The Austrian Liberal Muslim Initiative (ILMÖ) has declared the Islamic website nektar.co.at “dangerous,” resulting from the website’s definition of “jihad” as a type of martyrdom in Islam which is not only found on the battlefield, but also through the massacre of civilians. The Federal office for the protection of the constitution and combating terrorism admits…
Rudolf Gehring, president of the Christian Party of Austria, has stated that were he to be elected president he would not permit any further construction of minarets in the country. “There are already prayer spaces; there is no need for minarets,” he said in an interview with Der Standard, before making allusion to the militant…
The Vorarlberg Islamic instructor whom the Islamic Believers Denomination suspended for public comments about such instruction has said he will file a court complaint. Aly El Ghoubashy was suspended two weeks ago after the Vienna daily “Der Standard” published an interview with him. In the interview, El Ghoubashy said: “Islamic instruction would be a good…
