(AFP) Eight of those detained following Monday night’s terrorist attack in Vienna had previous convictions, including for terror offences, the Austrian interior minister said Thursday, as the investigation extended to Switzerland and a second, unnamed country. In the wake of the attack […]
(Swiss Info) Two men being held in connection with a recent terror attack in Vienna were already under criminal investigation in Switzerland, it has emerged. The duo, aged 18 and 24, were arrested in the Swiss city of Winterthur on Tuesday — […]
(AFP) Shalom Berntholz never closes his kosher restaurant in central Vienna, but as a new coronavirus-induced lockdown approached, he decided to shut early. That saved his life. A gunman who supported the Islamic State (IS) group kicked off his shooting rampage on […]
(AFP) Austria acknowledged Wednesday there had been security failings leading up to the deadly gun rampage in Vienna by a convicted Islamic State sympathiser. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said intelligence services had received a warning from neighbouring Slovakia that the assailant had […]
(Swiss Info) The Zurich cantonal police have arrested two men over suspected ties to the deadly attacks in Vienna that took place on Monday evening. The arrests came after both federal and cantonal authorities announced they were investigating possible Swiss ties to […]
(JTA) Following a suspected terrorist attack that left four dead in Vienna by a shooter who reportedly shouted “Allah,” European rabbis made an unusual appeal for more “control and transparency” over what goes on at mosques across the continent. “It is important […]
(AFP) Austrian investigators were on Tuesday piecing together the Monday evening rampage through central Vienna by a lone gunman and later claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group, as Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called for a European response to “political Islam.” Four people […]
(AFP) The gunman responsible for an attack in Vienna which left four people dead on Monday night was a convicted supporter of the Islamic State (IS) group who the government says “fooled” official de-radicalisation efforts. The 20-year-old, named as Kujtim Fejzulai, was […]
(Reuters) Gunmen attacked six locations in central Vienna on Monday starting outside the main synagogue, killing two people and injuring at least 14 in what Austria called a “repulsive terror attack” while hunting one or more assailants on the loose. Witnesses described […]
(AP) A group of 30 to 50 youths gathered in a Vienna church earlier this week, kicking furniture but then dispersing after police were called, authorities said Saturday. The incident drew condemnation from leading politicians at a time when nearby France has […]
(AFP) While other candidates in Vienna’s recent municipal elections were out campaigning, Green politician Berivan Aslan had to stay home due to what she says was an assassination plot with links to the Turkish state. The former MP, who is of Kurdish […]
(Reuters) Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Saturday reiterated his opposition to taking in asylum seekers from the destroyed Moria refugee camp in Greece, prompting criticism from his government coalition partner the Greens and from the opposition. The fires at Europe’s largest refugee […]
(Jerusalem Post) A court in the capital of the Austrian state of Carinthia last week convicted a Hezbollah commander and recruiter for the Lebanese terrorist organization. The court in the city of Klagenfurt declared the 41-year-old Lebanese man guilty due to his […]
(Reuters) Austria has arrested a 31-year-old Syrian refugee suspected of carrying out attacks last week on a Jewish community leader and a synagogue in Austria’s second city Graz, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said on Monday. The leader of Graz’s Jewish community association, […]
(Reuters) Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and other senior government politicians said they were shocked over an attack on a Jewish community leader in the southern city of Graz on Saturday, and ordered tighter security at Jewish institutions around Austria. An unknown assailant […]
(Breitbart) Vandals targetted a synagogue in Graz, Austria, spray-painting pro-Palestinian slogans on it and another Jewish community building. According to Jewish locals, the attack took place at both the synagogue and the Jewish community hall, with the phrases “our language and our […]
(Radio Free Europe) A court in Vienna has sentenced a 32-year-old man from Russia’s North Caucasus region of Chechnya to 10 years in prison for fighting along with militants of the now-defunct group Caucasus Emirate (Imarat Kavkaz) against Russian federal troops. The […]
(National-UAE) Austria launched an initiative on Wednesday to identify and register social and educational institutions that are the targets of Islamist-controlled organisations for political purposes. The new approach will involve an audit of groups through the country’s Documentation Centre for Political Islam, […]
(Reuters) Austria and Turkey accused each other on Monday of responding inappropriately to clashes between Kurdish and Turkish protesters in Vienna last week, further straining relations. On Wednesday, a brawl broke out after Turks heckled a Kurdish gathering in Vienna, police said. […]
(Daily Sabah) Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) chief Norbert Hofer said during an election rally Tuesday that the Quran was more dangerous than the coronavirus, drawing fire from the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and the Islamic Religious Community in Austria […]
(Jerusalem Post) Prosecutors in the Austrian state of Carinthia have started a trial against an alleged Hezbollah commander who spent 13 years in the central European country while reportedly being involved in financing terrorism. The trial has triggered outrage, according to the […]
(Reuters) Austria will stop any migrants attempting to rush its border if measures to halt them in Greece and through the Balkans fail, conservative Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said on Sunday. Greek police fired tear gas to repel hundreds of stone-throwing migrants […]
(Reuters) Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz hinted on Saturday that borders could be closed across the Balkans in response to a rush of migrants towards Greece from Turkey, echoing action taken during Europe’s 2015-16 migration crisis. Greek police fired teargas to push back […]
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(AFP) Austrian authorities have foiled a plot to carry out a series of terror attacks, including bombing one of Vienna’s Christmas markets, local media reported Monday. The plot involved three men, including a 24-year-old ringleader who had been influenced by the ideology of […]
(AFP) An imam and three other men have been locked up by an Austrian court for running a religious group that recruited young men for Isis. The court in Graz, the capital of Styria state, sentenced the imam to seven years in […]
(Novinite) Nearly half of Austrians are of the opinion that Muslims should not have the same rights as them, according to a study released yesterday by the University of Salzburg, a few days before the parliamentary elections. 45 percent of those surveyed […]
(Deutsche Welle) Although the site is remote, it has plenty of symbolism: Beginning this Sunday, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders from some 15 countries will meet in the southern Italian city of Matera, one of Europe’s 2019 cultural capitals, to take part […]
(AFP) Norbert Hofer, who was formally elected on Saturday to lead Austria’s far-right party into national elections, has gained a reputation as the friendly face of the Freedom Party (FPOe) in contrast to some of its firebrands. But sceptics say that behind […]
(Anadolu) Austrians have reacted to former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s proposed headscarf ban as an election promise as political fever before the Sept. 29 general elections is running high in the country. Kurz, chairman of the Austrian People’s Party who is known for […]
(AP) Austria is preparing to repatriate two sons of an Austrian Islamic State group supporter believed to have died in Syria after she headed there in 2014. Foreign ministry spokesman Peter Guschelbauer told public broadcaster ORF’s Oe1 radio Saturday that “there is […]
(Breitbart) Blind people with guide dogs are being refused service by Muslim cab drivers in Innsbruck, Austria, because they regard the animals as “ritually unclean.” Some 80 per cent of cab drivers in the Tyrolean capital now have a migration background, the Tiroler […]
(Breitbart) An Austrian intelligence report states that radical Islamic terrorism is still the number one security issue in the country, with returning Islamic State fighters a chief concern. The report, which comes from the Austrian Office for the Protection of the Constitution […]
(AFP) Austria’s foreign ministry said Wednesday that it would implement a vote by MPs calling for the closure of a controversial Saudi-funded center for religious dialogue in the capital Vienna. MPs voted on Wednesday to demand the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International […]
(Anadolu) Opinion leaders say the ban in Austria on religious headscarves in primary schools is clearly discriminatory against Muslims and contradicts with the principles of equality and freedom of religion. The bill, which was passed in Austria’s parliament on May 15 and […]
(Reuters) The organization representing Austria’s Muslims said on Thursday it would ask the Constitutional Court to reverse a ban on headscarves in primary schools a day after it was passed in parliament. There were an estimated 700,000 Muslims living in Austria in […]
(AFP) Austrian MPs on Wednesday approved a law aimed at banning the headscarf in primary schools, a measure proposed by the ruling right-wing government. So as to avoid charges that the law discriminates against Muslims, the text refers to any “ideologically or […]
(Anadolu) The mayor of Austria’s capital city of Vienna condemned racism and discrimination in the country Tuesday, calling these types of agitation against Muslims worrying. Michael Ludwig said during an iftar or fast-breaking meal in Vienna that people in Austria should stand […]
(Reuters) The head of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party stuck to his guns on Wednesday over a racially charged claim that Austrians risk becoming a minority in their own country, straining relations in the ruling coalition ahead of this month’s European elections. Last […]
(Reuters) Austrian far-right leader Heinz-Christian Strache has asked voters to support his Freedom Party (FPO) in European Parliament elections and help counter migration flows that he called an unwanted “population exchange.” The comment by Strache, vice-chancellor in conservative Sebastian Kurz’s government, follows […]
(Breitbart) A court has fined Austrian political scientist Michael Ley, an expert in Islamic antisemitism, for claiming a University of Salzburg professor was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Mr Ley was handed down a fine of 2,400 euros after being found […]
(AP) Czech police say they have extradited to Austria two suspects who allegedly formed a terror cell with a man detained by Austrian authorities over unsuccessful attacks on trains in Germany. They said Wednesday that the two Iraqi citizens, a 30-year-old man […]
(AFP) A Czech court said Friday an Iraqi man and woman faced extradition to Austria in connection with two 2018 attacks on trains in Germany. The two were arrested at Prague airport Wednesday on a warrant issued by Austria, following Monday’s arrest […]
(Reuters) Czech police have detained two people as suspected associates of an Iraqi citizen arrested in Austria on suspicion of carrying out attacks on the German railway, Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl said on Thursday. Czech police confirmed on their Twitter page […]
(AFP) Austria has arrested an Iraqi suspected of committing “terrorist attacks” by sabotaging railway lines in Germany last year, prosecutors said Wednesday. The 42-year-old man is suspected of having strung a steel rope across the tracks between the southern German cities of […]
(JTA) Austria’s Muslim residents are more than twice as likely as non-Muslims to endorse anti-Semitic statements, according to a survey commissioned by the Austrian government. Asked whether they agree with a statement blaming anti-Semitic persecution of Jews on their own behavior, 19 percent […]
(AP) Austria’s Constitutional Court has thrown out a complaint by two Turkish imams expelled under a 2015 law that prevents religious communities from getting funding from foreign nations. The court said Thursday the so-called “Islam Law” didn’t constitute a disproportionate restriction of […]
(Reuters) Austria is to withdraw consular protection for citizens who have fought for the Islamic State militant group, Die Presse daily reported on Wednesday, rejecting a call from the United States for allies to take back captured fighters and put them on […]
(Anadolu) A court in Austria annulled a government plan to shut down six mosques belonging to the Arab community, a Muslim body said late on Thursday. In a statement, Umit Vural, head of the Islamic Religious Community of Austria (IGGO), said that […]
(Anadolu) A Muslim leader in Austria expressed shock Friday over a change in the title of elective courses on Islam in school report cards to “IGGO,” the abbreviation for the Islamic Religious Community of Austria. “The institution or organization that represents the […]
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