Austria aiming to shut down mosques

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Austria closes mosque, promises to shut more, in wake of attack

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/6/austria-closes-mosque-promises-to-shut-more-in-wake-of-attack

 

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Austria will order the closure of mosques that it deems a threat to national security in the wake of a deadly shooting in the capital Vienna earlier this week, the Ministry of the Interior said on Friday.

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Meanwhile, the investigation into the attack continued on Friday, with German authorities carrying out raids on people with suspected links to Fejzulai.

The attack in Vienna followed an attack in Nice, France, in which four people were killed by a man of Tunisian origin.

 

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In the wake of several assaults, France has also begun to close mosques and is cracking down on the organisations it suspects are spreading hate.

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https://www.wionews.com/world/austria-government-to-ban-political-islam-shut-down-mosques-342558

 

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In a crackdown on politically-motivated Islamic activity, the Austrian government has launched an initiative to identify and register social and educational institutions that are the targets of Islamist-controlled organisations for political purposes. 

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This is not Austria's first attempt to shutdown mosque's in the country. In 2018/2019 the government went before Austrian court to shutdown 6 mosques, which was annulled.

 

http://muslimnews.co.uk/news/islamophobia/austrian-court-axes-decision-shut-mosques/

 

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Last year, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s far-right government in Austria decided to shut seven mosques and expel tens of imams.

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The season is near...

[carlos]

It doesn't make sense that European authorities have known for long that certain mosques promote radical views and yet they do nothing. Some media are trying to sell this as an attack against Islam or against religion, but actually it's just a measure against some specific mosques which are just a cover to recruit would-be terrorists.

 

Of course, once the law is made they could use it to close other religious places, who knows. But they cannot close Zoom.

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Something is a brewin'... 🧉

[Lee49]

"who knows. But they cannot close Zoom." 

 

Our Zoom sometimes closes by itself! 😁

[Old]

  On 11/13/2020 at 7:00 PM, carlos said:

 

 

Of course, once the law is made they could use it to close other religious places, who knows. But they cannot close Zoom.

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https://news.thewindowsclub.com/zoom-already-banned-in-other-countries-100168/

Zoom is already closed down in the following places:

• Belarus
• Burundi
• Central African Republic
• Cuba
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Iran
• Iraq
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Mali
• Nicaragua
• North Korea
• Pakistan (Zoom Phone)
• Somalia
• Sudan and Darfur
• South Sudan
• Syria Sanctions
• Ukraine (Crimea Region)
• United Arab Emirates (UAE) – see note
• Venezuela
• Yemen
• Zimbabwe

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  On 11/13/2020 at 9:29 PM, Old said:

Zoom is already closed down in the following places

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Not surprised by some of those countries, but still WOW.