GALIJAŠEVIĆ: SARAJEVO AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT ISLAMIC AND PRO-NAZI

EAST SARAJEVO, JUNE 12 /SRNA/ - Counter-terrorism expert Dževad Galijašević stated that political Sarajevo is antisemitic and opposed to everything that is not Islamic and pro-Nazi.

Regarding the cancellation of the Standing Committee meeting of the Conference of European Rabbis, which was to be held in Sarajevo, Galijašević said that Sarajevo's political stance is clear and has not changed.

"It's no incident that the rabbis were denied space or the opportunity to gather in Sarajevo, which is at heart Nazi and Islamist," Galijašević emphasized.

He reminded that many streets in Sarajevo are named after Nazi leaders and members of the 13th SS Handschar Division.

"You can see names like Husein Đozo, Mustafa Busuladžić, and Fehim Spaho - all of whom were representatives of the antisemitic, anti-Jewish movement. Who more than National Socialism persecuted and endangered the survival of the Jews? Bosnian Muslims were part of that until the very end of World War II," Galijašević told SRNA.

He pointed out that political elites in Sarajevo today cooperate with all extreme Islamist movements in the world and radical Islamic monarchies.

"There is visible cooperation with global terrorist organisations. One cannot cooperate with Iran and at the same time show tolerance and empathy toward Jewish victims and not be antisemitic," Galijašević said.

He has also emphasized that this apparent affair involving Defence Minister Zukan Helez of the Council of Ministers and the Iranian military attaché is actually a reflection of a deep, systemic policy of orientation toward cooperation with Iran; whoever cooperates with Tehran, he says, works toward the disappearance of Israel.

"Iran is an existential threat to the survival of the Jewish people and Israel itself. Naturally, Sarajevo has no understanding for that, because Sarajevo today is practically war-mongering, pro-nationalist, and Islamist," Galijašević stressed.

The biannual meeting of the Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis was scheduled to be held next week at the Swissotel in Sarajevo, but the hotel canceled the booking.

Chief rabbis from across Europe - including France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom - were expected to meet to discuss the most urgent issues European Jews are facing today, including issues of freedom of religion or belief.