Rotterdam’s Muslim mayor to radical jihaids in West: ‘Pack your bags and f*** off'

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Re: Rotterdam’s Muslim mayor to radical jihaids in West: ‘Pack your bags and f*** off

@TLK

Agree with him, though he could have been politically correct and refer to all the religious fanatics instead of calling any faith by name, because now he appears as a border line racist (against the people of his own faith).

I understand that he is talking to a specific group in the context of one specific incident, but as a public servant, he should refrain from the direct messages. There are plenty of hardcore Muslims living in the west, who are otherwise very peaceful and law abiding. There must be many who got hurt by the cartoon of prophet Mohammed, but kept the feelings to themselves. For them, the freedom of speech went too far, but they did not react. Should they pack their bags also? You cannot put a barrier on people’s feelings. Laws are there to control the actions, not the feelings. Mayor’s talk is directly confronting the feelings of those who found those cartoons offensive.

Mayor was just trying to make his voters happy

Politically correct for a Non-Muslim mayor. For a Muslim Mayor, speaking to people who share his faith in a straight forward manner is imperative. If he had referred to extremists of ALL faiths, he would have come across as being dismissive of the reality of Muslim extremism which seems to be the central issue at the moment.