{"id":4951,"date":"2014-03-26T23:34:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T22:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=4951"},"modified":"2014-05-22T20:13:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:13:53","slug":"austria-muslims-outnumber-catholics-in-vienna-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2014\/03\/26\/austria-muslims-outnumber-catholics-in-vienna-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Austria: Muslims Outnumber Catholics in Vienna Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/islamstunde-set.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4952 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/islamstunde-set.jpg\" alt=\"islamstunde set\" width=\"1201\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/islamstunde-set.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/islamstunde-set-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/islamstunde-set-1024x370.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1201px) 100vw, 1201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Muslim students, according to new statistics, now outnumber Roman Catholic students at middle and secondary schools in Vienna, the capital and largest city of Austria.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Austria: Muslims Outnumber Catholics in Vienna Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a title=\"Austria: Muslims Outnumber Catholics in Vienna Schools\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4229\/austria-muslims-vienna-schools\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | March 26, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Muslim students, according to new statistics, now outnumber Roman Catholic students at middle and secondary schools in Vienna, the capital and largest city of Austria.<\/p>\n<p>The data\u2014which show that Muslim students are also on the verge of overtaking Catholics in Viennese elementary schools\u2014reflect an established trend and provide empirical evidence of a massive demographic and religious shift underway in Austria, traditionally a Roman Catholic country.<\/p>\n<p>The Muslim population in Austria now exceeds 500,000 (or roughly 6% of the total population), up from an estimated 150,000 (or 2%) in 1990. The Muslim population is expected to reach 800,000 (or 9.5%) by 2030, according to recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/files\/2011\/01\/FutureGlobalMuslimPopulation-WebPDF-Feb10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">estimates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the current school year, 10,734 Muslim students are enrolled in Viennese middle and secondary schools, compared to 8,632 Roman Catholic students, 4,259 Serbian Orthodox students and 3,219 students with \u201cno religious persuasion,\u201d according to statistics compiled by the Vienna Board of Education (<a title=\"Stadtschulrat Wien\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stadtschulrat.at\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stadtschulrat f\u00fcr Wien<\/a>) and published by <a title=\"Radio Vatican\" href=\"http:\/\/de.radiovaticana.va\/news\/2014\/03\/21\/%C3%B6sterreich:_mehr_muslime_als_katholiken_an_wiens_hauptschulen\/ted-783480\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Vatican<\/a> website on March 21.<\/p>\n<p>As far as elementary schools are concerned, there are 23,807 Roman Catholic students, followed by 17,913 Muslim students, 11,119 \u201cnon-religious\u201d students, 6,083 Serbian Orthodox students and 2,322 Protestants.<\/p>\n<p>The statistics show that the only Viennese schools where Muslims remain a distinct minority are in the <a title=\"Gymnasium Wiki\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gymnasium_(school)\" target=\"_blank\">gymnasium<\/a>, advanced secondary schools that place a strong emphasis on academic learning rather than on vocational skills. Students graduating from a gymnasium are more likely than others to be admitted to attend university in Austria.<\/p>\n<p>Austria is also in the process of introducing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heute.at\/news\/oesterreich\/art23655,995297\" target=\"_blank\">new taxpayer-funded textbooks<\/a> for the formal teaching of Islam in all public elementary schools across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The textbooks are called \u201cIslam Hour\u201d (Islamstunde) and have been prepared by the Islamic Religious Authority of Austria (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.derislam.at\/\" target=\"_blank\">Islamische Glaubensgemeinschaft in \u00d6sterreich<\/a>, IGGi\u00d6), a Muslim umbrella organization whose main responsibility is the state-funded supply of Islamic religious education at Austrian public and private schools.<\/p>\n<p>According to the IGGi\u00d6, the new textbooks are based on \u201csecure and recognized sources of Islam\u201d aimed at \u201cembedding Islam into the lives of students.\u201d Unlike previous versions of the books, which were criticized for being \u201coverly martial in tone\u201d and for not being \u201csufficiently oriented toward European values,\u201d the new books have been developed based a \u201ccompletely new didactic model for competency-based education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the main textbook used for Islam instruction in Austrian public schools was a vehemently anti-Western screed entitled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/fullscreen\/4429110?access_key=key-2ofq1ahrjxxqs3914wqf&amp;allow_share=true&amp;escape=false&amp;view_mode=scroll\" target=\"_blank\">The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam<\/a>\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mohdy.name\/pdfs\/g001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Erlaubtes und Verbotenes im Islam<\/a>) and authored by none other than <a title=\"Yusuf Al-Qaradawi Wiki\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yusuf_al-Qaradawi\" target=\"_blank\">Yusuf al-Qaradawi<\/a>, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p>Among other Islamic doctrines, the book taught students that Islamic Sharia law takes precedence over secular laws, that women have fewer rights than men, and that those who abandoned Islam are to be put to death.<\/p>\n<p>The book was eventually banned from Austrian schools (although it is still being openly promoted on the website of <a title=\"Islamic Center Vienna\" href=\"http:\/\/www.izwien.at\/dienstleistungen\/islamische-buecher\/deutsch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Islamic Center of Vienna<\/a>, the largest mosque in Austria) after Al-Qaradawi\u2014a spiritual advisor for the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas\u2014began publicly endorsing suicide attacks against Jews as \u201cmartyrdom in the name of Allah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[Al-Qaradawi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.investigativeproject.org\/profile\/167#_ftnref2\" target=\"_blank\">speaks openly<\/a> about the goals of Islam: \u201cWhat remains, then, is to conquer Rome. (&#8230;) This means that Islam will come back to Europe for the third time, after it was expelled from it twice. (&#8230;) Conquest through Dawa [proselytizing] that is what we hope for. We will conquer Europe! We will conquer America! Not through the sword but through our Dawa.\u201d]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/austria-koran-school.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5253\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/austria-koran-school.jpg\" alt=\"austria koran school\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/austria-koran-school.jpg 730w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/austria-koran-school-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new textbooks come in four volumes along with a companion CD that includes not only recitations of the Koran, but also a rap song which deals with the aspects of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heute.at\/news\/oesterreich\/art23655,995297\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a> with the Austrian newspaper <em>Heute<\/em>, an IGGi\u00d6 project manager named Amena Shakir said the aim of the new textbooks is to \u201clearn about how the Koranic suras [chapters] can be applied to everyday life.\u201d Shakir added that this is the first time Islam is being taught to Austrian students in the German language and that the textbooks contextualize Islam in the Austrian countryside rather than in Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want our young people in Austria have a sense of home,\u201d said the president of IGGi\u00d6, Fuat Sanac. \u201cWe have tried for years to bring these books into being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanac also called on the Austrian government to approve and promulgate a new \u201cIslam Law\u201d that would provide Muslims with more legal rights and protections than they enjoy in the current law, which dates back to 1912.<\/p>\n<p>The original law was adopted to help integrate Muslim soldiers from Bosnia-Herzegovina into the <a title=\"Austro-Hungarian Rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina Wiki\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austro-Hungarian_rule_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina\" target=\"_blank\">Austro-Hungarian army<\/a> of the Habsburg monarchy. The law recognized Islam as a religious community in Austria, and allowed Muslims to practice their religion in accordance with the laws of the state.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/oe1.orf.at\/artikel\/369777\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a> with Austrian Public Radio \u00d61-Morgenjournal on March 21, the Minister for Integration and Foreign Affairs, Sebastian Kurz, said he would honor a campaign pledge to update the law, which would more clearly stipulate the rights and responsibilities of Muslims living in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Kurz said Muslims would be expected to adhere to Austrian values (as yet undefined) and to acknowledge the primacy of Austrian law over Islamic Sharia law. That is to say, Muslims would be prohibited from citing Islamic law as legal justification for ignoring or disobeying Austrian civil laws, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The new law would also clearly stipulate that Islam classes may not contradict or override Austria\u2019s civil educational system. In addition, Kurz said Islamic religious institutions in Austria should be financed exclusively from within Austria and that there should be more government scrutiny of funding obtained from abroad, presumably from Saudi Arabia and other oil rich Muslim countries.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Muslims would obtain the legal right to operate their own cemeteries according to Islamic law. The law would also regulate the activities of Muslim clergy in hospitals, prisons and the army.<\/p>\n<p>Kurz did not address Muslim demands for the official recognition of <a href=\"http:\/\/diepresse.com\/home\/panorama\/religion\/1381798\/Muslime-wollen-gesetzliche-Feiertage-in-Osterreich?_vl_backlink=%2Fhome%2Findex.do\" target=\"_blank\">Islamic holidays<\/a> (Muslim students are already entitled to two such holidays each year but Muslim workers are not) in Austria.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Austrian government would actively promote the training of Muslim clergy (imams) within the Austrian university system (modeled on the <a href=\"http:\/\/iis.univie.ac.at\/\" target=\"_blank\">Institute for Islamic Studies<\/a> at the University of Vienna), with the aim of promoting a \u201cEuropean\u201d Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Kurz said he did not expect significant resistance to the initiative from other political parties in Austria. \u201cWe need a new law that clearly defines that there are rights and obligations for every individual in Austria,\u201d Kurz said. \u201cIt makes sense to have an orderly legal framework regarding Islam, a topic that often raises emotions. Austria needs a clear framework for Islam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"SoerenKern.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soerenkern.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Soeren Kern<\/em><\/a><em> is a Senior Fellow at the New York-based <\/em><a title=\"Gatestone Institute\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Gatestone Institute<\/em><\/a><em>. He is also Senior Fellow for European Politics at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estrat\u00e9gicos \/ Strategic Studies Group. Follow him on <\/em><a title=\"Soeren Kern Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Soeren.Kern\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em> and on <\/em><a title=\"Soeren Kern Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SoerenKern\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Link to Original Article: <a title=\"Austria: Muslims Outnumber Catholics in Vienna Schools\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4229\/austria-muslims-vienna-schools\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4229\/austria-muslims-vienna-schools<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslim students, according to new statistics, now outnumber Roman Catholic students at middle and secondary schools in Vienna, the capital and largest city of Austria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[114,121,48],"tags":[60,127,181],"class_list":["post-4951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-austria-islam-in-europe","category-demographics","category-islam-in-europe","tag-austria","tag-demographics-2","tag-islam-in-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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