut off and mothers and their children were executed. It’s back to the question: civilization or barbarism.”