A case for the Office for the Protection of the Constitution: At the Islamic Center in the Floridsdorf district of Vienna, a preacher called for a memorial service for an Egyptian terrorist who murdered three Israeli border soldiers in cold blood a few days ago.
“The Islamic Center Vienna condemns any extremist ideas and expressly distances itself from crimes committed in the name of Islam – a religion of peace. People who hold such positions or spread propaganda glorifying violence and hate are not welcome at the Islamic Center,” reads the homepage of the Muslim community in Floridsdorf. A current call on Twitter may not quite fit this statement.
There, the call for participation in a memorial service circulated. Of all things for Mohamed S., an Egyptian, who is labeled a “martyr and hero” there. In fact, the heavily armed man is said to have shot dead three Israeli soldiers with a Kalashnikov a few days ago near Har Charif in the border area between Israel and Egypt. He himself also died in the firefight.
The background is still largely unclear; a foiled drug smuggling operation may have played a role. Mohamed S., who was killed, was an Egyptian policeman. Whether he himself was involved in illegal activities and why he killed the Israeli soldiers is still under investigation.
In the call to remembrance it reads like this: “We ask Almighty God to forgive him and have mercy on him and let him dwell in His bountiful gardens and bring this into the balance of his good deeds and gather him among the prophets. And the friends, the martyrs, the righteous and the good are companions.”
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