The Local Austria https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Turkey furious as Austria plans to expel up to 60 imams Austria said on Friday it could expel up to 60 Turkish-funded imams and their families and would shut down seven mosques as part of a crackdown on "political Islam", triggering fury in Ankara. https://www.thelocal.at/20180608/austria-will-expel-several-foreign-funded-imams-and-shut-seven-mosques-chancellor-says Fri, 08 Jun 2018 10:24:38 +0200 austria-will-expel-several-foreign-funded-imams-and-shut-seven-mosques-chancellor-says Vienna knife attacker 'clearly had sympathies with political Islam', authorities say The Austrian of Egyptian origin who was shot dead over the weekend after attacking a soldier with a knife outside the Iranian ambassador's residence in Vienna had Islamist sympathies, authorities said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20180313/vienna-knife-attacker-had-islamist-sympathies Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:00:38 +0100 vienna-knife-attacker-had-islamist-sympathies