According to SOS Mitmensch-report: Rendi-Wagner, Meinl-Reisinger, star and Kogler condemn smear campaigns against Muslims

No observations of Short-and Strache against anti-Muslim racism

Vienna (OTS) – Following the publication of a report by SOS Mitmensch about anti-Muslim racism in the Austrian politics, there are now numerous reactions on the part of the ÖVP, SPÖ, Neos, Now and the Green. Only the German Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz and Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, wanted to make a statement against anti-Muslim racism.

All Short-and Strache

The Federal party Chairman Pamela Rendi-Wagner (SPÖ), Beate Meinl-Reisinger (Neos), Maria Stern (Now), and Werner Kogler (The Greens) responded to the report of SOS Mitmensch with written Statements condemning anti-Muslim hate campaigns. All the country people and many of the country’s party Chairman, to condemn in the written submissions, any Form of racism. In contrast, the German Chancellor, wanted to Short and Vice-Chancellor Strache, in spite of repeated demands the gene of SOS Mitmensch, not against anti-Muslim racism comment.

Rendi-Wagner: Any kind of racism

„Any kind of racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, homophobia must be fought decisively“, stressed the Chairman of the SPÖ-Chairman Pamela Rendi-Wagner, in its opinion, to the SOS Mitmensch. Rendi-Wagner refers to the „especially the task of the political leaders in our country, to be at the top.“

Meinl-Reisinger: people are not against each other

„We are, we are denying ourselves, when people are pitted against each other and, increasingly, anti-Muslim stereotypes of the enemy are stoked,“ says Neos-Chairman Beate Meinl-Reisinger, and stresses the need for „all forms of racism and discrimination not only reject, but to actively combat.“

Star: propaganda, democracy is dangerous

The party Chairman Now, Maria Stern, underlines that „the deliberate agitation against a population group, democracy is dangerous“. Any Form of discrimination should be rejected, as the star, which is speaking out against „racial baiting from the Right“ as well as „the rise of political Islam“.

Kogler: hatred against Muslims are joined by

Green-Federal spokesman Werner Kogler criticises the fact that „the centuries-old ill-fated anti-Semitism for some time now, the harassment and hatred against Muslims are joined by“. Kogler noted that „any Form of group-focused enmity, and racism of stability and cohesion in society.“

Opinions from all main people

In addition to the Federal party Chairman of the SPÖ, Neos, Now and the Green is also the head of the people Günther Platter (ÖVP), Peter Kaiser (SPÖ), Thomas Stelzer (ÖVP), Hermann schützenhöfer (ÖVP), Wilfried Haslauer (ÖVP), Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ), Markus Wallner (ÖVP), Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP) and Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) on the report of SOS Mitmensch about anti-Muslim racism in the Austrian Top politicians are responding, and opinions against racism have made.

Many of the party’s national Chairman to speak

Further comments Chairman Thomas Steiner (ÖVP Burgenland), Regina Petrik (The Green Burgenland), Anna Bozecski (Neos Burgenland), Martin Gruber (ÖVP Carinthia), Matthias Köchl (The Greens Carinthia, Austria), Markus sub dorfer-Morgenstern (Neos Carinthia), Franz Schnabl (SPÖ of lower Austria), Helga Krismer (The Greens of lower Austria), Indra Collini (Neos lower Austria), Birgit Gerstorfer (SPÖ upper Austria), Maria Buchmayr (Green party of upper Austria), Walter Steidl (SPÖ Salzburg) come from the country party, Henry Schellhorn (The Greens Salzburg), Sepp Schellhorn (Neos Salzburg), Lambert Schönleitner (The Green Styria), Niko Swatek (Neos Steiermark), Georg Dorn Auer (SPÖ Tirol), Barbara Schramm-Skoficz (The Green of the Tyrol), Dominik Oberhofer (Neos Tyrol), Johannes Rauch (Greens, Austria), Martin Staudinger (SPÖ, Austria), Sabine Scheffknecht (Neos, Austria), Gernot Blümel (ÖVP Wien), Birgit Hebein (The Greens Vienna) and Christoph return (Neos Wien).

All comment letters are posted [on the website of SOS Mitmensch]
(https://www2.sosmitmensch.at/spitzenpolitik-verurteilt-hetzkampagnen-gegen-muslime).

Welcome the opinions

„We welcome the numerous opinions from all Federal States and of virtually all parties, against the rise of political incitement against Muslims. Our report has shown that people have reached the enemy’s campaign of such a scale and density that would have been only a few years ago unimaginable. The more important is the role model of Top politicians, the human oppose,“ said Alexander Pollak, spokesman for SOS.

Disappointed about Ducking up of the Federal Chancellor

Disappointed Pollak is shown by the refusal of the German Chancellor, in Short, a statement against anti-Muslim racism. „It is the task of a Chancellor in terms of combat incitement and racism would go forward. That Chancellor ducking Short instead, and also on repeated Requests and follow-up phone calls does not respond, it is incomprehensible and sad,“ says Pollak.

Background: at the end of January published SOS Mitmensch, for the first time, a report on anti-Muslim racism in the Austrian top policy. For the year 2018, twenty people were Muslim-racist campaigns documented in the in part also members of the Federal government were involved. These include the campaign of the Vienna FPÖ for the exclusion of Muslims from the rest of the access to public housing or to the campaign of the FPÖ-club Chairman Johann Gudenus against the granting of citizenships to Muslims. In the report, the campaign for the indexation of the family allowance, which was supported by the Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, and was directed against women with a headscarf. Also, the anti-Muslim-racist FPÖ-video campaign for the E-Card with a video appearance by Minister of social Affairs Beate Hartinger-Klein – has found in the report. The human rights organization warns of a dangerous anchoring of ideologies of Hate in the tip policy.

The report of SOS Mitmensch to anti-Muslim racism in the Austrian top policy [you can find here for Download]
(https://www2.sosmitmensch.at/antimuslimischer-rassismus-in-der-spitz
policy).

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