Europe's rabbis have called for increased governmental "control and transparency" for Muslim and other places of worship. The rare call came in a statement issued by Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, who is the president of the Conference of European Rabbis, in response to Monday's deadly shooting attack in Vienne.
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On Tuesday, the attack was claimed by the Islamic State.
According to a Tuesday report by JTA, Goldschmidt asserted the importance of inquiry into the materials being promoted in mosques and other places of worship, as well as into their sources of funding.
Europe must know "what foreign influences are promoting such terrible deeds and how social media serve as a vehicle for this," the rabbi asserted.
He also called for religious leaders to undergo their training and get their certificates domestically, in Europe, and state their adherence to the laws of the lands where they operate.
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On Monday, a young man identified by the authorities as an Islamic State sympathizer convicted over trying to join the group in 2019 opened fire on bypassers in the Austrian capital of Vienna.
At least five people, including the attacker himself, were killed in the incident, and over a dozen more were wounded.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
