The lawsuit against a married couple for membership in a terrorist organisation will start in March. Mohamed M. (22) and his wife S. (20) are accused of being involved in the production and spread of a video threat against the “governments of Germany and Austria” in March 2007. In the video message, the military involvement…
Austria’s Muslim community continues to grow, and according to a study by the Austrian Society for International Understanding, Islam will overtake Protestantism as the country’s second-largest religious group by 2010. Christian religions had to suffer a massive decline in membership over the last 30 years, the study said. According to the 1971 census 6.49 million…
The lawsuit against a married couple for membership in a terrorist organisation will start in March. Mohamed M. (22) and his wife S. (20) are accused of being involved in the production and spread of a video threat against the “governments of Germany and Austria” in March 2007. In the video message, the military involvement…
Islam expert Mouhanad Khorchide speaks about extremism, the organisation of Islam in Austria and explains why Islamic religious lessons at public schools in Austria. In particular, Khorchide criticized that Islamic religious lessons at schools are too conservative at the moment. He appeals to renew Islam in general. Islam has been interpreted and shaped by traditionalists…
Austrian authorities said they arrested a second suspect in an attempted bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Vienna. Police said they took a man into custody in the town of Tulln, about 15 miles west of Vienna. Federal police said they were treating the suspect as a possible accomplice of a Bosnian who was arrested…
