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Austria will close radical mosques – DELFI

Following the terrorist attack in Vienna Austria the government has decided to close all radical mosques, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.

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Two mosques in Vienna, often visited by 20-year-old Albanians, will be closed. “Islamic State“Supporter Kujtim Fejzulais, who staged a shooting in the center of Vienna on Monday night.

The young man was sentenced to one year and ten months in prison last April for trying to go to Syria to join the Islamic State. However, in December he was released early and involved in a deradicalisation program.

Austrian Interior Minister Suzanne Raba said at a press conference that the government’s religious affairs office had received information from the interior ministry that Fejzul frequently visited two mosques in Vienna after his release from prison.

Both mosques are located in the western suburbs of Vienna.

The domestic intelligence service BVT concluded that the visit to these mosques had been encouraged by the attacker’s conversion to radical views, Rāba pointed out, adding that only one of the mosques was officially registered.

The officially recognized Islamic religious community of Austria has announced that one officially registered mosque will be closed following discussions with the authorities.

The organization explained that it had been decided to close the mosque in light of information that it had violated the rules of religious doctrine and national laws governing Islamic institutions.

The Vienna prosecutor’s office announced on Friday that six of the 16 people detained in connection with the attack in Vienna have been released.

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