The Austrian authorities’ moves towards banning ‘political Islam’ and criminalising the Brotherhood are ill-conceived.
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John L Esposito is University Professor and Professor of Religion and International Affairs at Georgetown University. His recent books are The Future ... of Islam and (with Ibrahim Kalin) Islamophobia and the Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century.
The Austrian authorities’ moves towards banning ‘political Islam’ and criminalising the Brotherhood are ill-conceived.
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