The Freedom Occasion stated on the occasion that “individuals who eat pork are much less prone to blow themselves up.” A video of this may be seen on social media channels.
The Islamic Non secular Neighborhood of Styria condemned the statements on Thursday, the FPÖ spoke of an “synthetic outrage” that was “utterly ridiculous.”
The dialogue passed off in BORG Dreierschützengasse and excerpts from it have been apparently filmed by college students. A few of the recordings have been made public – together with Leinfellner’s assertion.
“Gross distortion of actuality”
The Islamic Non secular Neighborhood stated in a press release that the phrases have been “not solely extraordinarily offensive, but additionally harmful.” They’d reveal a “deep-rooted hatred and prejudice towards Muslims” and in addition implied a devaluation of different non secular minorities akin to Jews, whose non secular rules additionally prohibit the consumption of pork.
It’s a “gross distortion of actuality and a harmful simplification of the complexity of human habits”: “Terrorism isn’t tied to non secular affiliation, and it’s irresponsible and unacceptable to carry a complete non secular neighborhood answerable for the actions of people.”
Within the FPÖ’s subsequent broadcast it was stated that the statements made within the dialogue might have been “exaggerated”, however “must be seen within the mild of the incidents of the previous few months”. The phrases have been additionally taken out of the context of the dialogue. The Styrian SPÖ’s prime candidate for the European Parliament election, Elisabeth Grossmann, additionally condemned the assertion: “We should resolutely counteract this brutalization within the language and in the best way we work together with one another. That is why I additionally reported the incident to the anti-discrimination company.”
“Apparently the SPÖ and different left-wing forces are as soon as once more appearing as patron saints of Islam. We’d have preferred to have seen equally outraged reactions – together with from the IGGÖ – when two younger individuals from Bruck with an Islamic background wished to explode the center faculty there or when a 14-year-old year-old Graz resident introduced that he wished to destroy the state capital,” stated Leinfellner.
Georg Schwarzl, a member of the state parliament and youth spokesman for the Styrian Inexperienced Occasion, took half in the identical dialogue and responded to the FPÖ Federal Council’s otherworldly assertion straight with criticism and contradiction, it stated in a broadcast on Thursday night. “That is the FPÖ’s technique to maintain pushing the boundaries of what may be stated. Specifically, Mr. Leinfellner, who has attracted detrimental consideration a number of occasions up to now, appears to don’t have any inhibitions regarding taking his harmful rhetoric even into academic establishments. It’s politicians like “He who contributes to the brutalization, polarization and radicalization of our society with their ruthless political video games.”
