Tag: Austria

13 September 2023

The most important motivation for me to embrace Islam was the feeling of need for religion and spirituality…

Of course, as I mentioned, the Shia school of thought is marginalized among Muslims in Austria and their resources are very limited. Naturally, the mourning rituals there are not like Iran, and given the limited scale, they can’t have extensive mourning ceremonies.

31 March 2023

Hijabi Muslim Women in Austria Facing More Anti-Muslim Racism

Muslim women wearing the headscarf in Austria face more anti-Muslim hate and discrimination than men, according to a local activist working against Islamophobia.

19 January 2023

Austria Still Viewing Islam as A Threat: Farid Hafez

Austrian intelligence services still view political Islam as a threat to the country, Austrian academic Farid Hafez said days after he was acquitted of “terrorism” charges for his work on Islamophobia.

13 December 2020

Constitutional Court Overturns Headscarf Ban in Austria’s Schools

Austria’s Constitutional Court ruled that a law banning girls aged up to 10 from wearing headscarves in schools was discriminatory, overturning the measure introduced by the ruling conservatives while allied with the far right.

05 February 2019

Video Clips on Islam Released in Austria

The Imam Ali (AS) Islamic Center in Vienna, Austria, has released a series of video clips introducing Islam in German.

17 May 2017

An Austrian professor Discovers Islam

Allah started now visibly guiding my life. Some days after my return to Austria, a woman from Egypt started working as guest scientist in my institute for the duration of one year….

18 March 2017

“I am very happy to convert to Islam”

I regard Islam as a gift from God since I am feeling a special tranquility by becoming a Muslim; I am eager to confer such a tranquility also to my friends by propagating Islam”