'Political Islam's parallel societies and radicalising tendencies have no place in our country,' Kurz told a news conference outlining the government's decisions, which were based on that law. ...
'This is just the beginning,' far-right Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache told the news conference held by four cabinet members. The Freedom Party's leader said Friday's measures are 'a first significant and necessary step in the right direction. 'He added: 'If these measures aren't enough, we will if necessary evaluate the legal situation here or there.' The ministers said up to 60 imams belonging to ATIB, a Muslim group close to the Turkish government, could be expelled from the country or have visas denied on grounds of receiving foreign funding. A government handout put the number at 40, of whom 11 were under review and two had already received a negative ruling. Austria, a country of 8.8 million people, has roughly 600,000 Muslim inhabitants, most of whom are Turkish or have families of Turkish origin.
