Islamophobic attack on 84-year-old woman in Vienna
An 84-year-old woman originally from Turkey wearing a traditional headscarf was kicked to the ground on Thursday afternoon in an attack that was clearly motivated by anti-Islamic sentiments, according...
View ArticleMuslim woman attacked on Vienna train
A 37-year-old Muslim woman from Vienna has complained to police after being attacked by a woman whilst travelling on Vienna’s metro. She believes that the woman, who hit her in the face, did so...
View ArticleAustrian far-right activist convicted of inciting hatred against Muslims
Two weeks ago an Austrian far-right activist, named by the Stoppt die Rechten website as Michael F., received a 5-month suspended prison sentence for incitement, as a result of anti-Muslim comments he...
View ArticleAustria unveils new law on Islam
Austria called on Thursday for standardized German-language translations of the Koran and moved to prohibit foreign funding of Muslim organizations on its soil in a draft law aimed in part at tackling...
View ArticleAustria’s Muslims fear changes to historic Islam law
A row has broken out in Austria over government plans to overhaul the country’s century-old law on Islam. The new draft, which is partly aimed at tackling Islamist radicalism, forbids any foreign...
View ArticleFPÖ wants to target Muslim kindergartens that promote ‘violent ideology’
Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache was re-elected as Vienna’s state party chairman on Sunday and has put fighting radical Islam, crime on the U-Bahn network, and immigration top of his...
View ArticleFar-right leaders vow to ‘save Europe’ at French gathering
Representatives of Eurosceptic and far-right groups from Italy to Bulgaria gathered at the National Front party conference in Lyon at the weekend to warn France and Europe of a “neo-Ottoman” onslaught...
View ArticleMuslim woman attacked at Vienna bank
A 60-year-old Muslim woman was seriously injured after being attacked at a bank in Vienna, in an incident which appears to have been motivated by Islamophobia. Pensioner Selver S. was waiting in a...
View ArticleAustrian Muslims accuse government of rights violations
Austria’s Muslim organizations said the government violated the rights of an estimated 600,000 Muslims in the country after officials sent a proposed law, dubbed the “Islamic Bill,” to parliament...
View ArticlePig’s head hung on mosque door in Vienna
In a barbaric affront to Muslim sensibilities, part of a pig’s head and some pork tripe was attached to the door of a mosque in Vienna’s 21st district on Christmas day. The imam of the Kocatepe mosque...
View ArticleIslamophobic attack on 84-year-old woman in Vienna
An 84-year-old woman originally from Turkey wearing a traditional headscarf was kicked to the ground on Thursday afternoon in an attack that was clearly motivated by anti-Islamic sentiments, according...
View ArticleMuslim woman attacked on Vienna train
A 37-year-old Muslim woman from Vienna has complained to police after being attacked by a woman whilst travelling on Vienna’s metro. She believes that the woman, who hit her in the face, did so...
View ArticleAustrian far-right activist convicted of inciting hatred against Muslims
Two weeks ago an Austrian far-right activist, named by the Stoppt die Rechten website as Michael F., received a 5-month suspended prison sentence for incitement, as a result of anti-Muslim comments he...
View ArticleAustria unveils new law on Islam
Austria called on Thursday for standardized German-language translations of the Koran and moved to prohibit foreign funding of Muslim organizations on its soil in a draft law aimed in part at tackling...
View ArticleAustria’s Muslims fear changes to historic Islam law
A row has broken out in Austria over government plans to overhaul the country’s century-old law on Islam. The new draft, which is partly aimed at tackling Islamist radicalism, forbids any foreign...
View ArticleFPÖ wants to target Muslim kindergartens that promote ‘violent ideology’
Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache was re-elected as Vienna’s state party chairman on Sunday and has put fighting radical Islam, crime on the U-Bahn network, and immigration top of his...
View ArticleFar-right leaders vow to ‘save Europe’ at French gathering
Representatives of Eurosceptic and far-right groups from Italy to Bulgaria gathered at the National Front party conference in Lyon at the weekend to warn France and Europe of a “neo-Ottoman” onslaught...
View ArticleMuslim woman attacked at Vienna bank
A 60-year-old Muslim woman was seriously injured after being attacked at a bank in Vienna, in an incident which appears to have been motivated by Islamophobia. Pensioner Selver S. was waiting in a...
View ArticleAustrian Muslims accuse government of rights violations
Austria’s Muslim organizations said the government violated the rights of an estimated 600,000 Muslims in the country after officials sent a proposed law, dubbed the “Islamic Bill,” to parliament...
View ArticlePig’s head hung on mosque door in Vienna
In a barbaric affront to Muslim sensibilities, part of a pig’s head and some pork tripe was attached to the door of a mosque in Vienna’s 21st district on Christmas day. The imam of the Kocatepe mosque...
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