Muslim Antisemitism: IKG Criticism of Justice
The President of the Jewish Community of Vienna (IKG), Oskar Deutsch, sees a need for action by the judiciary against Muslim anti-Semitism. The police are "certainly doing their job" at demonstrations and elsewhere, but it then has almost no consequences. "There are no indictments and certainly no convictions," Deutsch criticized on Ö1 in the series "Im Journal zu Gast".
Muslim Anti-Semitism: Appeal from IKG
The judiciary should look much more closely at Muslim anti-Semitism, Deutsch appealed to Justice Minister Anna Sporrer (SPÖ). He had spoken about this several times with her predecessor Alma Zadic (Greens), "but I am not satisfied with what came out of it," said the IKG President.
Sporrer did not want to leave it at that. Combating anti-Semitism in any form is a task for society as a whole. "Austria has a special historical responsibility here. That's why we look closely," she explained in a statement, referring to her recent decree on the precise statistical recording of bias-motivated hate crimes. "With clear data, we can implement even better tailored prevention and awareness measures." However, this is only a first step, she emphasized with a view to the government program and the planned further development of the national strategy against anti-Semitism.
IKG President on Fischer and Pope Leo and Rosenkranz
Deutsch cannot understand the recent criticism of former Federal President Heinz Fischer of the Israeli government. He spoke of a "perpetrator-victim reversal" and referred to the Hamas terror attack on Israel.
Regarding the new Pope Leo XIV, Deutsch expressed hope that he would act differently than his predecessor Francis, who had also criticized Israel's actions in Gaza. He hoped that the new Pope "will have a positive impact on interfaith dialogue," said the IKG President.
Deutsch expressed satisfaction with the announcement by National Council President Walter Rosenkranz (FPÖ) that he would be "fully represented" as chairman of the National Fund for Victims of National Socialism. "Everyone can live with that," he said. This gives him the opportunity to return to the meetings of the National Fund, the Cemetery Fund, and the awarding of the Simon Wiesenthal Prize. Further steps, such as a possible constitutional amendment to allow the removal of the National Council President, are "not the issue now," said Deutsch.
(APA/Red)
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