‘Just the beginning’: Austria announces plans to close several mosques, deport dozens of imams
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has initiated a crack-down on foreign-funded religious groups in his country.(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced on Friday that the government is planning to shutter seven mosques and expel dozens of imams from the country. At a press conference, Kurz declared, “Parallel societies, political Islam and radicalization have no place in…