{"id":6586,"date":"2016-06-30T05:35:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T04:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2023-03-21T15:46:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T14:46:49","slug":"turkeys-growing-influence-islam-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2016\/06\/30\/turkeys-growing-influence-islam-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey\u2019s Growing Influence over Islam in Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/2016\/06\/30\/turkeys-growing-influence-islam-austria\/austria_turkey\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6587\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6587\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/austria_turkey.jpg\" alt=\"austria_turkey\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/austria_turkey.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/austria_turkey-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Muslim groups are opposed to Turkey\u2019s growing influence over the practice of Islam in Austria.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Turkey&#8217;s Growing Influence over Islam in Austria<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/8352\/austria-islam-turkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | June 30, 2016<\/p>\n<p>The selection of an ethnic Turk to lead the Islamic Religious Community in Austria (<em>Islamischen Glaubensgemeinschaft in \u00d6sterreich, IGGi\u00d6<\/em>), the primary representative of Muslims in the country, is being challenged by Muslim groups opposed to Turkey\u2019s growing influence over the practice of Islam in Austria.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Olgun, a 28-year-old Austrian-born Islamic theologian with ties to the Turkish state, was quietly named on June 19 to replace 62-yer-old Fuat Sanac, who stepped down after serving as IGGi\u00d6 president for five years.<\/p>\n<p>Sanac, also a Turk, was reviled by Turkish authorities for helping the Austrian government draft a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/5277\/austria-reforms-islam-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islam Law<\/a> (<em>Islamgesetz<\/em>) that aims to promote an \u201cIslam with an Austrian character.\u201d The law, which was promulgated in February 2015, seeks to reduce outside meddling by prohibiting foreign funding for mosques, imams and Muslim organizations in Austria. It also stresses that Austrian law must take precedence over Islamic Sharia law for Muslims living in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Observers worry that Olgun \u2014 a member of the Turkey-financed Turkish-Islamic Union for Cultural and Social Cooperation in Austria (ATIB), an influential group that has vowed to challenge the Islam Law at Austria\u2019s Constitutional Court \u2014 will use his new position both to undermine the Islam Law and to increase further Turkey\u2019s influence over Muslims in Austria.<\/p>\n<p>At least eight Austrian Muslim groups (representing Albanian, Arab, Bosnian and Sufi Muslims) are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/derstandard.at\/2000039305063\/Islamische-Glaubensgemeinschaft-waehlt-neuen-Praesidenten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenging<\/a>\u00a0Olgun, who was selected by the IGGi\u00d6&#8217;s Shura Council (<i>Schurarat<\/i>), a rules committee (Shura is an Arabic word for consultation) whose\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.derislam.at\/?c=content&amp;cssid=Der%20Schurarat&amp;navid=130&amp;par=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">five members<\/a>\u00a0all happen to be ethnic Turks.<\/p>\n<p>IGGi\u00d6 statutes require a person to be at least 35 years old to head the group, but the Shura Council secretly annulled that stipulation last December,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/derstandard.at\/2000039305063\/Islamische-Glaubensgemeinschaft-waehlt-neuen-Praesidenten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to Hassan Mousa, head of the Arab Religious Community in Austria (<i>Arabischen Kultusgemeinde in \u00d6sterreich<\/i>). He said that Olgun&#8217;s selection was &#8220;undemocratic&#8221; and &#8220;illegal&#8221; and added that his ties to ATIB would shift IGGi\u00d6&#8217;s balance of power further in Turkey&#8217;s direction.<\/p>\n<p>ATIB, an umbrella group that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atib.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">operates<\/a>\u00a0more than 60 mosques in Austria, is directly managed by the religious affairs attach\u00e9 at the Turkish embassy in Vienna, and the imams of these mosques are Turkish civil servants. ATIB and its German counterpart, the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), are financed by the Turkish government&#8217;s Directorate for Religious Affairs, known in Turkish as <em>Diyanet<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Berlin-based expert on Turkey, Ralph Ghadban, the primary mission of ATIB and DITIB is to &#8220;install the Turkish government&#8217;s official version of Islam&#8221; in Austria and Germany. He\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.katholisch.de\/aktuelles\/aktuelle-artikel\/turkischer-nationalismus-statt-integration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a>\u00a0the two groups are the &#8220;extended arms&#8221; of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who uses them to promote Turkish nationalism as an antidote to integration among the Turkish diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>Ghadban\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.katholisch.de\/aktuelles\/aktuelle-artikel\/turkischer-nationalismus-statt-integration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warns<\/a>\u00a0that the Islam being preached in Turkish-controlled mosques in Europe is a &#8220;Sharia Islam with strong Turkish-nationalist overtones&#8221; that calls for a &#8220;strict separation from Western individualistic values.&#8221; He also says that DITIB has been strengthening its ties to Milli G\u00f6r\u00fcs (Turkish for &#8220;National Vision&#8221;), an influential Islamist movement strongly opposed to Muslim integration into European society.<\/p>\n<p>Olgun, who studied Islamic theology at the University of Ankara, has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.krone.at\/Oesterreich\/Islam-Gemeinschaft_Ibrahim_Olgun_-28-_neuer_Chef-Will_Bruecken_bauen-Story-515881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vowed<\/a>\u00a0to represent all Muslims in Turkey:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8220;I myself have experienced what it is like to grow up in Austria and to question my own identity. What is religion and what is tradition? It is worthwhile to reflect on it and then do theological research. Today I feel at home as a Muslim in Austria, but I also do not forget my roots. Therefore I will build bridges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Olgun\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/diepresse.com\/home\/panorama\/wien\/5022601\/Muslime_Junger-Theologe-fordert-Sanac-heraus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insists<\/a>\u00a0that he will not be Erdogan&#8217;s puppet and will not allow himself to be influenced by ATIB. Until recently, however, Olgun was ATIB&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/religion.orf.at\/stories\/2781062\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">point man<\/a>\u00a0for &#8220;interreligious dialogue,&#8221; a key method of spreading Islam in the West by portraying it as a religion of peace and tolerance.<\/p>\n<p>In Austria, ATIB directly competes with the Vienna-based, Saudi-funded King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, which,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/5194\/austria-saudi-kaiciid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to critics, is a permanent &#8220;propaganda center&#8221; in central Europe from which to spread the conservative Wahhabi sect of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Olgun also was an &#8220;inspector for Islamic religious instruction&#8221; (<i>Fachinspektor f\u00fcr islamischen Religionsunterricht<\/i>) for the IGGi\u00d6 in Vienna, where he worked to ensure that Muslim children are being taught a version of Islam that presumably complies with standards established by the Turkish government.<\/p>\n<p>The IGGi\u00d6, which represents more than 250 Muslim associations across Austria,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.schulamt.derislam.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supplies<\/a>\u00a0state-funded Islamic religious education at Austrian public and private schools.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, the IGGi\u00d6\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4229\/austria-muslims-vienna-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced<\/a>\u00a0new taxpayer-funded textbooks for the formal teaching of Islam in all public elementary schools across the country. According to the IGGi\u00d6, the new textbooks \u2014 called &#8220;Islam Hour&#8221; (<i>Islamstunde<\/i>) \u2014 are based on &#8220;secure and recognized sources of Islam&#8221; aimed at &#8220;embedding Islam into the lives of students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unlike previous versions of the books, which were criticized for being &#8220;overly martial in tone&#8221; and for not being &#8220;sufficiently oriented toward European values,&#8221; the new books have been developed based a &#8220;completely new didactic model for competency-based education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In February 2016, however, the University of Vienna published\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iis.univie.ac.at\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/p_iis\/Abschlussbericht__Vorstudie_Islamische_Kindergarten_Wien_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a>\u00a0which found that Islamic kindergartens in the capital are dominated by &#8220;intellectual Salafists and political Islamists&#8221; who are contributing to the &#8220;theologically-motivated isolation&#8221; of Muslim pupils. The report calls into question claims by the IGGi\u00d6 that anti-Western textbooks have been removed from Austrian schools: &#8220;In many of their publications the Muslim Brotherhood and Milli G\u00f6r\u00fcs reject the Western way of life as an inferior worldview.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Olgun\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/diepresse.com\/home\/panorama\/wien\/5022601\/Muslime_Junger-Theologe-fordert-Sanac-heraus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rejects<\/a>\u00a0the criticism levelled against him: &#8220;They say that I am too young, that I am the extended arm of the Turkish state. That is not true. I was born in Austria. I grew up here and am an Austrian citizen. I am not a Turkish civil servant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Olgun&#8217;s supporters\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/diepresse.com\/home\/panorama\/oesterreich\/5023904\/Generationenwechsel-in-der-Islamischen-Glaubensgemeinschaft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">say<\/a>\u00a0it is time for a &#8220;generational change&#8221; at the IGGi\u00d6 because Austria&#8217;s Muslim community is young and growing fast. 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,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewforum.org\/files\/2011\/01\/FutureGlobalMuslimPopulation-WebPDF-Feb10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to recent estimates.<\/p>\n<p>Muslim students now outnumber Roman Catholic students at middle and secondary schools in Vienna,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4229\/austria-muslims-vienna-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to official statistics, which show that Muslim students are also on the verge of overtaking Catholics in Viennese elementary schools. The data confirms a massive demographic and religious shift in Austria, traditionally a Roman Catholic country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soerenkern.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Soeren Kern<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0is a Senior Fellow at the New York-based<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Gatestone Institute<\/i><\/a><i>. He is also Senior Fellow for European Politics at the Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estrat\u00e9gicos \/ Strategic Studies Group. 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