A 46 year old Moroccan man has been arrested in Andria, charged with mental and physical abuse of his family, and grievous bodily harm. He was described as a domineering father who imposed many restrictions on his children’s lives: he prevented his 20 year old daughter from dating an Italian boy, and his 16 year…
The path into terrorism in the name of Islam is often described as a process of radicalization. But to be radical is not necessarily to be violent. Violent radicals are clearly enemies of liberal democracies, but non-violent radicals might sometimes be powerful allies. This report is a summary of two years of research examining the…
Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), has proclaimed his respect for the Turkish community and Islam during a meeting with the Turkish ambassador, Kadri Ecvet Tezcan. After having praised Turks in Austria as “hard-workers,” Strache called Turkey an “outstanding country which Austrians love to visit,” and stated that the many…
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed complaint against Henderson Police Department following the arrest of seven south Californian Muslim men while praying in a parking lot in a shopping center. The arrested men were told they were behaving suspiciously. CAIR says the police have failed to differentiate between prayer and suspicious behavior. The police…
In this article, Michael Prüller comments on the overreactions and bizarre turns in the current debate with regard to Islam in many European countries, and especially in Austria. He highlights one “worrying trend,” whereby criminal law seems to be increasingly emerging as an instrument for immigration and culture politics. In turn, this trend has opened…
