Hungary’s PM denounced in Bosnia for anti-Muslim rhetoric

UpwshaDecember 22, 2021

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urn-publicid-ap-org-431e51735fbbb9761d2007d9083f8aeeBosnia_Hungary_Crisis_24468 — FILE – Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels, Dec. 15, 2021. Bosnian officials and religious leaders have denounced suggestions voiced by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his spokesman that the integration of Bosnia into the European Union will be challenging because of its large Muslim population. Orban’s spokesman Zoltan Kovacs has tweeted that “the challenge with Bosnia is how to integrate a country with 2 million Muslims.” (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP, file)

By AMER COHADZIC
The Associated Press

(SEATTLE TIMES) SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian officials and religious leaders on Wednesday denounced suggestions voiced by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his spokesman that the integration of Bosnia into the European Union will be challenging because of its large Muslim population.

Orban’s spokesman Zoltan Kovacs has tweeted that “the challenge with Bosnia is how to integrate a country with 2 million Muslims.”

During his long speech on Tuesday in Budapest, right-wing populist Orban said Hungary supports Bosnia’s EU bid, adding that as an EU member, Hungary had to mobilize a lot of energy to overcome “the enlargement fatigue that has taken hold of the European Union.”