The Austrian authorities’ moves towards banning ‘political Islam’ and criminalising the Brotherhood are ill-conceived.
![A police officer stands guard in front of a Muslim cultural centre and mosque in Graz which was raided in a police operation on November 9, 2020 [File: AFP/Erwin Scheriau]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/000_8UV9LX.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Professor of Religion and International Affairs at Georgetown University
The Austrian authorities’ moves towards banning ‘political Islam’ and criminalising the Brotherhood are ill-conceived.
![A police officer stands guard in front of a Muslim cultural centre and mosque in Graz which was raided in a police operation on November 9, 2020 [File: AFP/Erwin Scheriau]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/000_8UV9LX.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
In just the last two months, nearly two dozen activists have been charged under Malaysia’s archaic.
![Malaysia's image as a model of a Muslim majority country is under strain, write Esposito and Voll [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141147345393734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The military-led removal of Mohamed Morsi belies free and fair elections, rule of law and human rights.

The US must acknowledge that the overthrow of an elected government, replaced by military-appointed officials, is a coup.

Romney just doesn’t understand how foreign policy works.

Religious extremists exploit underlying East-West animosity, fomenting mob violence for their own political ends.

Racist and vitriolic “us and them” language feeds a culture war that increasingly targets immigrants and non-whites.

Israel’s intransigence on the flotilla killings will further isolate the country in the international community.
