Berlin against cooperation with mosque communities to combat anti -Semitism

Berlin-the mayor of the Berlin district of Neukölln, Martin Hikel (SPD), has expressed concerns that working with mosque communities to combat Islamic anti-Semitism was not effective. He describes it as a naive belief that anti -Semitism can be combated through cooperation with mosque associations. Hikel argues that many of these clubs had a political mandate and represented only a small part of the Muslim believers. The financial support and official recognition of such clubs are therefore problematic and would set false signals.

according to a report by www.volksvstimme.de Pro-Palestinian rallies and demonstrations since October 7, the day of the terrorist attack of Islamist Hamas on Israel, in Neukölln to repeat riots. Neukölln's integration officer Güner Balci expressed that anti -Semitism in the Arab population through the activities of many mosque associations and imams, which hate preached against Israel.

The mayor also criticized parts of the left-wing scene that Israel regarded as an imperial or colonial state and would see Hamas terrorists as a liberation fighter. Hikel emphasized that this view could no longer be accepted.