The Muslim mayor of the second largest city in the Netherlands has some words for those who don’t support freedom: Get lost. Ahmed Aboutaleb, the Muslim mayor of Rotterdam, recently sat down with Dutch news program “News Hour” to speak about the attack on the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris by Islamic extremists.

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(Ahmed Aboutaleb born August 29, 1961, is a Moroccan–Dutch politician of the Labour Party, de Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA). He has been the Mayor of Rotterdam since January 5, 2009. )

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Ahmed Aboutaleb, lashed out at Muslims living in the country saying if they didn’t like freedom of speech, they should “f**k off”. “It is incomprehensible that you can turn against freedom,” he said as he appeared on television program Nieuwsuur on Wednesday night. “But if you do not like freedom, in Heaven’s name pack your bag and leave.”

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The anger was  directed at Charlie Hebdo attackers. “There may be a place in the world where you can be yourself,” he continued as reported by Dutch publication NLTimes. “Be honest with yourself and do not go and kill innocent journalists,” Aboutaleb, who is a Muslim himself, said strongly lashing out at Wednesday’s attackers. “And if you do not like it here because humorists you do not like make a newspaper, may I then say you can f**k off.”

Originally from Morocco and the son of an imam, Aboutaleb describes himself as a “secular Muslim”, according to the Telegraph. He moved to the Netherlands in 1976 when he was 15 years old. Since becoming mayor in 2009, Aboutaleb has acknowledged he feels a responsibility to other immigrants and minorities, not only in his country, but also across Europe.

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