ISLAMIC AUTHORITY BASED IN AUSTRIA DENOUNCES TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST U.S.     KUN0016 4 GEN 0279 KUWAIT /KUNA-TSV9   POL-US-ATTACKS-AUSTRIA-ISLAMIC   ISLAMIC AUTHORITY BASED IN AUSTRIA DENOUNCES TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST U.S.     VIENNA, SEPT 13 (KUNA) -- HEAD OF THE OFFICIAL ISLAMIC AUTHORITY IN   AUSTRIA, ANAS AL-SHAQFAH, STRONGLY DENOUNCED THURSDAY THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON   U.S. TARGETS IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON D.C. TUESDAY.   AL-SHAQFAH TOLD KUNA TODAY THAT THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN AUSTRIA IS SHOCKED   FROM THE ATTACKS ON INNOCENT PEOPLE.   HE ADDED THAT THE ISLAM STRONGLY REJECTS THE KILLING OF THE INNOCENT.   THE MUSLIM FIGURE DESCRIBED THE ATTACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN NEW   YORK AND THE PENTAGON BASED IN D.C. AS UNCALLED FOR TERRORIST ACTS POINTING   OUT THAT THOSE WHO CARRIED OUT SUCH ATTACKS SHOULD BE TRACKED DOWN AND TRIED   IN A COURT OF JUSTICE.   HE ADDED THAT THE SITUATION OF MUSLIMS IN AUSTRIA IS STABLE AND THERE IS NO   DANGER TO THEIR SECURITY THERE.   AL-SHAFQAH NOTED THAT HE HAD CONTACTS WITH AUSTRIAN OFFICIALS AND THE   MEDIA CONCERNING THE MUSLIM POSITION TOWARDS THE CRISES IN THE U.S. AND OTHER   TERRORIST ATTACKS.   HE STRESSED TO WAIT FOR INVESTIGATION RESULTS BEFORE TAKING ACTION AND   ACCUSING SOMEBODY WHILE HAVING NO EVIDENCE.   IN OTHER NEWS, AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR WOLFGANG SCHUESSEL EMPHASIZED THAT   AUSTRIA FEARS NO THREATS OF SIMILAR TERRORIST ATTACKS.   HE SAID IN A TELEVISION INTERVIEW THAT MUSLIM AND JEWISH COMMUNITIES ARE   PRACTICING THEIR RITUALS SAFELY IN AUSTRIA AND THERE ARE CONTACTS WITH THE   CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATIONS AMONG THEM AND FORBID ANY   POSSIBLE VIOLENCE OR PROBLEMS TO OCCUR.   THE CHANCELLOR NOTED THAT TERRORISM DOES NOT BELONG TO A RELIGION, CULTURE   OR RACE BECAUSE IT IS BASED ON HATE.(END)   AMQ.FI     KUNA 131107 Sep 01NNNN