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Austria’s Chancellor Wants to Ban Political Islam

From Morgunblaðið · () Icelandic

Translated from Icelandic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker says he wants to enshrine a ban on “political Islam” in the country’s constitution.
  • Stocker says Austria is experiencing a gradual form of subversion that must be resisted.
  • Integration Minister Claudia Bauer is working on the proposal and says it could include bans on the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist organizations.

Austria’s Chancellor Christian Stocker says he wants to write a ban on “political Islam” into the country’s constitution, declaring that he does not want to live in an Islamic state.

Stocker made the remarks in his annual summer interview with Austria’s public broadcaster. He said a gradual process of subversion was taking place in the country and needed to be opposed.

“I don’t want to live in an Islamic state,” Stocker said. He also leads the conservative Austrian People’s Party, ÖVP, which has governed Austria longer than any other party since the end of World War II.

I don’t want to live in an Islamic state.

· Christian StockerThe Austrian chancellor explained his support for a constitutional ban on political Islam.

No fully developed bill has yet been presented. Integration Minister Claudia Bauer is working on the proposal and has said it should be broad. In an interview with the APA news agency, she said she would like to ban the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist organizations in Austria.

Bauer said the problem with political Islam was also that it had “gradually gained a foothold even within established institutions.”

Gradually gained a foothold even within established institutions.

· Claudia BauerAustria’s integration minister described what she sees as an additional problem posed by political Islam.
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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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