CEN A village in Hungary has banned Muslims

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The Mayor of Asotthalom Laszlo Toroczkai has unveiled a "preventative action package" of laws to make it clear that people worshiping Islam and left-wingers are not welcome. The controversial plans are to ensure the village does not have to bow to the European Union’s mandatory migrant quotas. The new rules, which were announced on the village council's social media page, contained a personal message from the mayor, which read: "Instead of looking for a scapegoat, I offer an immediate solution, a defence against the forced mass resettlement of migrants by Brussels.

CEN The mayor posted a message to villagers on Facebook

I offer an immediate solution, a defence against the forced mass resettlement of migrants by Brussels The Mayor of Asotthalom, Laszlo Toroczkai

"Today the Asotthalom village council adopted my proposal - which is an action package - to defend our community and traditions from any plan for the outside resettlement of migrants. "All that needs to be done is for the rest of Hungary's municipalities to adopt our preventative action package, and with that we will have defended our homeland." The union’s plans involve the settlement of 160,000 asylum seekers across the continent, 1,294 of which would be moved to Hungary from Italy and Greece. Mr Toroczkai, who is a member of Hungarian far-right political party Jobbik, said: "Because more than 90 per cent of the migrants are Muslims, we adopted the following ordinances. "It is forbidden to build a mosque or any faith-oriented building which would diminish the significance of our Catholic temple. "It is forbidden to perform a muezzin in public because it may disrupt the peace and may also provoke fear, alarm, and shock among the locals.

CEN The village Asotthalom

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"It is forbidden to partially or fully cover the entire body, face, and head in public. It is also forbidden to wear swimming attire that covers the entire body, including the so-called burkini. "Similar ordinances have been adopted in the western half of the European Union. But in several cases these restrictions to the Muslim religion were not created to prevent migration, rather to defend extremist liberalism." After the last parliamentary elections in 2014 Jobbik secured 20.54 per cent of the seats, making it Hungary's third largest party in the National Assembly. Brussels' popularity plummeted when an astonishing 98 per cent of Hungarian voters rejected the imposition of EU migrant quotas back in October. The nationwide referendum campaign was launched by Prime Minister Viktor Orban after the EU announced its migrant quota plans to resettle 160,000 Syrian refugees among the existing member states. The people of Hungary were asked if they wanted to accept any future EU mandatory quota system for resettling migrants.

GETTY Viktor Orban called for a nationwide referendum on EU migrant quotas