In response, the chairman of the Islamic Religious Community in Austria (IGGO), Umit Vural, said that the Muslim group’s partnership with the state should be strengthened, “rather than calling it into question through recurring debates about political Islam.” Why doesn’t he want to talk about political Islam? If it’s as benign as so many people […]
Austria: Court annuls government plan to shut down six mosques preaching “political Islam”
What could possibly go wrong? “Austrian court axes decision to shut down mosques,” by Askin Kiyagan, Muslim News, February 16, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): VIENNA (AA): A court in Austria annulled a government plan to shut down six mosques belonging to the Arab community, a Muslim body said late on Thursday. In […]