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Austria: Government to ban political Islam, shut down jihadi mosques

Nov 12, 2020 8:00 am By Robert Spencer 37 Comments

Expect the usual cries of “Islamophobia” and “collective punishment.” The same people who have been telling us for years that Islam has no essential political component and is perfectly compatible with Western secular government will turn on a dime and insist that to restrict political Islam is to restrict Islam itself, and is thus “racist” and absolutely unacceptable. If Austria stands firm, this could be momentous, but the pressure brought against it will be severe.

“Austria government to ban ‘political Islam’, shut down mosques,” WION, November 12, 2020:

Austria will order the closure of mosques that it deems a threat to national security.

In a crackdown on politically-motivated Islamic activity, the Austrian government has launched an initiative to identify and register social and educational institutions that are the targets of Islamist-controlled organisations for political purposes.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s cabinet agreed to the proposals that include the ability to keep individuals convicted of terror offences behind bars for life, electronic surveillance of people convicted of terror-related offences upon release and criminalizing religiously motivated political extremism.

‘We will create a criminal offence called ‘political Islam’ in order to be able to take action against those who are not terrorists themselves, but who create the breeding ground for them,’ Kurz tweeted after the Cabinet meeting.

Austria will order the closure of mosques that it deems a threat to national security. Austrian police on Monday raided more than 60 addresses allegedly linked to radical Islamists, with orders for 30 suspects to be questioned, prosecutors said….

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  1. Boycott Turkey says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 8:03 am

    Well done Austria I hope more countries follow

    Reply
    • Mauricio says

      Nov 12, 2020 at 8:12 am

      +1

      Reply
      • mortimer says

        Nov 12, 2020 at 9:09 am

        Yep … all of Europe should do likewise. Send the Muslim Brotherhood packing and get them out of town.

        Free countries cannot accommodate discriminatory, unfree Sharia law without eventually nullifying all our freedoms.

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    • revereridesagain says

      Nov 12, 2020 at 5:53 pm

      Austria knows where tyrants come from. Good for them in leading the way to begin to roll back the tide of conquest-driven Islam.

      Reply
  2. Marv Hershenson says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 8:04 am

    At least one EU country has some backbone!

    Reply
  3. Politicallyincorrectistruth says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 8:13 am

    Some rare common sense in a world gone mad and countries like Englandistan that have fully submitted to islamism. Three justice systems operate in Englandistan…one for the rich, one for the poor, and another for muslims.

    Reply
  4. Henry Schalk says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 8:17 am

    The turning of the tide? Let’s hope so. Hold fast Austria!

    Reply
    • mortimer says

      Nov 12, 2020 at 9:12 am

      This movement against globalism is spreading westward from Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland. France is gradually succumbing to this movement.

      Reply
    • Check Burry says

      Nov 12, 2020 at 4:05 pm

      So true, let battle commence. Never to late.

      Reply
  5. Michael Copeland says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 8:19 am

    “‘We will create a criminal offence called ‘political Islam’”, said Kurz.
    This may well prove to be wider than they think.
    “Islam is not like Christianity. Our Islam is political”, says Mullah Krekar.
    Singapore keeps its mosques under close control concerning what is preached.
    Maybe Austria could follow China.

    https://gatesofvienna.net/2020/07/islam-is-government/

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  6. European pagan says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 8:22 am

    I have a good idea. 3 states -> only one mosque.

    Reply
    • mortimer says

      Nov 12, 2020 at 9:14 am

      It doesn’t matter how many mosques as long as Muslims are unsure of the historical foundations of Islam. If Muslim suspect that the Koran is of human origin, it’s over for Islam.

      Reply
      • Christopher Watson says

        Nov 12, 2020 at 2:17 pm

        Close all mosques and enrol all moslems in a course of Fundamental Islamic Studies, taught by the Robert Spenser School of Islamic Nonsense. Any moslem who does not wish to follow the course will be deported within 24-hours. Any moslem who has broken the law will also be deported.

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        • gravenimage says

          Nov 13, 2020 at 12:48 am

          Robert Spencer speaks the truth about Islam–not nonsense.

  7. roberta says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 9:13 am

    I expect a storm of jihad activity to follow. If Austria can hold tight thru this storm will mean the difference between life and death of their country.
    If the violence does not work, what other ”arrow in the quiver” does islam have?

    Well I guess they have weak parasitic politicians looking for a vote. Nothing else

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    • Keith O says

      Nov 12, 2020 at 3:44 pm

      Roberta, A good thing will come from this storm.
      When the Mudslimes go nuts, as they will after orders from the barracks are given, this action will identify the sources of the Jihadist activities and enable the Austrian security forces to act in an efficient manner.

      Reply
  8. mortimer says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 9:20 am

    Arab countries have banned the Muslim Brotherhood. Austria can as well. They will have to leave or face fines and prison.

    Reply
  9. Michael Copeland says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 9:37 am

    ‘We will create a criminal offence called ‘political Islam’.
    The offence may have a wider reach than anticipated: Islam is political.
    “Islam is not like Christianity. Our Islam is political”, said Mullah Krekar.
    “Islam is politics or it is nothing”, said Ayatollah Khomeini.

    https://gatesofvienna.net/2020/07/islam-is-government/

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  10. Jayell says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 10:05 am

    ‘Government to ban political Islam, shut down jihadi mosques’……..but that should mean banning islam completely and closing ALL mosques, since islam is just a political system anyway. If the Austrians ever think they’ve succeeded in their aim as stated, they would probably just end up driving the politics underground – assuming that the muslims don’t simply raise two fingers and throw a couple of bombs at them (as usual).

    Reply
  11. SJ says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 10:15 am

    This is great! I just hope Austrians don’t think every brown person’s a Muslim, LOL. Would make it harder to enjoy visiting Vienna on my Eurotrip.

    Reply
  12. Yogi says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 10:18 am

    Good , not Germany, in Germany this idiots try pay to immans to integrate this savages !!! Good luck with that stupid politicians, this money will follow to this Islamic countries supporting ISIS , how naive and stupid can You be …

    Reply
  13. Dude says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 10:38 am

    They are not new to Nazis.

    Reply
  14. egypt says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 10:54 am

    so I guess all the mosques will be shut down since islam cannot be seperated from politics

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  15. Keys says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 10:58 am

    All this is “nice” – the Mosque building will be closed, but the “political Islam” people will apparently still reside in Austria.

    How does one distinguish a “political Muslim” from a Muslim ?
    How does this prevent “political Muslims” from meeting in other places ?

    Demolishing a couple rat’s nests in a city neither gets rid of the rats, nor changes the nature of the rats.

    Stop Muslim immigration. Deport those who can legally be deported.

    I know that all Muslims are not evil people, but the creed they profess is evil.
    To say that is a problem is an understatement.

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  16. Walter Sieruk says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 11:23 am

    Actually, the term used by many in the West in current times is “political Islam” That term is, in reality redundant. This is because Islam is in essence, a religious /political Sharia law based system. As so well explained in brief way, by the Muslim tyrant who and ruled Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini when he stated that “All Islam is politics.” [1]

    The construction of the many mosques in both in Austria and the other nations of Europe not only means that more people in America and Europe are now being proselytized to Islam. A mosques may also be places of violent jihad scheming.

    This may be disturbing enough. In addition, this mass construction of mosques on in Austria and the other European countries have still a further meaning which has been explained by a former Muslim who is now a Christian, Dr. Daniel Shayesteh, in his book ISLAM THE HOUSE I LEFT BEHIND for in page 99 it informs the reader that “The mosque is vital for establishing Muslims as sovereign over non-Muslims in a non-Islamic society or country. Building a mosque in a non-Islamic society or country symbolizes Islam’s claim over that society or country, even with a non-Muslim majority.”

    [1] THE ISLAM IN ISLAMIC TERRORISM by Ibn Warraq , page 332.

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    • Alastair Tucker says

      Nov 12, 2020 at 3:15 pm

      Absolutely. Islam is inherently a political system arguably more political than religious. It’s as redundant to use the “political” tag as it is to use the “moderate” tag. There may be many different schools but there is one Islam and it accommodates every shade of zeal and every contradictory interpretation.

      Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 13, 2020 at 12:50 am

      Yes–Islam is both a relgion (an *evil* religion) and an oppressive political theocracy.

      Reply
  17. Michael Copeland says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 11:40 am

    Each mosque is a Conspiracy House of the Religion of Kill Them.

    Reply
  18. Antiislamicman says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 1:23 pm

    At last a government that’s awake. After that start deportations it’s the only way as this sick ideology cult is here to kill you.

    Reply
  19. owensgate says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 1:35 pm

    Banning “Political Islam” from “Islam” will amount to trying to separate “Life” from “Flesh”. Not possible in the here and now, because islam is a wholly integrated system of “theosociocratic” (to make up a word in attempt to describe it) reality. To eliminate the “political”, the whole thing must be eliminated. Go for it, Austria. And good luck.

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  20. eduardo odraude says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 1:53 pm

    No need to make up a word. We have “theocratic” already.

    This Austrian move is wonderful. it reminds me of the old saw in the Soviet Union: “The government pretends to pay us, and we pretend to work.”

    Muslim leaders in the West pretend Islam is not totalitarian and political. So the Austrian government pretends to be going only after political movements linked with Islam, not Islam itself. But in reality, both sides know that going after political Islam means going after Islam itself. The Austrian government is using Islam’s own lies against Islam. Oh the irony. Maybe there is hope for Europe.

    Yes, Islam is inherently political — that’s one reason why banning “political Islam” is an excellent approach.

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    • gravenimage says

      Nov 13, 2020 at 12:51 am

      Agreed, Eduardo.

      Reply
  21. James Lincoln says

    Nov 12, 2020 at 6:36 pm

    Banning the “political” component of islam is a politically correct way of banning islam – a totalitarian religious/political ideology whose goal is to impose sharia law throughout the world.

    Actually, quite clever…

    Reply
  22. gravenimage says

    Nov 13, 2020 at 12:32 am

    Austria: Government to ban political Islam, shut down jihadi mosques
    …………………

    *Good*.Of course, this wouild be most of them. I hope Austria doesn’t back down.

    Reply
  23. Uma says

    Nov 13, 2020 at 1:26 am

    Good Morning

    Happy to find at least one country found dare enough to do so.
    Wishing lots of Happiness and prosperity to the people and the country.

    Regards
    Uma

    Reply
  24. Tom says

    Nov 13, 2020 at 2:01 pm

    It’s about time someone stood up to the Islamists. Now the rest of the spineless wonders who lead our countries might actually get a backbone and support Austria.

    Reply
  25. Dachlan says

    Nov 14, 2020 at 7:55 am

    A bit late but far better than France so far.

    Reply

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