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A Cologne imam believes 521 victims of sexual assaults in the city on New Year’s Eve have themselves to blame for being half-naked and wearing perfume.
Sami Abu-Yusuf, a cleric at a Salafist mosque in Cologne, spoke to Russian channel REN TV to explain why the unprecedented assaults happened. Abu-Yusuf said “it is not surprising the men wanted to attack them” because of their appearance.
“If they walk half-naked and use perfume, then things will happen,” Abu-Yusuf said. “A man, a woman…it’s like a splash of oil into the fire.”
Abu-Yusuf also criticized the public’s strong reaction to the assaults by saying people “need to react properly, and not add fuel to the fire.”
In an exclusive interview with reporters REN TV local imam told one of his sermons. "We need to react properly, do not add fuel to the fire. To speak, to look for solutions. And if someone attacks on others, insults them, it may be a dangerous situation. One of the reasons (why migrants are raped girls) - how were dressed themselves women. If they walk half-naked, use perfume, and then things happen. A man, a woman ... It's like a splash of oil into the fire ... "- said to our correspondents imam" Al-Tawhid "in Cologne Sami Abu Yusuf .
Sami Abu-Yusuf, a cleric at a Salafist mosque in Cologne, spoke to Russian channel REN TV to explain why the unprecedented assaults happened. Abu-Yusuf said “it is not surprising the men wanted to attack them” because of their appearance.