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In Europe, Calls Grow Louder for United Front Against 'Political Islam'

Jamie Dettmer

   Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is urging fellow European leaders to
   form a common front against what some leaders call "political Islam."
   "I expect an end to the misconceived tolerance and for all the nations
   of Europe to finally realize how dangerous the ideology of political
   Islam is for our freedom and the European way of life," Kurz told the
   German newspaper Die Welt. "The EU must focus much more strongly on the
   problem of political Islam in the future."
   The idea of forming a common European front against political Islam,
   first broached by France's President Emmanuel Macron, is being embraced
   by other European leaders, including Italy's foreign minister, who said
   the European Union should adopt a version of the USA Patriot Act, which
   gives security agencies greater surveillance powers.
   Kurz said he will put the issue of political Islam on the agenda of a
   scheduled EU summit later this month. He said he had talked with Macron
   and "many other government leaders so that we can coordinate more
   closely within the EU."
   The Austrian chancellor's comments came in the wake of Monday's
   shooting rampage in Vienna where a gunman killed four people, the first
   major terrorist attack on Austrian soil since 1985.

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