FPÖ Uses Furious Schwarzer as Election Support against Islam

27-28 September 2010 The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) now seems prepared to resort to anything for the upcoming elections in Vienna. In a recent campaign advertisement the FPÖ use a quote from the well-known German feminist Alice Schwarzer; however, the FPÖ did not ask Schwarzer for her permission, while Schwarzer is not even sure…

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Final FPÖ Attacks: “The Boat is Full”

24 September 2010 The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has wrapped up its election campaign in the East Styrian industrial city of Weiz with new attacks against Islam. The FPÖ top candidate, Gerhard Kurzmann, stated that the “boat is full,” and that he would rather hear church bells than the call of muezzins.

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From “Jewishization” to the “Islamist Party”

23 September 2010 In this opinion piece, Farid Hafez compares the anti-Jewish strategies that were pursued at the end of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th and the current Islamophobic strategies of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). Aside from advocating the direct control of the sermons being preached in synagogues, right-wing…

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Religion Takes a Front Seat in Viennese Elections

17 September From the “Minaret-game” in Styria to the question of a minaret ban in Vienna, the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has been focusing heavily on religion for its current election campaigns. For Regina Polak, religious studies scholar at Vienna University, this is characteristic of a growing trend to “religiousize” social and political conflict….

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Controversial FPÖ Lecturer to Appear in Court

15 September 2010 Elisabeth Sabatisch-Wolff, the controversial lecturer of an FPÖ (Freedom Party of Austria) seminar on Islam, will appear in court on charges of incitation and hate speech. The public attorney’s office of Vienna has filed an official complaint against Ms. Sabatisch-Wolff, whose comments such as “Islam is evil,” “Muslims are hostile,” and that…

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