FILE PHOTO: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache attend a news conference during the second day of a cabinet meeting in Mauerbach, Austria, May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's right-wing government plans to shut seven mosques and could expel dozens of imams in what it said was "just the beginning" of a push against radical Islam and foreign funding of religious groups that Turkey condemned as racist.
The coalition government, an alliance of conservatives and the far right, came to power soon after Europe's migration crisis on promises to prevent another influx and restrict benefits for new immigrants and refugees.
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