The Austrian embassy in Ankara has for the first time held a training session for Turkish imams that are to be sent to Austria. Eleven Turkish imams participated in the initiative, which was carried out with the goal of better familiarizing the imams with the Austrian educational system and administrative issues. The two-day long session…
A research report submitted to the Dutch parliament this week recommended the government counter Islamic radicalization by promoting marriage and family life. The study by the national intelligence service analyzed data on 22 men who were committed to jihad in the past but had since stopped. The service emphasizes the importance of a job and…
A survey conducted by researchers at the University of Utrecht reveals that children of Turkish and Moroccan immigrants to the Netherlands practice their religion less rigorously than their parents. The overwhelming majority still see themselves as Muslim. The results stem from a survey of 2000 members of the Turkish-Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch communities and published in…
