Education and Schooling
Austrian Muslim teacher’s license revoked
Austria‘s Islamic Community says it has revoked the license of a Muslim religion teacher who allegedly gave his students anti-Semitic pamphlets. The announcement Friday came a day after the Islamic Community suspended the man for allegedly encouraging students to abstain from “Jewish businesses”. The teacher in question taught at a regular school in the Austrian…
Austria starts to crack down on extremist Islam teachers
By withdrawing the teaching licence of an anti-Semitic Islam religion teacher on Thursday, Austria’s education ministry has started to implement measures against extremist Muslim educators. The teacher had told his students at a Vienna secondary school not to buy from a list of international companies, because they were “Jewish.” Thursday’s decision was the latest development…
Sweden: Muslim woman sues college over ban on face-covering
A Muslim woman in Stockholm has filed a report and suit against an adult education college in Spanga, after being told that she could not wear an Islamic headscarf and face-covering in class. The woman, who covers not only her hair but wears a niqab which covers the entire face but the eyes, has reported…
Muslim leaders await approval for Islamic primary school plan in Granada
Plans to open the first Islamic primary school in Spain are awaiting approval in Granada. The proposal would provide the province’s sizable Muslim population with the opportunity to give their children an Islamic education in Spain, where schools are secular by law, though religious education material focuses almost entirely on Catholicism. “We are not trying…
Oklahoma Muslims ask legislators to back bill against offensive school mascots
The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on state legislators to end the use of offensive or race-based names for schools, teams, or mascots, by supporting a measure called the “Anti-Discriminatory Mascot Bill.” Oklahoma CAIR executive director Razi Hashmi said: “we commend the Tulsa Indian Coalition Against Racism for its leadership…