Austria’s new Law on Islam will prohibit Muslim organisations receiving funding from abroad. This will also affect imams who work in Austria but are financially supported by Turkey.
One of two Austrian students who flew to Syria in April claiming they were going to fight in the civil war has possibly been killed. There is still no official confirmation.
Following closely on the heels of Germany, Austria has announced a forthcoming ban on terrorism-related symbols, specifically starting with the Isis flag, reported the Austrian Press Agency (APA) on Friday evening. [Updated to reflect comments from HC Strache over the weekend.]
Two more Islamist terror suspects were arrested last week at the Austrian border with Germany, according to a report on Bavarian Radio, citing information from the Munich prosecutor's office on Tuesday.
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 because she was wearing a headscarf.
The president of the Austrian Islamic Community (IGGiÖ), Fuat Sanac, says he is surprised and appalled about the nine suspected jihadists who were arrested in Austria on the weekend.
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 to a press release from Austria's Islamic Religious Community Association (IGGiÖ).
The remaining five alleged jihadists from a group of nine suspects arrested earlier this week have been given pre-trial detention by Vienna's criminal court.
Austria’s Federal Office against Terrorism and for Protection of the Constitution (BVT) is alarmed due to death threats against the Yazidi community in Vienna, according to a report in the Kurier newspaper.
A pig’s head has been left on the construction site of a planned Turkish Islamic high school in Vienna, in what is believed to be an Islamophobic attack.
The Austrian Press Agency reported Friday that the Freedom Party's (FPÖ) proposed bill to ban the wearing of the burqa and other similar religious headgear traditionally worn by Muslim women has been defeated due to lack of support by the Austrian parliament.
Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz has weighed in on the burqa issue, saying in parliament on Thursday that a proposed ban on the religious garment will not solve the integration issues which the country faces.
Austrian authorities have expressed concern at the potential risks associated with Muslim fighters returning from jihad in Syria, according to a report in the daily Kleine Zeitung.
With the recent start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting and self-restraint, The Local Austria asks a Turkish expat about life without food or water from sunrise to sunset.
Austria's Freedom Party (FPÖ) is calling for a ban on burqas, after the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) backed France's rules on religious headgear on Tuesday, when it ruled the country's law banning full-face veils in public was legal.
Anyone who has holidayed in a Muslim country knows the sound of the muezzin reciting the adhan, calling the faithful to prayer five times per day. But with only 20,000 believers in the predominantly Christian city of Graz, another solution needed to be found.
A group of Shiites say they will start a court case contending that they are not represented by the publicly recognised Austrian Islamic Community (IGGiÖ).
