“Encounter of radical Islamists”: vortex on demonstration against France in Vienna

The demonstration at Schwarzenbergplatz under the title “Against the Muhammad cartoons”, which was scheduled for 2 pm, was registered with the police for 100 participants. The exploitation was controlled by the authorities of the assembly and the demonstration was not initially prohibited.

However, on Sunday morning the visualization of the meeting was rechecked. Now that the rally was forbidden by the authorities after all, the big picture emerged, allowing conclusions to be drawn that “the purpose of the gathering is against criminal law,” Vienna police reported in a broadcast.

According to the law, the authorities must prohibit meetings if their purpose is contrary to criminal law or if their holding endangers public safety or the public good. In addition, meetings that serve the political activities of third-country nationals and that contravene recognized international legal principles and customs or obligations under international law, fundamental democratic values, or the foreign policy interests of the Republic of Austria, they may be prohibited, in accordance with article 6 of the Assemblies Act.

Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) welcomed the ban on the demonstration against France, which the FPÖ had called for in the morning. “The renewed examination led to the ban on the demonstration. From my point of view, that was the only correct decision. There should be no room for the ideology of Islam. Especially after Monday’s brutal attack in Vienna, it is absolutely unbearable that a A group of extremists wanted to get together for a demonstration. We do not allow our free democracy, fundamental rights and our right to assembly to be abused. There is no tolerance for inhuman and totalitarian ideas, “Nehammer said.

As the “Volksblatt” reports, the city of Frankfurt has banned the same demonstration for “danger to public order and security. In Vienna, the demonstration announced with the slogan “Boycott France” was registered as a “Demonstration against Mohammend cartoons”. According to the “Volksblatt”, the organizers are two Austrians of Pakistani origin.

“It is unlikely that the head of the Interior Ministry and the Vienna police leadership have learned much from Monday’s terrorist attack. It is shocking that just six days later radical Islamists are allowed to march in front of the French embassy on Schwarzenbergplatz and demonstrate for a boycott of France “, criticized the FPÖ. -Klubobmann Herbert Kickl, before the show’s ban was announced.

“You can expect a dangerous gathering of radical Islamists here. One of the organizers named in the call for a rally spreads the worst hatred against France on Facebook,” Kickl said. In recent days, the man who, according to media reports, runs a social welfare association in Neunkirchen, has shared several posts on Facebook glorifying the violence. Among them was a video in which the French embassy in Sudan was burned, as well as an excerpt from a hate speech that apparently occurred on October 23 in Lahore, Pakistan, with the accompanying text “Drop the atomic bomb. .. Explained the jihad against France! “

The FPÖ will transmit the documented material from the co-organizer’s Facebook page to the police.

Kickl welcomed the cancellation of the show he demanded. However, he doubts that the late cancellation “will still reach all Islamists who wish to participate.” At the same time, Kickl expressed his misunderstanding about “the indifference that borders the refusal to work for Islamist activities in the Interior Ministry.”

“When will the protection of the Constitution finally do its job? And when will Interior Minister Nehammer finally take responsibility for these unsustainable conditions and resign? He can save himself the rhetoric of worry later.” The Nehammer administration would have allowed an Islamist march today “if we hadn’t made it public,” Kickl said.