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Austrian Chancellor Takes Dramatic Steps To Curb Violence, Closing Mosques And Deporting Radical Preachers

Emily Zanotti

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced over the weekend that the country is undertaking dramatic measures to curb the possibility of Islamic violence within its borders, closing a handful of what the government believes are “radical” mosques and deporting Imams who preach violence.

The Daily Mail reports that Kurz, who leads a largely conservative government, has been working on a plan to handle a sharp increase in violence that the Austrians believe is the result of increased migration. They’re concerned that immigrants are being radicalized in mosques that preach Islamic Jihad and encourage violence against the western nations in which they reside.

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