Vienna University of Technology no doubt initially invited Waldmann because they assumed he was a “moderate.” One of the most commonly repeated elements of the Leftist/Islamic supremacist rap sheet against me, supposedly establishing that I am an “anti-Muslim extremist,” is that I said that there was no reliable way to distinguish between peaceful Muslims and jihadists, and no distinction between the two in Muslim communities. This statement doesn’t mean that all Muslims are terrorists; it means that peaceful Muslims aren’t separating themselves from the terrorists. All too many jihadis have operated freely in American mosques without being put out. After a Muslim who supported the Islamic State shot a police officer in Philadelphia, the local mosque leaders initially denied knowing him, but then it turned out they were lying, and the jihadi attended the mosque frequently. The same thing happened after jihadis attacked our free speech event in Garland, Texas: the mosque they attended in Phoenix denied knowing them, but it turned out they were regular members.
Waldmann isn’t a terrorist, but his views are tantamount to calling for genocide. Why has he not been expelled from the Council of Imams at Austria’s Religious Islamic Community?
“Austria university disinvites Iran-affiliated Imam after uproar,” by Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, January 27, 2021 (thanks to Henry):
The Vienna University of Technology has withdrawn an invitation to a radical pro-Iranian regime Imam with respect to an event about mosques after a human rights group protest, it confirmed on Tuesday to The Jerusalem Post.
Herbert Kreuzeder, the university spokesman, told the Post that “Mr. Waldmann [the Imam] was originally invited” but after information from Stephan Grigat from Stop the Bomb the decision was reversed.
Grigat is the academic director of Stop the Bomb, an NGO that seeks to improve human rights in Iran and prevent the Islamic Republic from building nuclear weapons.
Erich Muhammad Waldmann is a key organizer of the al-Quds Day march in Vienna that advocates the destruction of Israel. The al-Quds Day rally, which attracts supporters of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting Israel, was called into global action in 1979 by the late Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran….
Kreuzeder said the event titled “Mosques in Transition” was held last week and dealt with the subject of “whether architectural, spatial solutions promote mutual understanding in society.” Kreuzeder declined to answer a Post query asking who invited Waldmann….
Stop the Bomb and the Vienna-based website “The Jewish” run by the Israeli journalist, Samuel Laster, have documented Waldmann’s activities over the years. He is a member of the Council of Imams at Austria’s Religious Islamic Community IGGiÖ and serves as an Imam at the pro-Iranian Imam Ali mosque.
According to Stop to the Bomb, the Austrian Ministry of Interior “registered Hezbollah and jihad flags as well as antisemitic banners saying ‘Boycott the 4th Reich, Zionists = Nazis’ and a Star of David mutating into a swastika” at al-Quds demonstrations.
Laster’s website noted that Waldmann, an Austrian, argued for the destruction of Israel during a broadcast with Österreichischer Rundfunk, an Austrian national public service broadcaster….
Michael Avery says
Apparently migrants just burned down their own camp in Kent after threatening staff
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9204689/amp/Ex-army-barracks-building-stands-destroyed-rioting-migrants-torched-row-conditions.html
Clive Delmonte says
Burning it down is fine. Let’s hope they enjoy sleeping under the stars!
Keith O says
Typical.
A barracks good enough to house men who are defending the UK, but not good enough for border crashing thugs who demand to be treated like “honored guests”.
PRCS says
A unique action, given that so many colleges and universities would have lauded him for his hatred of that “apartheid state”.
mortimer says
Austrians have not forgotten that Hitler came from Austria, even if this foolish mullah can’t recall that. Maybe Waldmann considers himself the reincarnation of Der Fuhrer.
mortimer says
Robert Spencer has said what a Muslim Lebanese cabinet minister said, namely, that it is impossible to visually distinguish between an ‘ordinary’ or ‘moderate’ Muslim and an ‘extremist’ Muslim. They both believe in the same teachings. Both believe that JIHAD is the MOST IMPORTANT of Islam’s six pillars, but the ‘extreme’ Muslims are ACTING on the belief that JIHAD is important and the ‘moderates’ are NOT acting on jihad.
tim gallagher says
They would have dropped this Muslim spokesman because his views about israel would be unacceptable in a western country (what would be called the “optics” – in the jargon I often hear these days- of having this Muslim express such genocidal views), but I would think that almost all Muslims would support the destruction of Israel, or am I wrong. I would have thought that that would be the basic attitude of almost all Muslims. The hatred towards the Jewish people is so strong in the Koran and then there is the whole load of crap about the Palestinians in more recent times. To me, Israel seems like the only civilised, decent country in the entire Middle East.
James Lincoln says
tim,
Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East…
https://www.factsaboutisrael.uk/israel-is-a-democracy/
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the information. I am a huge supporter of western style democracy and the civilised values of the western world. As far as I can see, Israel is far, far ahead of any of the other uniformly barbaric and hideous Muslim countries of the Middle East. Israel seems to me to try to treat the Palestinians in a pretty decent way, but all they will ever get back from the hate-filled Muslim countries (and a lot of people on the left in our western countries) is a desire to wipe Israel out.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
I heard he’s a great stand-up comedian.
He would have been a great show topper
for this upcoming farcical comedy show.
Bernie Loos says
This is called Civilization Jihad..and is happening in the US..
Giacomo Latta says
Austria: learning the hard way but at least they are learning.
OLD GUY says
Austria there is no integration of islam into a society that is not islamic! Islam see’s all non-islamic people as a lesser being, their’s for slavery, rape and to kill if they don’t covert to islam. Islam the really BIG mistake.