Muslim youth Austria

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The Muslim Youth Austria (MJÖ) is the youth organization of the Islamic Faith Community in Austria and was founded in 1996 in Linz. Nermina Mumić, Adis Šerifović and Canan Yasar have been federal chairmen since November 2015. She is a member of the Austrian Federal Youth Council (BJV). In March 2017, the regional chairman Derai Al Nuaimi of the Muslim Youth Austria was elected as a federal chairman of the federal youth council.

profile

The Muslim Youth Austria is the oldest German-speaking Muslim youth association in Austria. It did not emerge from a Muslim adult club, unlike the Millî Görüş Youth Federation (JUWA) or the youth of the Islamic League of Culture. According to its own information, the MJÖ has around 30,000 members.

The MJÖ describes itself as independent and wants to create an “ Austrian-Islamic identity”. “Far from religious extremism on the one hand and a complete dissolution of our own identity on the other, we want to create an Austrian-Islamic identity,” says the MJÖ's self-portrayal. They want a “society without discrimination of any kind, free access to education and more participation for young people”.

One of the most important self-formulated goals of the Muslim Youth Austria is the promotion of education. It sees itself “as a feminist organization and strives for a society in which women and men participate equally in all areas of social life”.

Since 2005, the “Young Muslim Women Austria” (JMÖ) have been represented as a women's organization independently and independently and some of them are participants in the “Fatima 2005” and “Fatima 2007 - Qualification Offensive for Muslim Girls” projects.

The Muslim Youth Austria was supported by the former Federal Ministry for Economy, Family and Youth , whose family and youth agendas were transferred to the newly created Federal Ministry for Families and Youth in 2014 .

The MJÖ should not be confused with the radical, small group “Islamic Youth Austria” (IJÖ) founded by Mohamed Mahmoud .

history

The Muslim Youth Austria emerged from a group of friends of Muslim youth from Upper Austria. The decision to become “Islamically active” was made in 1995. On March 5, 1996, the association was founded. In 1999 the group was re-established under its current name.

The “Linz Muslim Meeting”, which has been held since 1996, can be seen as one of the first regular events and activities. Regular summer and winter camps followed from 2001, followed by a series of country trips ("France, Bosnia, Spain, Turkey, Egypt, England, Tunisia").

On September 9, 2006 the 10th anniversary of the MJÖ took place in the Austria Center Vienna in Vienna. In addition to speeches by the then President of the National Council, Andreas Khol , the then President of the Islamic Faith Community in Austria (IGGiÖ) Anas Schakfeh and Tariq Ramadan , musical entertainment was provided by Sami Yusuf and the German rapper Ammar114.

On September 11, 2006, a dummy bomb was found in front of a MJÖ bar in Vienna-Rudolfsheim with a note labeled “4. July 1926 - Weimar ”, the founding day of the Hitler Youth and the first NSDAP party congress. The perpetrator, who could be identified by means of call data retrieval from his SMS , was a 29-year-old former member of the association who found the attitude of the MJÖ too "lax". In the court proceedings, the man who had converted to Islam at the age of 20 emphasized that he had committed the act as a “protest against the way the MJÖ worked” because, in his opinion, it “did not represent the correct Islam” and was “too defensive”. In February 2007, the native of Vienna was sentenced to 15 months in prison, five of which were unconditional.

Since 2010, the MJÖ has also been increasingly active in the charitable area. So she participated several times in the humanitarian action 72h without compromise of the Catholic Youth Austria . In 2011, the MJÖ started its annual charity project Ramadan - Sharing Without Borders .

In June 2013 the MJÖ called on Muslim youths to help in the face of the flood disaster and, in cooperation with the Catholic Youth Austria, participated in relief and clean-up work. Dismissive remarks by the FPÖ in Traismauer were followed by public outrage and distancing and apologies on the part of FPÖ functionaries.

Alleged proximity to the Muslim Brotherhood

On January 14, 2015, a parliamentary question from Anneliese Kitzmüller ( FPÖ ) reached the National Council regarding the financial support of the MJÖ by the former Federal Ministry of Economics, Family and Youth and about possible links between the MJÖ and the Muslim Brotherhood . With regard to the alleged connection to the Muslim Brotherhood, the MJÖ was asked to comment on the answer to the question from Family Minister Sophie Karmasin . In the statement, the MJÖ denies the allegations and rejects them.

The lawyer Lorenzo G. Vidino attested the MJÖ "strong connections to people [...] who are influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood". The religious educator Ednan Aslan located the MJÖ in ideological proximity to political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood. Representatives of the MJÖ rejected these allegations as "absurd conspiracy theories". In 2015, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung published an article about possible links with the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Austrian news magazine Profil claimed in its January 26th 2015 issue, among other things, that the organization was a member of Femyso , had connections to the Muslim Brotherhood and received financial support from “foreign sponsors” and foundations. A reader of the magazine turned to the Austrian Press Council because of the allegations in the news magazine , which, however, did not initiate any independent proceedings. The MJÖ initiated civil proceedings against the news magazine after Profil refused to publish a reply . Shortly before the trial, there was a dispute resolution with a correction by the news magazine, in which determined that the MJÖ was not in organizational and ideological relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood, only in the period from 2003 to 2005 associate member in FEMYSO was and MJÖ does not receive any financial donations from foundations or from abroad.

After the Austrian politician Efgani Dönmez made suspicions about the MJÖ's connections to the Muslim Brotherhood in his blog and in the Oberösterreichische Nachrichten on May 6, 2017, the organization published a reply that there was no organizational and / or ideological between the MJÖ and the Muslim Brotherhood Connections exist.

The Kronen Zeitung in 2017 published a "editorial correction" with the statement that no connecting factors of MJÖ exist with the Muslim Brotherhood.

literature

  • Nikola Ornig (2006): The Second Generation and Islam in Austria: An Analysis of the Chances and Limits of the Pluralism of Religions and Ethnic Groups . Graz University Press ( summary (PDF) )
  • Andreas Valicek (2008): MJÖ - Muslim Youth Austria . Diploma thesis, University of Vienna . Faculty of Social Sciences

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Muslim Youth Austria: Federal Chairwoman , accessed on September 28, 2016
  2. ^ Website of the BJV. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
  3. ↑ ots.at: OTS broadcast BJV new chairmanship elected. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Muslim youth: celebration with home. Retrieved November 8, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Self-presentation on the website of the Muslim Youth Austria
  6. ↑ MJOE self-presentation. Retrieved November 8, 2017 .
  7. ^ Website of the "Young Muslim Women Austria" (JMÖ)
  8. ↑ "FATIMA 2005 - A qualification offensive for Muslim girls" ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , one-year project of the BM @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / projektfatima.at
  9. ↑ financial support from the Federal Ministry of Economics, Family and Youth, according to the answer to parliamentary question no. 4333 / J , 2006
  10. ↑ Hafez, Farid; Heinisch, Reinhard; Kneucker, Raoul; Polak, Regina (Ed.): Young, Muslim, Austrian. Insights into 20 years of Muslim youth in Austria . Vienna 2016, p. 316 .
  11. ↑ Hafez, Farid; Heinisch, Reinhard; Kneucker, Raoul; Polak, Regina (Ed.): Young, Muslim, Austrian. Insights into 20 years of Muslim youth in Austria . Vienna 2016, p. 46 .
  12. ^ Website of the Muslim Youth Austria. Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
  13. ^ Vienna ORF.at: "Bomb Dummy: Partial Detention". Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
  14. ^ Website of the Muslim Youth Austria. Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Website of the project Fasten Share Help. Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Press release Fasting Share Help. Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Die Presse: Press Article FTH. Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
  18. ↑ OTS broadcast flood relief operation. Retrieved August 11, 2017 .
  19. ↑ Kurier article flood FPÖ causes a scandal on Facebook. Retrieved August 11, 2017 .
  20. ↑ Parliamentary question of 14 January 2015 , parlament.gv.at
  21. ↑ Answer by the Federal Minister on March 13, 2015 , parlament.gv.at
  22. ^ Opinion of the MJÖ , parlament.gv.at
  23. ↑ "Austria is a good base for the Muslim Brotherhood" , kurier.at , November 11, 2014, accessed on February 19, 2015
  24. ↑ "Sharia import: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states sponsor hundreds of clubs in Austria" , profil.at, November 25, 2014, accessed on October 2, 2015
  25. ↑ Islam in Austria: Muslim youth defend themselves against allegations , religion.orf.at, orientation from February 1, 2015
  26. ^ In the shadow of the Muslim Brotherhood nzz.at, October 28, 2015
  27. ↑ a b Correction: Muslim Youth Austria (MJÖ) , profil.at, May 9, 2015
  28. ↑ a b "Profile" withdraws allegations against Muslim youth , orf.at , May 4, 2015
  29. ↑ a b Muslim Brotherhood? "Profil" withdraws allegations against MJÖ , religion.orf.at, May 4, 2015
  30. ↑ a b Communication from the Austrian Press Council / Senate 2 of April 28, 2015 , presserat.at, accessed on October 2, 2015
  31. ↑ Is it all just coincidence, Mr President? . efganidoenmez.at (weblog), May 6, 2017. Accessed December 13, 2018
  32. ↑ Article reply - Dönmez direct. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten, accessed on August 16, 2017 .
  33. ↑ VdB-Sager: No "trap" for Muslim youth . Kronen Zeitung, August 9, 2017. Memento from the Internet Archive of September 14, 2017