Members of the Qaeda propagandists of the Globalen Islamischen Medienfront, who had recently released a video threat against Germany and Austria, were associated with a Vienna Mosque before the community dismissed them. Marion Kraske and Yassin Musharbash report.
The University of Vienna has started to educate Islamic religious teachers through its Master program Islamic Religious Pedagogy (Islamische Religionsp_dagogik). Michael Fleischhacker reports.
They translated and prepared terror videos, claims of responsibility and al-Qaida propaganda on the Internet. Austrian police have now attributed this handiwork to the Global Islamic Media Front and the leader of this network is reportedly among the arrested. Yassin Musharbash reports.
For the first time Austria has named a public place after a Muslim. The entrance to UN-City in Vienna will be named “Muhammad-Asad-Platz in spring. City officials declared that their decision should symbolize that Vienna is multicultural and a city which had always had Muslim life.
VIENNA – German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble called on Monday, September 11, for a state recognition of Islam and teaching the Muslim faith at schools as part of a state-backed curriculum, while unveiling plans to toughen the country’s anti-terror laws.
