2009-07-18 Jörg Haider islamista ja Turkin EU-jäsenyydestä

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euronews: Therefore do you believe your God is happy about your action to block the construction of any more mosques with minarets?

Jörg Haider: I think yes, because if prayer houses are abused for fundamentalist objectives, this has nothing to do with religion and therefore they should not exist here. I am against Islamic fundamentalism in particular -it is spreading more and more in Europe. Take one prime minister of Turkey who said: "Our minarets are our bayonets, our domes our helmets, our mosques our barracks, our believers our soldiers!" "This makes me think that this has nothing to do with religion with peace. This is corrupted thought – I do not need visible symbols of such kinds of Islamic fundamentalist power-play. I think in my county we need a law against the perpetuation of this.

euronews: Perhaps such views do exist but the large majority of believers in Allah want to integrate into Austria... [i.e. they want Austria integrated into Islamia] isn't this an insult to them,to deny them their religious freedoms?

Jörg Haider: Not at all! They left their countries, often because they did not want any more of this extremism -this fundamentalist approach towards their religion. Here, in Europe, in Austria they find it is possible to practise their beliefs when they pray in their mosques as they call them, but there is no need for the minarets.

euronews: You have already mentioned Turkey – does Turkey have a place in the European Union?

Jörg Haider: I believe that Turkey is something of an ambiguity – neither Asian State, nor European. One must find a new way for Turkey. For sure Turkey is an important partner – to build a bridge regarding a common energy policy – we must ensure deliveries of gas and oil from the Caucuses and Asia. We must find a way not to be dependent on Russia.

http://www.euronews.net/2008/09/17/jorg-haider-blames-eu-interference-for-austrias-isolation-in-2000-in-pre-election-interview-with-euronews/ (linkki vanhentunut)