The end of the monopoly of the Islamic Community in Austria Commentary by Amer Albayati
There must be more than just a representation of Muslims in Austria - is this legal opinion the Constitutional Court (Constitutional Court), not only the foundation of the Islamic faith Alevi community (IAGO) "as its own confessional community possible. But will also door to the establishment of other Islamic religious communities in Austria was opened.
have followed in the recognition of the "Islamic Alevis" confessional community as requested in December 2010, three other Islamic associations in the cult of official recognition as a separate religious communities. Sunnis, Shiites and liberal Muslims Initiative (Ilmo), reforming Islam and contemporary make do mainly with European-style living in those countries where millions of Muslims. The Shiites will be the recognition can hardly deny. Who ultimately makes the race for the Sunnis, will still . Show Most important, however, is one: The IGGiÖ is no longer in the race, not least because of their continuing grievances.
The previous Islamic Religious Community in Austria (IGGiÖ) would indeed all Muslims of all faiths are supposed to represent. In fact, they had but their own basic beliefs never published in German and deposited with the Culture Office. From the contents that can be seen from the Constitution of the IGGiÖ and curriculum for Islamic religious instruction, we can conclude that only a single, highly conservative Wahhabi interpretation of direction had been represented, according to the interpretation of Islam in Saudi Arabia. That would be understandable, since working IGGiÖ President Anas Schakfeh for many years in the cultural office of the Saudi Arabian Embassy.
with Islamic Law of 1912, the followers of Islam have been officially recognized as a religious society. This was nothing other than the Muslims of Bosnia legally equated the religion of Christians and Jews. The large number of Muslims from very different areas, many decades later, was then not seen before, and 1979 not recognized as the Education Office approved the request of a small club, the first Islamic community. This permit, the Constitutional Court had already on 29/2/1988 (V11/87) lifted the entire IGGiÖ Since then hung in the air. The previous legal opinion that the IGGiÖ represents as the only representative body of all Muslims, has now the Constitutional Court in December 2010 denied very clearly when he stated, would be nowhere herauszulesen that there should be only one Islamic community.
This decision has resolved the Constitutional Court (Constitutional Court) to set IGGiÖ as a unitary representation of all Muslims. Anas Schakfeh confirmed this view by declaring, "We have never had a monopoly on all Muslims in the sense not to do and had the Alevi-recognition and other Islamic beliefs stand in the way to establish their own faith communities." The
IGGiÖ had long lost the decision of the Constitutional Court's credibility as a religious representative, by their proximity to
Social Democratic Party and the Muslim Brotherhood .
This gives the IGGiÖ also no support in the Muslim community, only a minority of Muslims in Austria feel represented by it. Instead, works of Islam in Austria, organized in the form of countless clubs, mostly on the origin, which often self-appointed preachers spread their own world view. These preachers would be persecuted for spreading their world view in your own country or imprisoned.
With the last electoral rules IGGiÖ the clubs were registered as voters, the Muslims themselves would first have to apply for registration and pay for it. We do not understand under Islam, and not religion. Private clubs may, under the guise of religious freedom to build their own mosques, where they sealed off from the rest of the company's own box stores (food, shoes, hairdressers, etc.) operate, for which they paid import imams from other countries. Even that is not the Islam that we understand as a religion, because the integration of Muslim immigrants is being affected. This development is generally dangerous and promotes parallel societies.
We expect Muslims that use the new Islamic faith communities for the renewal of religious education. The state needs to consider very carefully how he free religious education, he paid for the check so that the Constitution, laws and cultural norms of Europe are met. Radical and fundamentalist content have no place in religious education, the language of instruction is to be authentic German.
For Muslims living in Austria by the Constitutional Court's decision opened up new opportunities to live their religion in the present. These possibilities we want to use.
Albayati Amer (born 1942 in Baghdad) is a journalist and expert on Islam; He is co-founder of the Initiative liberal Muslims Austria - Ilmo "
