“Operation Luxor”: Nehammer's PR Success That Turned Into a Judicial Debacle With a Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit in the U.S.

PeopleOther ♦ Published: August 12, 2025; 22:39 ♦ (Vindobona)

The major crackdown on “political Islam” staged by then-Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) to great media fanfare has since proven to be a legal “fiasco.” Almost five years after the spectacular operation, a large-scale police raid against suspected members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Austria, the affair has taken a new turn.

The then Minister of the Interior, Karl Nehammer (ÖVP), staged the operation in a media-effective manner as a decisive blow against political Islam. / Picture: © Bundeskanzleramt (BKA) / Florian Schrötter

More than four years after the large-scale police operation against the Muslim Brotherhood, known as “Operation Luxor,” the controversial raid is back in the headlines.