https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A liberal Muslim group in Austria has called on the Austrian authorities to keep a watchful eye on what is going on at a Saudi-financed religious dialogue centre in Vienna, which it alleges is being infiltrated by radical Salafists and Muslim Brotherhood members. https://www.thelocal.at/20151201/liberal-muslim-group-slams-saudi-centre Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:59:06 +0100 liberal-muslim-group-slams-saudi-centre Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has openly criticized Saudi Arabia over its human rights record, saying that Austria considers the death penalty to be an "inhuman punishment". https://www.thelocal.at/20151127/austria-speaks-out-on-saudi-human-rights Fri, 27 Nov 2015 11:33:09 +0100 austria-speaks-out-on-saudi-human-rights Ensaf Haidar, the wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, has called on the Austrian government to close a Saudi-financed dialogue centre in Vienna, and to help end her husband’s suffering and save him from further floggings. https://www.thelocal.at/20150224/saudi-bloggers-wife-appeals-to-austria Tue, 24 Feb 2015 17:31:00 +0100 saudi-bloggers-wife-appeals-to-austria Saudi Arabia is reportedly outraged by the debate around a religious dialogue centre it has financed in Vienna, according to diplomatic insiders quoted in Austrian media. https://www.thelocal.at/20150129/saudi-arabia-could-relocate-opec-headquarters Thu, 29 Jan 2015 13:53:10 +0100 saudi-arabia-could-relocate-opec-headquarters A government report into a Saudi-financed religious dialogue centre which has its headquarters in Vienna has found that the centre is “flawed” and recommended reforms, but warned that closing it could violate international law. https://www.thelocal.at/20150127/report-calls-for-reform-of-saudi-centre Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:01:00 +0100 report-calls-for-reform-of-saudi-centre Around 80 people gathered outside Vienna's controversial Saudi-financed religious dialogue centre on Friday, to protest against the flogging of blogger Raif Badawi. https://www.thelocal.at/20150123/austrian-protesters-support-flogged-blogger Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:36:00 +0100 austrian-protesters-support-flogged-blogger Austria's chancellor threatened Tuesday to withdraw support for a Saudi-financed religious dialogue centre unless it condemns the public flogging of a Saudi blogger that has sparked an international outcry. https://www.thelocal.at/20150120/austria-threatens-saudi-igo-over-blogger-flogging Tue, 20 Jan 2015 19:18:00 +0100 austria-threatens-saudi-igo-over-blogger-flogging Former Justice Minister Claudia Bandion-Ortner, the deputy head of a Saudi-sponsored religious dialogue centre in Vienna, has resigned amidst a controversy over Saudi Arabia’s human rights record and the centre’s role in Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20150119/deputy-head-of-saudi-interfaith-centre-resigns Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:37:00 +0100 deputy-head-of-saudi-interfaith-centre-resigns Austria will be unable to close a controversial Saudi-funded centre in Vienna without the consent of co-founders Saudi Arabia and Spain - although it could block any decision on its budget this year. https://www.thelocal.at/20150113/austria-cannot-close-saudi-funded-ngo Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:06:00 +0100 austria-cannot-close-saudi-funded-ngo Vienna’s School Board has threatened a controversial private Saudi School with closure by the end of the 2014/2015 school year, after it failed to provide the names of its director and teachers. https://www.thelocal.at/20141215/vienna-moves-to-close-saudi-school Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:42:00 +0100 vienna-moves-to-close-saudi-school Leaders of Christian, Muslim and other religious communities from Iraq, Syria and the larger Middle East region have met at a Saudi-funded centre in Vienna and have denounced all violence in the name of religion. https://www.thelocal.at/20141120/religious-leaders-denounce-violence Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:49:00 +0100 religious-leaders-denounce-violence Vienna’s Saudi School - a private school for Islamic immigrants from Saudi Arabia and the Middle East - is under review by the city council after allegations that it is teaching conspiracy theories and anti-Semitism. https://www.thelocal.at/20141114/saudi-school-teaching-anti-semitism Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:29:00 +0100 saudi-school-teaching-anti-semitism The Austrian government has said it will be observing the activities of a Saudi-funded centre in Vienna, which is supposed to foster inter-religious dialogue, before extending its contract next year. https://www.thelocal.at/20141028/saudi-funded-ngo-under-scrutiny-in-austria Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:01:09 +0100 saudi-funded-ngo-under-scrutiny-in-austria Former Austrian justice minister Claudia Bandion-Ortner, herself a judge, is also deputy director of a Saudi-funded centre in Vienna for fostering inter-religious dialogue. https://www.thelocal.at/20141023/judges-furious-at-pro-saudi-comments Fri, 24 Oct 2014 00:18:00 +0200 judges-furious-at-pro-saudi-comments