Axulus
Veteran Member
The right wing backlash against the Islamism threat continues, unfortunately harms non-Islamist Muslims as well:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friend...an/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
The specific targeting of Mosques and Imams and not putting in the same restrictions on other faiths, such as Christians and Jews, is worrying. The Islamist extremism is breeding support for right wing extremism. Where are the moderate voices to fill the vacuum in Europe? While some may talk about the polarization of US society, what is happening in Europe is truly scary.
[Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz] told the BBC the reforms were a “milestone” for Austria and aimed to stop certain Muslim countries using financial means to exert “political influence.” “What we want is to reduce the political influence and control from abroad and we want to give Islam the chance to develop freely within our society and in line with our common European values,” he said.
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Imams will be obliged to be able to speak German under the law. “We want a future in which increasing numbers of imams have grown up in Austria speaking German, and can in that way serve as positive examples for young Muslims,” Kurz explained.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friend...an/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
The specific targeting of Mosques and Imams and not putting in the same restrictions on other faiths, such as Christians and Jews, is worrying. The Islamist extremism is breeding support for right wing extremism. Where are the moderate voices to fill the vacuum in Europe? While some may talk about the polarization of US society, what is happening in Europe is truly scary.