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Saturday, February 19, 2011

ATIB: Cultural Association or Shelter for Islamists?

 
 

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9 February 2011

ATIB, the "Turkish-Islamic Union for Cultural and Social Cooperation in Austria," is a favorite target for anti-Islam activists in Austria. The far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) maintains that the goal of ATIB is to spread Turkish values and the Qur'an in Austria, while local activists such as the spokesperson for the Dammstraße anti-mosque initiative Hannelore Schuster believe that "naturally" there are Islamists active within ATIB, and that the goal of the Turkish state is to use ATIB to promote the domination of Europe by Islam.

Cengiz Günay of the Austria Institute for International Politics agrees ATIB is "definitely not independent" of the Turkish state, however he says that it represents a more moderate form of Islam, and that there are no "underground currents attempting to invade Austria." Günay in general refutes the idea that Islamic centers promote parallel societies in Austria: "they exist already," he says, due mainly to the fact that Turkish migrants occupy the lowest level of the social ladder.


 
 

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