Some MPs want greater control over foreign priests

MPs from the Platform for Preserving European Culture want the Czech Republic to adopt legislation which would prevent radical Islamic priests from being allowed to preach in the country. They have put forward a draft bill according to which foreign priests who wish to be active in the Czech Republic would have to undergo schooling on the Czech legal and cultural environment. The bill is reportedly tailored according to Austrian and Danish legislation, which also sought to bring radical priests under greater state control. At the end of August the Czech intelligence services reported they were investigating an imam formerly active in Prague who had apparently tried to radicalize the Czech Muslim community.