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Austria’s Islamic Community says anti-terror law plays into hands of “radicals”

Nov 8, 2014 10:48 am By Robert Spencer

AustriamosquemeetingThe caption for this photo at the BBC site is: “A meeting inside Vienna’s main mosque for its open day The Islamic Community says the draft law could play into the hands of radicals.”

So you see, trying to stop jihad will just lead to more jihad. The best thing to do is just surrender.

The Islamic Community needn’t worry, anyway. Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Integration Sebastian Kurz says: “We want an Austrian form of Islam. Every Muslim in Austria should be able to practise his religion properly, but we don’t want influence and control from abroad.” He will eventually discover that the problem isn’t precisely foreign influence, but precepts of the Qur’an and Sunnah — ones that are likely to be taught in any “Austrian form of Islam” as much as they’re taught by non-Austrian Muslims.

“Austria’s Muslims fear changes to historic Islam law,” by Bethany Bell, BBC News, November 3, 2014:

A row has broken out in Austria over government plans to overhaul the country’s century-old law on Islam.

The new draft, which is partly aimed at tackling Islamist radicalism, forbids any foreign funding. But Austria’s official Islamic Community says it reflects a widespread mistrust of Muslims and fails to treat them equally.

Islam has been an official religion in Austria since 1912. The Islam law, the “Islamgesetz”, was brought in by the Habsburg Emperor Franz Joseph, after Austria’s annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Under the law, Muslims, like Catholics, Jews and Protestants, are guaranteed wide-ranging rights, including religious education in state schools.
Controversy

Carla Amina Baghajati from the Islamic Community says the old law has served as “a kind of a model in Europe” and done much to integrate and anchor Muslims into Austrian society.

It shows how recognition of Islam makes Muslims feel accepted, she says. “Their loyalty towards the state comes automatically.”

Roughly half a million Muslims live in Austria today, around 6% of the population. Many of them have Turkish or Bosnian roots.

After more than 100 years, most agree that the Islam law needs to be updated to reflect the realities of modern Austria.

But some parts of the government’s draft legislation have caused controversy, in particular a proposed ban on any foreign funding for mosques or imams.

The Islamic Community says that does not fit with the principle of equality.

But Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Integration Sebastian Kurz told Austrian Radio (ORF) that the ban was a necessary step.

“With other religions, there is not the challenge that we have to fear influences from abroad and therefore have to be stricter with financing,” he said.

“We want an Austrian form of Islam. Every Muslim in Austria should be able to practise his religion properly, but we don’t want influence and control from abroad.”…

At a Freedom Party Oktoberfest, Vienna district councillor Helwig Leibinger said many Muslims in Vienna were too foreign.

“They cannot be integrated very well, because the women wear the burka or something like that and they don’t want to be real Austrians. They try to be Turkish.”

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  1. Jay Boo says

    Nov 8, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    No need to overthink Islamic intentions.
    It’s all zebra, baby; it’s all zebra.

    • Huck Folder says

      Nov 9, 2014 at 2:43 am

      “Every Muslim in Austria should be able to practise his religion properly, but we don’t want influence and control from abroad.”

      But the BoH comes from the arabian desert – that’s ‘abroad’. And the ‘original’ is in 7th century arabic, so most locals wouldn’t understand what’s being said – that’s ‘influence and control’.

  2. NMS says

    Nov 8, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    This “you’ll play into the hands of the radicals” is obviously an old ploy used by Muslim fanatics for centuries to further their supremacist goals. There’s probably a Quranic verse or hadith used to justify it.

    It’s worked for hundreds of years, so why not continue playing this card?

    Basically, what they are saying is that if we don’t allow RADICAL Islam, we’re playing into the hands of the radicals. But if we DO allow RADICAL Islam, we are also playing into their hands.

    “War is deceit” clearly in action here.

    • mortimer says

      Nov 8, 2014 at 2:57 pm

      The ‘good cop/bad cop’ technique.

    • UnEasyOne says

      Nov 8, 2014 at 7:52 pm

      It’s just taqiyya. “One size fits all.”

  3. Salah says

    Nov 8, 2014 at 2:39 pm

    “We want an Austrian form of Islam. Every Muslim in Austria should be able to practise his religion properly,…”

    It’s the other way around, stupid!!!
    The most dangerous Muslims are the ones who practise their religion properly.

    • mortimer says

      Nov 8, 2014 at 2:56 pm

      Too true, Salah, but they know what they’re saying…don’t they?…it’s taqiyya, isn’t it?

  4. mortimer says

    Nov 8, 2014 at 2:50 pm

    Islam is a political party as well as an army, a culture, a legal system and finally a religion. You can be a ‘cultural Muslim’ (not practicing religion) and still participate in jihad.

    Foreign financing from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, etc. would have political strings attached.

  5. UnEasyOne says

    Nov 8, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    The west is at war, and we are losing. We are destined to lose unless we wake up, acknowledge it and fight back. I’m sure this measure is necessary; I’d like to see an end in this country to all those wahabbi mosques the Saudis are building – for starters.

    I just hope that a) This is simply a first step, and b) The US and the rest of the free world realizes that if they want to be able to continue that claim – that we are the free world – we’re gonna have to fight for that freedom, sooner rather than later.

  6. Jen says

    Nov 8, 2014 at 9:21 pm

    So you see, trying to stop jihad will just lead to more jihad. The best thing to do is just surrender.
    ——————————————-
    This is the Muslim mindset. If they’re the aggressor, then all is well. If you react defensively, they will point out your ‘savagery’ as though they cannot remember what they did to you previously. They would prefer you surrendered because after all, they’re ‘morally justified’ in what they’re doing. Allah says so. On the one hand their community is the aggressor, on the other the (self-proclaimed) ‘victim.’

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