{"id":71223,"date":"2020-11-24T14:31:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T14:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=71223"},"modified":"2020-11-24T14:31:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T14:31:50","slug":"do-not-associate-terrorism-with-any-religion-austrian-clerics-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/71223-do-not-associate-terrorism-with-any-religion-austrian-clerics-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Do not associate terrorism with any religion, Austrian clerics warn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/photo_2020-11-24_17-12-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/photo_2020-11-24_17-12-06.jpg 750w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/photo_2020-11-24_17-12-06-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/photo_2020-11-24_17-12-06-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>As racism and discrimination against Muslims in Austria soars, particularly after a terror attack on Nov. 2, clerics in the European country warn the authorities not to associate terrorism with any religion.<br>After a hijab and face veil ban, and ban on foreign funding of religious groups, populist politicians have upped the anti-Islam rhetoric since an armed attacker killed four people in the capital Vienna.<br>Right-wing Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced new measures, which would make \u201cpolitical Islam\u201d a criminal offense.<br>Bishop Bernhard Heitz believes only justice could prevent terrorism, and that anti-Islam sentiments would be counter-productive.<br>\u201cMuslim representatives, just like representatives of other religions, have distanced themselves from recent attacks in Paris, Nice, Dresden and Vienna\u2026 far-right rhetoric and tolerating anti-Islam sentiments would be counterproductive,&#8221; he told news agencies.<br>\u201cThe idea of monitoring a specific population group, in this case the Muslim population of Austria, would undermine mutual trust among the people, social cohesion and peace, and therefore would be unacceptable for all.&#8221;<br>Chief Rabbi Schlomo Hofmeister said the terrorist attack was an attempt to harm values such as tolerance, trust and togetherness, warning that confusion over what constitutes &#8220;political Islam&#8221; could lead to discrimination against the believers.<br>&#8220;Everybody understands something different from the expression \u201cpolitical Islam\u201d because it has not been defined,\u201d he said. \u201cFirst of all, the term needs to be explained\u2026&#8217;political Islam&#8217; and Islam as a religion must be clearly distinguished.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As racism and discrimination against Muslims in Austria soars, particularly after a terror attack on Nov. 2, clerics in the European country warn the authorities not to associate terrorism with any religion.After a hijab and face veil ban, and ban on foreign funding of religious groups, populist politicians have upped the anti-Islam rhetoric since an &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":71232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[414,1288,646,631],"class_list":["post-71223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-austrian","tag-clerics","tag-religions","tag-terrorism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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