A video containing an unspecified threat to Austria was posted on the video-sharing Web site YouTube on Tuesday following anti-Islamic remarks by a hitherto unknown far-right Austrian politician. Police said they were still evaluating the video, but had offered the Graz- based activist, Susanne Winter, personal protection after she denounced Islam’s prophet and Muslim men…
The relationship between Turkey and Islam is examined in a report compiled by the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR). The Turkish translation of the report was published in October and makes a strong case for the country’s European Union accession bid at a time when the words “Turkey” and ”identity crisis” often appear…
According to a survey of the renowned Gallup-Institute 36 percent of the Austrians do not perceive Islam as a dangerous, whereas 57 percent believe that Islam is a threat against occidential values.
By Esra _zy_rek In a guest editorial, anthropologist Esra _zy_rek from the University of California, San Diego argues that German converts to Islam are not the threat they are claimed to be, and explains how converts make a valuable contribution to German society. Recently the German press has been filled with stories about how German…
Concerned about reports of German Islamists being trained in terrorist camps in Pakistan and an increased danger level, security officials and politicians are pushing to expand the catalogue of anti-terrorism measures. Security officials voiced concern over the weekend about a growing terrorism threat after a newspaper reported that German Islamists, who had been trained in…
