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Representatives of Muslims living in Germany condemn the anti-Semitic riots of the past few days.
The chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, Aiman Mazyek, told the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung": "Anyone who attacks synagogues and Jews on the pretext of criticizing Israel has forfeited any right to solidarity."
He firmly condemns the "disgusting attacks on our Jewish fellow citizens".
"Anyone who complains about racism, but spreads anti-Semitic hatred himself, loses all credibility and must expect my resolute resistance."
The Hessian state manager of the DITIB mosque association, which is considered close to Erdogan, Onur Akdeniz, told the newspaper that he observed "with great concern" that the Middle East conflict "is being misused to instrumentalize the emotional feelings of Muslim believers in Germany".
He saw with “great horror” that the “supposed protests” in Düsseldorf, Münster, Gelsenkirchen and other cities had taken on “anti-Semitic and anti-democratic” traits.
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There had been many protests in recent days in view of the escalating situation in the Middle East - as well as numerous incidents, some within the protests that were directed against hoisted Israeli flags or synagogues.
There were also demonstrations across Germany on Saturday, and the situation escalated in Berlin.
In Berlin, for example, an Israel flag was stolen from the party headquarters of the CDU, while an attempt was made to light a flag in front of the Pankow town hall.
In Gelsenkirchen, the police ended an unregistered demonstration on Wednesday evening, in which around 180 people started moving from the station forecourt towards the synagogue.
The police said that anti-Semitic slogans had been chanted from within the group.
Also in other cities in North Rhine-Westphalia and other federal states there had been anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic actions in the past few days, including in front of synagogues.