In 2008, two far right parties succeeded in banning the construction of minarets and even mosques in the Austrian provinces of Carinthia and Vorarlberg. This marked the first instance of an outright ban on Islamic worship structures in Europe.

DEFINE: Clearly establishes the historical fact of when and where the first European ban on Islamic worship structures occurred.

Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Intro…, loc. 635