Austria Archives - Page 3 of 4

02 Jun 2020 | Organizations

Factsheet: Wiener Akademikerbund (WAB, Viennese Association of Academics)

IMPACT: The Wiener Akademikerbund was established in 1957 and was affiliated with the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP). In 2011, it was formally banned from the ÖVP for questioning the 1947-Prohibition Act that prohibits Holocaust denial... read the complete article

Factsheet

17 Apr 2020 | Individuals

Factsheet: Sebastian Kurz

IMPACT: Sebastian Kurz is the current Federal Chancellor of Austria and Chairman of the centrist-right New Austrian People’s Party (Neue ÖVP). He previously served as State Secretary of the Interior Ministry for Social Integration and... read the complete article

Article

09 Dec 2019

How Islamophobic Politics Shapes People’s Attitudes in Austria

From December 2017 to May 2019, Austria was governed by a coalition of the centrist-right Peoples Party (OVP) and the right-wing extremist Freedom Party of Austria (FPO). While the latter has been the traditional stronghold... read the complete article

Factsheet

15 Aug 2019 | Individuals

Factsheet: Heinz-Christian Strache

Heinz-Christian Strache is the former Vice-Chancellor of Austria and leader of the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria (FPO). During his youth, he was affiliated with Neo-Nazis and under his leadership, the FPO has promoted Islamophobia. Strache is also widely connected to right-wing parties across Europe. read the complete article

Article

27 Jun 2019 | Politics

Don’t Sell to Muslims!

Recently, a Palestinian family that fled from Gaza and moved to Austria in 2010 made the news. The father, an instructor in English language at the University for Teachers in Gaza , had moved to... read the complete article

Factsheet

03 Jun 2019 | Individuals

FACTSHEET: Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff

Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff is a central figure in the transatlantic network of anti-Muslim and anti-Islam organizations and activists. She has co-organized the pan-European ‘Counter Jihad Movement,’ aligned with anti-Muslim activists and organizations in the U.S., and has been prosecuted for anti-Muslim speech. read the complete article

Editorial

20 May 2019 | Politics

The Identitarian Austrian Freedom Party

The Identitarian movement has attracted a lot of attention since the white-supremacist terrorist at the Christchurch mosques made headlines, naming his manifesto – "The Great Replacement" – after a famous slogan of this movement. As the world would later get to know, the relationship was even financial. read the complete article

Editorial

20 May 2019 | Politics

Austria’s Islamophobia and the construction of the authoritarian state

The Austrian government has just implemented a Hijab-ban in primary school, pretending to save Muslim women from ‘political Islam’. This measure reveals the structural alteration of the state in the hands of a right-wing government into an ideological state. read the complete article

Factsheet

30 Apr 2019 | Individuals

Factsheet: Martin Sellner

IMPACT: Austrian Martin Sellner is a proponent of the far-right Great Replacement conspiracy theory and leader of the Austrian chapter of Generation Identity, a far-right white nationalist anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim movement originating in Europe. Martin... read the complete article

Editorial

29 Apr 2019

Muslim organizations disproportionately impacted by Austria’s banning of Muslim Brotherhood symbols

On March 1, 2019 something unprecedented took place in a Western country and it has gone nearly unnoticed. The logo of the Muslim Brotherhood, along with logos of other non-terrorist and terrorist organizations, was added... read the complete article