Austria to close seven mosques

[hollodero]

(06-08-2018, 11:15 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Obviously I am coming from an American view point where freedom of religion has always been a given. Shutting down places of worship over concerns with radicalization is an overstep here unless they're engaged in terrorist activity. 

It's more or less a given here as well, sadly the right-wing populists are trying to change that.

That being said, again that one turkish mosque is run by the Grey Wolves, which is these guys. To be more precise, it is run by a splinter group who thought the Grey Wolves are too moderate. This doesn't fall within the realms of constitutional protection and I'm happy that one mosque is closed down. That's political Islam in its most radical showing.

As for the overstep... there are certain laws in place regarding the funding. If funding comes from abroad, we have the legal tools to close a mosque down. And I don't consider that an attack on religious freedom, especially when it's really not so much about theology, but about recruitment of radical Erdogan followers.