Notoriously Islamophobic Austrian chancellor tells Dr M Anti-Semitism ‘unacceptable’
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz raised concerns over anti-Semitism with Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad this week following Putrajaya’s move to ban Israeli athletes from entering the country.
Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post quoted a spokesman from the Austrian government as saying Kurz had made his position on anti-Semitism clear to Mahathir, who is on a three-day working visit to Vienna.
“Austria is and remains without a doubt a ‘friend and partner of Israel’ and is committed to its fight against any form of anti-Semitism wherever it may occur,” Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal quoted Kurz as saying.
In an email to the daily, Launsky-Tieffenthal said Kurz had told Austrian journalists after a meeting with Mahathir that he and the prime minister held “completely contrary opinions” on the issue and that any form of “anti-Semitism in Malaysia, and anywhere else, is unacceptable”.
https://thinkprogress.org/austria-chancellor-muslims-shutting-down-mosques-03e48e7b9fdb/
