German Muslims Seethe Over Merkel Aide
Charles Johnson
Tue Oct 3, 2006 at 1:58 pm PDT • Views: 286
The Central Council of Muslims is Germany’s equivalent of CAIR (every Western country has its Muslim Brotherhood front group), and they’re seething today over an accurate statement made by an aide of Chancellor Angela Merkel: Merkel aide criticized for comments on Islam. (Hat tip: Ron.)
BERLIN - The secretary general of Chancellor Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) came under fire from a Muslim group Sunday for saying Islam was the main cause of religious-motivated violence.
“It is certainly painful for many Muslims to witness their religion being exploited for violence,” Ronald Pofalla wrote in the newspaper Bild am Sonntag.
But there were many Muslims who could be incited, he added. “The problem of religiously-motivated violence today is almost exclusively a problem of Islam,” Pofalla said.
The Central Council of Muslims in Germany accused the CDU politician of dealing in stereotypes and stoking up prejudices with his remarks. “Such statements are incompatible with a democratic and enlightened society,” said the council’s general secretary, Aiman Mazyek.
Frank says: