Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned of a possible “war” between Christianity and Islam after the right-wing Austrian government announced it would shut down seven foreign-funded mosques and could expel dozens of Turkish Muslim imams in its crackdown on political Islam.
Responding to the recent news, Erdogan called the Austrian government’s vow to shut down the mosques and expel 60 imams on grounds that they violated a 2015 guideline banning foreign funding of religious institutions as “anti-Islamic.”
“These measures taken by the Austrian chancellor are, I fear, leading the world towards a war between the cross and the crescent,” Erdogan was quoted as saying. “You do this and we sit idle? It means we will take some steps too,” Erdogan continued.
About 600,000 Muslims live in Austria. Also, as many as 360,000 people of Turkish origin live in Austria, with 117,000 of them being Turkish nationals.
Proponents of the move see it as the administration’s attempts to fight radical extremism. Austrian officials reportedly said in their announcement that the Arab Cultural and Religious Community and its six mosques would be closed down because of allegations that it is promoting a radical brand of Islam.
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