Austria: Extremist Conference Banned

Posted by Robert on September 24, 2004 5:05 PM

This conference tried to move from [1] Berlin to Austria; no dice. From [2] TotallyJewish, with thanks to Twostellas:

The Austrian government has vowed it will not host an Islamic conference this weekend after organisers were banned from holding the summit by authorities in Germany.

The event, which was billed as “the first Arab Islamic congress in Europe”, attracted controversy over the call for “resistance and intifada” in Iraq and Palestine featured on its website.

The site also announced support for the “struggle against American-zionist hegemony and liberation”.

Austria’s pledge not to allow the summit came in a meeting between Rabbi Marvin Heir, founder of human rights group, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, and the country’s president, Heinz Fischer.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2004/09/austria-extremist-conference-banned.html

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[1] http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/003261.php
[2] http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/stories/?disp_type=1&disp_story=wjCXTM