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This interview with the police chief of the Austrian city of Graz appeared in the newspaper Kleine Zeitung yesterday.
The mosque plans are a safety issue for the police: Why do you see a potential for danger there?
GAISCH: I assume that the majority of the Muslims living in Graz want to live a regular, honest life. But I also see other facts: that in Graz we have a movement that appears openly on the main square with the Jihad flag.
How large is the group?
GAISCH: To tie that down a bit. There are 17 associations from Turkey, Chechnya and Afghanistan that follow their religion in places of worship. That includes moderate and radical groups. A handful of people maintain a radical lifestyle, meeting radical movements.