Kurz shuts down mosques, takes aims at ‘political Islam’

Austrian authorities will shut down seven mosques and several organizations as part of a crackdown on “political Islam,” Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced Friday. “Radicalization and political Islam have no place in our country,” Austria’s 31-year-old leader told a press conference in Vienna. The government will close seven mosques, dissolve the country’s Arab Cultural Community and … Continue reading Kurz shuts down mosques, takes aims at ‘political Islam’