The Education Ministry and the Austrian Islamic Denomination have agreed on a package of changes providing for new contracts for Islamic instructors and new lesson plans for the teaching of Islam in Austrian public schools. Lower Austrian school council President Hermann Helm called for strict control of all Islamic instruction and lesson materials. One illustration in a textbook used for Islamic instruction reportedly shows a dead Muslim fighter described as a martyr. Helm also called for all Islamic instruction to be conducted in the German language. He added new contracts had to oblige Islamic instructors to respect the values of democracy. Those who refused to, Helm said, should be fired on the spot.
TEACHING ISLAM IN AUSTRALIA
The Education Ministry and the Austrian Islamic Denomination have agreed on a package of changes providing for new contracts for Islamic instructors and new lesson plans for the teaching of Islam in Austrian public schools.
