Austria
Yom Kippur Zoom reunites Holocaust survivors 71 years later
By Luis Andres Henao and Jessie Wardarski — October 20, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 70 years had passed since last seeing her friend at an Austrian displaced persons camp. Then Ruth Brandspiegel heard a familiar name being called out in a Yom Kippur service held in late September via Zoom.
In ‘Hidden Life’, Terrence Malick says freedom is won in standing up for beliefs
By Claire Giangravé — December 11, 2019
(RNS) — God is never mentioned in the philosophical director's latest film: There is no need. God’s presence is always implied in the physical world.
Defending free speech is also the best way to defend Muhammad
By Ayman S. Ibrahim — November 6, 2018
(RNS) — A European court says the right to free speech does not include criticizing the Prophet Muhammad. But placing a halo on Islam, claiming it is untouchable, will only suggest that Islam is an implausible faith.
Belgian hermit on Austrian mountain awaits visitors with schnapps
By Kirsti Knolle — May 29, 2017
VIENNA (Reuters) Stan Vanuytrecht, a Catholic deacon, was one of about 70 candidates from around the world who applied for the unpaid position at one of Europe's last hermitages, a hut built into a cliff in the Austrian mountains.
Turkish-financed mosques in Europe allegedly spying for Erdogan
By Tom Heneghan — April 19, 2017
PARIS (RNS) European lawmakers are calling for tighter restrictions on the mosques, which critics say keep diaspora Turks from fully integrating.
Austrian minister calls for headscarf ban for public servants
By Reuters — January 6, 2017
(Reuters) But Christian crosses, widespread in staunchly Catholic Austria, should be allowed in classrooms, he said, referring to the country's 'historically grown culture.'
Austria to convert or demolish house Hitler was born in
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 17, 2016
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria plans to convert and possibly tear down the house Hitler was born in to prevent it becoming a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
Far-right parties winning over some Jewish voters, top rabbi warns
By David Gibson — June 1, 2016
(Reuters) "When God gave out intelligence, not everybody stood in line," said Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, head of the Conference of European Rabbis.
At a castle in Austria, villagers and refugees celebrate Eid al-Adha
By Reuters — September 25, 2015
(Reuters) An ancient castle in an Austrian village somewhere between Vienna and Hungary is not where you might expect to see an Islamic celebration.
Austria passes “Law on Islam” banning foreign money for Muslim groups
By Reuters — February 25, 2015
VIENNA (RNS) The law bans foreign funding for Islamic organizations and requires any group claiming to represent Austrian Muslims to submit and use a standardized German translation of the Quran.
Austrian bill would ban foreign funding for mosques, imams
By Alexei Korolyov — November 20, 2014
VIENNA (RNS) The government argues that the legislation, which Parliament will vote on this month, will help combat Islamic radicalism. Muslim groups and civic activists say it flouts the principle of equality.
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