A leading Muslim group in Austria has said it plans to file a lawsuit against the government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz for unveiling a controversial “Islam map”, according to Austrian media reports.
Muslim Youth Austria lambasted the government for publishing a “political Islam map”, which identifies the locations of mosques and Muslim associations around the country.
“The publication of all names, functions and addresses of Muslim institutions and institutions that have been read as Muslim represents an unprecedented crossing of boundaries,” the group was quoted as saying on Saturday.
Integration Minister Susanne Raab launched a website on Thursday, called the National Map of Islam, with the names and locations of more than 620 mosques, associations, and officials and their possible connections abroad.
A few days ahead of the EU Social Summit in Porto, Austrian Labour Minister Martin Köcher of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) rejected the idea of an EU-wide minimum wage, claiming the EU lacks competence in the area of labour policy, and that the issue falls within the sole competence of member states.
The move comes only a few months after the ÖVP’s coalition partner, the Green Party, emphasised the need to take action and to initiate an EU-wide minimum wage at the upcoming Social Summit.
The biggest opposition party in the Austrian parliament – the Social Democrats – heavily criticised the ÖVP’s rejection and claimed that a binding EU minimum wage would be an important step towards a socially more responsible Europe.
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