Austria said today (June 8, 2018) it will close down seven politically-oriented mosques and expel dozens of imams who it says are funded by foreign countries, according to the BBC website.
The Austrian government said 60 of the 260 imams in the country are being investigated, of whom 40 belong to ATIB, an Islamic organization in Austria close to the Turkish government.
"Parallel societies, political Islam, and radicalization tendencies have no place in our country," said Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz today.
The Gallipoli re-enactment performance took place in a Vienna mosque reported to be run by ATIB. The World War I battle -- one of the last victories of the Ottoman Empire -- stopped Allied forces from reaching its capital, Constantinople.
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