Austria set to ban political Islam after recent terrorist attack
India TV NewsThe Austrian cabinet headed by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has agreed to begin crackdown on extremism and implement a wide range of anti-terrorism measures after a deadly terrorist attack by an Islamic extremist took place in Vienna earlier this month. The cabinet proposals include life sentence for individuals convicted of terrorism charges, criminalising political extremism driven by religion, electronic surveillance of people convicted of terrorism charges after release, and revoking Austrian citizenship of dual nationals found guilty of terror charges. This comes after four people were killed and 20 others were injured in a terrorist attack carried out by an ISIS sympathiser in Vienna earlier this month. The attack in Vienna came after a Tunisian man fatally stabbed three people in Nice, France, and an 18-year-old Chechen refugee beheaded a teacher in Paris after the teacher showed drawings of Prophet Mohammed to his students in a freedom of speech class.
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