Except for that Gates of Vienna thing...
| ...and Bosnia-Herzegovina... |
There was that Moslem occupation of Spain, I guess.
"Islam has never been part of Europe, it came to us," Orban told Focus in an interview to be published in full Saturday.
I don't think Andrea Doria liked them, either.
| The Muslims conquered Sicily in the 9th century and elsewhere, from where they raided Italy and France. |
"But spiritually, Islam was never part of Europe. It's the rulebook of another world," said Orban.
He also hit out at La Belle France and Germany for refusing to countenance "any doubts" over a multicultural society.
"We in Hungary decide what we want or don't want. We don't want that," he said.
Almost 600,000 people have arrived in Europe so far this year, with many of them heading for Germany and Sweden.
Orban asserted that most asylum seekers arriving in Europe are actually economic migrants.
"Not everyone is entitled to a life in Germany or a life in Hungary. That's only for those who have worked for it," he said.
In the face of a historic surge in migrant arrivals, Hungary in September sealed its border with Serbia. On Thursday, it announced it had also completed a fence along the Croatian border.
Hungary's use of fences and its treatment of migrants, including serious festivities on September 16 between police and migrants, has been sharply criticized, including by UN chief
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon.