Austria issued Europe’s first outright ban on Islamic worship structures

Evidence

In 2008, two far right parties succeeded in banning the construction of minarets and even mosques in the Austrian provinces of Carinthia and Vorarlberg. This marked the first instance of an outright ban on Islamic worship structures in Europe. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 635

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A country famed for religious tolerance now leads European Islamophobia — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 517

Broader Connections

• A country famed for religious tolerance now leads European Islamophobia #expands (0.70) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 517