Only probation for jihadi Syrian in Austria – Allah's Willing Executioners
As a neutral observer, you sometimes get the impression that migrants enjoy a ‘cultural bonus’ in court. In Linz, a Syrian man ( aged 19), who had not hidden his sympathies for the terrorist militia ‘Islamic State’, was given a suspended sentence. He gave an insight into the brutal world view of the jihadists. But a confession, a reference to his young age and a commitment to a course in German language later, he left the court at large.
Austria is struggling with the brutal consequences of mass migration. Hardly a week goes by without a shocking case of imported violence. It was only in February that the insane act of a Syrian in Villach caused horror. The IS sympathiser stabbed a local youth group in broad daylight and killed a 14-year-old boy, grinning as if in mockery when he was arrested.
In contrast, the Syrian ( aged 19) who stood trial in Linz this week had not yet turned to open terrorist violence. For over a year, however, he had spoken to a flatmate in a social centre about …