in January 2015 Moroccan-born Ahmed Aboutaleb, himself a Muslim, was speaking about the Paris shootings when he stunned a live TV audience.

The mayor of Rotterdam stunned a live TV audience by saying Muslims who despise Western culture can “pack their bags” and “f*** off”.

Moroccan-born Labour politician Ahmed Aboutaleb, who is also a Muslim, was being interviewed about the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris last week.

The 52-year-old former journalist, who moved to Holland when he was 15, is known for his hardened stance against immigrants who refuse to accept the country’s liberal way of life.

Mayor Aboutaleb told Dutch news programme Nieuwsuur (News Hour): “It is incomprehensible that you can turn against freedom.

“But if you do not like freedom, in Heaven’s name pack your bag and leave.”

He added: “There may be a place in the world where you can be yourself… be honest with yourself and do not go and kill innocent journalists.

“And if you do not like it here because humorists you do not like make a newspaper, may I then say you can f*** off.”

“This is stupid, this so incomprehensible… vanish from the Netherlands if you cannot find your place here.”

Earlier this week Mayor Aboutaleb won praise from his London counterpart Boris Johnson, who described him as “the voice of enlightenment.”

He wrote in his Telegraph column: “And my hero – the man who got straight to the point – was the Mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, himself a Muslim.

“That is the voice of the Enlightenment, of Voltaire. We can and will protect this country against these jihadist thugs.

“We will bug them and monitor them and arrest them and prosecute them and jail them. But if we are going to win the struggle for the minds of these young people, then that is the kind of voice we need to hear – and it needs above all to be a Muslim voice.”