Austria has recorded around 80 breaches of its under-14 school hijab ban in two weeks. Officials say some girls themselves are refusing to remove the headscarf.
Austria’s parliament has debated banning political Islam while the government develops its own prohibition, forcing lawmakers to define where protected Islamic belief ends and anti-democratic Islamism begins.
A city-owned hall in Linz is due to host a Millî Görüş-linked religious event featuring Turkish speakers whose previous statements praised Hamas leaders, raising a harder question about the threshold public venues should apply.
Austria has begun enforcing its nationwide school hijab ban for girls under 14, with parents facing fines of up to €800 as a new constitutional challenge gets under way.
Austria’s nationwide ban on Islamic headscarves for girls under 14 is now being enforced, with parents potentially facing fines and a constitutional challenge expected.
Austria’s political-Islam watchdog says Islamist networks are increasingly using fitness, entrepreneurship and lifestyle content while also attempting to influence online knowledge sources used by AI.
German prosecutors have charged seven alleged Hamas members over a suspected weapons network preparing an attack in Germany or Austria.
