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Orbán Cabinet Pleased There's No Mohamed at the Oroszlány School
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Károly Takács, the mayor of the town of Oroszlány, in northwestern Hungary, said in a speech to students at the local elementary school on the occasion of the start of the school year that it was a good thing there was no Muhammad among them. Takács was running for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's ruling Fidesz party.
Károly Takács's words are also surprising because he later congratulated an Indonesian woman living in Oroszlány on her Hungarian citizenship exam.
Orbán cabinet pleased there's no Mohamed at the Oroszlány school
Oroszlány Mayor Károly Takács, a member of the ruling Fidesz party, ignited a storm of outrage among parents following a controversial comment he made during his speech at the school-opening ceremony on 1 September. While reading aloud the names of the first-graders, he added that he was glad none of them were named Mohamed. Critics argue that immigration debates have no place among young children, though the government has defended the mayor. M…
After reading out the names of the first-year students at the opening of the school year, Károly Takács began to explain that the most common name in schools in Germany is already Mohamed.
Oroszlány Mayor Károly Takács made a surprising political statement in his speech welcoming first-graders at the local elementary school. He expressed his delight that there were no Arabic-sounding first names on the list of young students. The mayor later admitted that this was indeed said and that he did not see why it would be problematic.
"But it's good that Mohamed isn't among them" - this is how the mayor of Oroszlány greeted the first-year students at an opening of the school year - according to Károly Takács, anyone who doesn't like his speech shouldn't listen to it.
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