27 October 2010 The Liberal Muslim Initiative of Austria (ILMÖ) has proposed to demand imams and Islamic preachers in the future to sign a declaration in which they agree to respect the principles of European values, democracy, human rights, freedom of opinion, equality of the sexes, respect of other beliefs and the freedom to change…
26 October 2010 Islam often shows up in the headlines in Austrian newspapers, though rarely in a positive light. According to Professor Farid Hafez at the University of Vienna, the debate surrounding a statement made by the president of the Islamic Religious Community in Austria (IGGiÖ) Anas Schakfeh is symptomatic of the problem. Schakfeh had…
24 October 2010 The association for the Development of Feminist Upbringing and Educational Models (EfEU) will be holding two seminars on 24 November in order to fight stereotypes surrounding young Muslims. The first seminar, given by Hikmet Kayahan and entitled “Young/Muslim/Macho, looking for Young Submissive Female Breeding Machine,” hopes to tackles the prejudices that continue…
24 October 2010 Last Sunday, the social project “72 Hours without Compromise” came to an end. 436 youths of different religious backgrounds participated in the project, which involved the construction of a tree house in the middle of the district of Lend, in Graz. For some of the youths it was a good chance to…
23 October 2010 In this article, Michael Prüller highlights the inherent problems associated with attempts to ban mosques: not only is reciprocity absurd (the lack of Christian churches in Iran should not have an impact on Indonesian Muslims in the Netherlands), but is goes against the very idea of human rights. However, he draws attention…
