Austrian government has ordered the closure two mosques after the jihad terror attack that killed four people in the capital Vienna this week. “Following the terror attack, the legal status of two radical mosques has been revokes. An association linked to them has been disbanded,” the Austrian daily Die Wiener Zeitung ...
Austria: Three Dead, 15 Injured in Terror Attacks Outside Vienna Synagogue, Other Locations

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At least three people, including a gunman, were reported killed and several others injured in an attack outside the main Synagogue and other locations in Austria’s capital Vienna. According to Vienna-based Krone Zeitung, one of the attackers blew himself up and others accomplices are on the run in...
Austrian Parliament Declares BDS Movement as Antisemitic

Austria’s parliament passed a unanimous resolution on Thursday condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS) as antisemitic. The resolution, tabled by the ruling People’s Party, was supported by all political groups represented in Austria’s National Council.
Austrian State to Issue ‘Ten Commandments’ for Migrants

The state government of Lower Austria has a proposal in front of them called the “Ten Commandments of Immigration,” which specifies rules of conduct for migrants seeking asylum in the country, including refraining from violence and showing gratitude to the host country.
Austrian Police Charge Woman For Hitting Migrant Who Molested Her

Austrian police have changed a young woman with inflicting bodily harm for defending herself against a sexual molester, local newspapers report. The incident took place during the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Vienna’s landmark City Hall square, where a 21-year-old Swiss woman pushed back an Afghan migrant who tried to...
Austria Won’t Sign UN Migration Pact, Vows to ‘Defend National Sovereignty’

Austria has decided to follow the United States and Hungary in pulling out of the United Nations migration pact that is set to be ratified in December.
The Austrian government was pulling out of the UN-sponsored pact to “defend its national sovereignty,” local news reports
Austrian Police Book Activists for Waving Israeli Flag

Vienna Police have booked criminal charges against three pro-Israeli activists for waving an Israeli flag to a group of anti-Israel demonstrators. They have been accused of waving the Israeli flag “in an extremely provocative way” causing “considerable offense among the Palestinian protesters,” Austrian media reported, citing the police statement. If found...
Austria’s Student Union Rejects Anti-Israel Boycott Campaign

Last week, Austria’s National Union of Students (ÖH), the country’s leading student body, passed a sternly worded resolution condemning the anti-Israel boycott campaign — or the “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions” Movement — trying to get a foothold in the country. The student body raised concerns about the “growing presence of the...
Right-wing Party Surges in Austria’s Election, Set to Join Coalition Govt

Just two weeks after the right-wing AfD Party’s surge in the German election, Austria’s Freedom Party (FPÖ) is set to join the country’s next coalition government. The Freedom Party, Europe’s oldest surviving right-wing party, which ran on an anti-Islamization and anti-mass migration platform received 26 percent of the votes, party’s strongest...
Austria’s Right-Wing Party Sees Polling Surge Days Before the Election

With 10 days until the Austria’s election, the right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ) is surging in polls. According to the pollsters, the party could win up to 25 per cent of the vote in October 15 parliamentary election. Such a strong showing at the ballot box could propel the party to the position...
Amid Terror Fears, Austria Builds Walls to Protect State Buildings

Remember the Left’s chorus of “build bridges not walls”, condemning every sane move from limiting mass migration into Europe to President Trump’s proposed border wall? With Jihad warfare fueled by mass migration rocking one European city after another, Europe’s ruling class is finally having an unpleasant rendezvous with the reality. Though it’s...
Austria Threatens to Close Border After Italy Threat to Flood Europe With Libyan Migrants

In a recent post, we noted that Italy was considering closing its ports due to the overwhelming flood of migrants arriving from northern Africa.
Austria: Antisemitism widespread among Muslim Students, Study Reveals

“What the refugees bring us is more valuable than gold,” said the Socialist German politician Martin Schulz while addressing the students at the University of Heidelberg last year.
With Islamist terror attacks hitting one European city after another and Germany in the grip of a self-inflicted Migrant Crime Wave, the gifts of mass-migration from Arab and...
Austrian President Tells “Every Woman” to Wear Hijab to Fight “Islamophobia”

In what should be a new low for women rights in Europe, Austria’s leftist President Alexander van der Bellen has called on “every woman to wear headscarf” in order to fight growing “Islamophobia,” Austrian media reported today. Going by the Austrian media coverage, the otherwise perpetually-offended feminist groups in Austria and Europe have...
Vienna Hotels Canceling BDS Events

Hotel Kaiserwasser and Hotel Regina in Vienna, Austria, have canceled a BDS event by a British-Palestinian lawyer. News agency Heute.at reported that Hotel Kaiserwasser canceled the event due to charges of antisemitism and one employee received threats by the Jewish community. Some have disputed this:
“Nonsense,” said Raimund Fastenbauer, general-secretary of the...
Will Brexit and Trump Effect Sweep Western World?

The push back against the progressive left’s agenda that culminated in the election of President-elect Trump had been gaining steam for a while now and not just on this side of the Atlantic.
Faced with poor economic growth, an influx of refugees, a sense of losing their national identity, and a variety...
Austria: Iraqi Refugee’s Conviction for Raping Young Boy Overturned

A 20-year-old Iraqi refugee brutally raped a 10-year-old boy at a public swimming pool in Austria, claiming he was having a “sexual emergency,” and his conviction has been overturned by Austria’s Supreme Court on the grounds that the rapist didn’t know the little boy didn’t want to be raped.
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