Interesting news from the New York Times:
Austria Closes 7 Mosques and Seeks to Expel Imams Paid by Turkey
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of Austria on Friday ordered the closing of seven mosques and the scrutiny of the right of dozens of Turkish imams to remain in the country, citing suspected violations of an Austrian law that bans “political Islam” or foreign financing of Muslim institutions.
A bit more:
“Parallel societies, politicized Islam or radical tendencies have no place in our country,” Mr. Kurz said at a news conference announcing the measures in Vienna on Friday.
Not afraid to speak his mind - I like that! More at the site. The basic problem is that the mosques are supposed (Austrian law) to be locally funded - grass roots. The mosques that are being closed are funded by radical Islamic groups from outside Austria. The congregants of these mosques are not assimilating into Austrian society.
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