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Austria: Civil Law vs. Sharia Law
by Soeren Kern
• October 21, 2014 at 5:00 am
Austria
has emerged as a major base for radical Islam and as a central hub for
European jihadists to fight in Syria.
The
proposed revisions would, among other changes, regulate the training and
hiring of Muslim clerics, prohibit the foreign funding of mosques, and
establish an official German-language version of the Koran to prevent its
"misinterpretation" by Islamic extremists.
Muslims
would be prohibited from citing Islamic sharia law as legal justification for
ignoring or disobeying Austrian civil laws.
Leaders
of Austria's Muslim community counter that the contemplated new law amounts
to "institutionalized Islamophobia."
Official
statistics show that nearly 60% of the inhabitants of Vienna are immigrants
or foreigners. The massive demographic and religious shift underway in
Austria, traditionally a Roman Catholic country, appears irreversible.
The Austrian government has unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the
country's century-old "Islam Law" that governs the legal status of
Austria's Muslim community.
The proposed revisions—which are aimed at cracking down on Islamic
extremism in Austria—would regulate the training and hiring of Muslim
clerics, prohibit the foreign funding of mosques, and establish an official
German-language version of the Koran, among other changes.
The government says the modifications would give Muslims legal parity
with other religious groups in Austria. But the leaders of Austria's Muslim
community counter that the contemplated new law amounts to
"institutionalized Islamophobia."
The updated Islam Law (Islamgesetz) was presented as a draft bill
to parliament on October 2 and overhauls the current law, which dates back to
1912.
UK: Iran Lobbies against Sanctions
by Samuel Westrop
• October 21, 2014 at 4:00 am
Over 800
Iranians were executed during President Rouhani's first year in office.
Leading
politicians, British government officials and businessmen nevertheless seemed
happy to attend and speak at the Europe-Iran Forum.
On October 15, the Europe-Iran Forum was held at the Grosvenor Square
Hotel in London. Citing an "expected rollback of the current
international sanctions against Iran," the event was organized to
"properly prepare and evaluate the post-sanctions trade framework and
investment opportunities."
Speakers and sponsors of the event included:
Rouzbeh Pirouz, the Deputy President of Iralco, an Iranian
company subjected to sanctions by the European Union, which has accused it of
"directly supporting Iran's proliferation sensitive nuclear
activities." Pirouz sits on the board of the Iranian Heritage
Foundation, a British charity established by Vahid Alaghband, an Iranian
businessman linked with the regime.
Sifiso Dabengwa, who runs the MTN Group, which anti-regime lobby
groups have accused of working to "help the Iranian regime terrorize and
oppress its citizens," and acting as "a complicit partner of the
Iranian regime.
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Austria: Civil Law vs. Sharia Law
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