Fatima Kurtić, a teacher of Bosnian and Herzegovinian origin in Luxembourg, claims she lost her job due to her public support for the people of Palestine and criticism of Israel’s actions.
Kurtić said that her statements do not have an antisemitic character, but represent a moral obligation of someone whose family went through the Srebrenica genocide.
“Many of my family members were killed in Srebrenica, and I can’t easily ignore yet another genocide. It is genocide, it truly is genocide. People are killed, tortured, and raped,” she told TRT Haber.
She said that not even the death threats she had received or the hatred could prevent her from talking about it.
“You must have empathy to sympathize with others. However, looking at the case of Bosnia, we didn’t give up. Even with nothing, we managed to survive and endure. The plan was to bury us all, kill us all, and they failed,” she said.
As she says, she is not hiding anything; her social media is public.
“I am very happy that even people from Israel, within Israel, reached out saying: ‘You are completely right, we are with you.’ I can’t even describe this support; I am truly grateful and blessed,” she said.
She emphasized that she has information that many people who expressed their support for Palestine also lost their jobs.
I did not hide that I was a Muslim, a Bosnian, or a Luxembourg citizen. I was completely myself,” she said.
She sees Bosnia and Herzegovina’s history as the motivation for people in Gaza.
“To those who are still alive, I always try to say: ‘Look, they had the same plan for Bosnia, to kill us all, but we still survived.’ People are still speaking about Bosnia, and we still exist and resist. That is why you have to continue; do not give up,” Kurtić said.
According to the media, the Luxembourg Ministry of National Education dismissed her, while Kurtić stated that she has initiated legal proceedings.
She claims she was dismissed without a warning and that the relevant ministry accessed her personal social media profile and used it as proof, Klix.ba writes.
