Lower Austria's new plan: The kindergarten as a front against Islam!

Lower Austria's new plan: The kindergarten as a front against Islam!

The debates about immigration and Islam in Austria are currently heating up tempers, especially in the federal state of Lower Austria. There, the black-and-blue state government, led by Udo Landbauer, decided on a new action plan to combat radical Islam. With a clear focus on avoiding so-called threats to internal security, the education of young people in Catholic kindergartens is advocated instead of mosques and Shiite schools. How dolomitenstadt.at reports, a central element of this plan is a ban on veiling for female civil servants.

Low number of Muslims and historical contexts

Critics complain that the proportion of Muslims in Lower Austria is very low at less than 5%. However, the state government points to historical contexts that affect Muslims in Austria, especially in Burgenland. In the 10th century, Muslims began to settle in Burgenland, where the proportion is lowest today. The first notable Muslim groups in Austria emerged in the 15th century with Ottoman raids. As a result, the Muslim population in Austria continued to develop, especially after the two world wars, when migrants and refugees came to the country. So be loud Wikipedia There are now up to 700,000 Muslims living in Austria, which makes up over 8% of the total population.

The Lower Austrian government's current measures aim to regulate Islam and its culture in Austria and to control the settlement of Muslims. In addition to this plan, which is intended to make the social integration of Muslims more difficult, there are historical tensions between the religions. For many, Austria's integration policy is interpreted as a sign of a deeper rejection of Islam as a whole, an issue that is mixed with the challenges of the country's future cultural identity.