Full Description
This volume of Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe covers Austria and consists of an annotated collection of legal documents affecting the status of Islam and Muslims. The legal texts are published in the original German language while the annotations and supporting material are in English. By legal documents are meant the texts of legislation, including relevant secondary legislation, as well as significant court decisions. Each legal text is preceded by an introduction describing the historical, political and legal circumstances of its adoption, plus a short paragraph summarising its content. The focus of the collection is on the religious dimensions of being Muslim in Europe, i.e. on individuals' access to practise their religious obligations and on the ability to organise and manifest their religious life.
Contents
Foreword by the Editors
Preface
1 Historical Background and Social Facts
1.1 Austria and Islam before the 19th Century
1.2 The Act on Islam 1912
1.3 Social Facts
2 The Status of Religious Communities in Austria
2.1 Fundamental Law Guarantees
2.2 Legally Recognised Churches and Religious Societies
2.3 State-Registered Religious Denominational Communities
2.4 Religious Communities as Non-profit Associations
3 The Federal Act on Islamic Religious Societies
4 Islamische Glaubensgemeinschaft in Österreich (IGGÖ)
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Federal Act on Islamic Religious Societies
4.3 The Internal Law of the Islamic Religious Society in Austria
5 (Islamic) Alevi Religious Society in Austria
5.1 Alevis in Austria
5.2 Islamgesetz (the Federal Act on Islamic Religious Societies)
5.3 The Internal Law of the (IslamicAlevi Religious Society in Austria
6 Islamic State-Registered Religious Denominational Communities
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Islamic-Shiite Religious Community in Austria/(Shia)—Islamisch-schiitische Glaubensgemeinschaft in Österreich (Schia)
7 Alevite State-Registered Religious Denominational Communities
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Alt-Alevitische Glaubensgemeinschaft in Österreich (AAGÖ)
8 Muslims in Integration Law
9 The Financing of Islamic Religious Societies
9.1 Cultus Contributions
9.2 Foreign Financing of Normal Activities
9.3 Tax Law
9.4 Indirect Financing of Religious Communities
10 Mosques and Prayer Rooms
11 Islamic Funerals and Graveyards
11.1 State Regulations
11.2 Islamic Funeral Provisions
11.3 Islamic Graveyards
12 Education and Schooling
12.1 Constitutional Guarantees
12.2 Religious Education
12.3 Religion and Schooling—General Introduction
12.4 School Time Regulations
12.5 Religious Instruction
12.6 Islamic Private Schools
13 Islam in Tertiary Educational Institutions
13.1 Islamic Religious Teacher Education
13.2 Islamic Theology and Religious Pedagogics at State Universities
13.3 Private Universities
14 Special Pastoral Care
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Chaplaincy in Healthcare Institutions
14.3 Chaplaincy in Prisons
14.4 Chaplaincy in the Armed Forces
15 Employment and Social Law
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Employment Contract
15.3 Manifestations of Religion by Employees
15.4 The Religiously Orientated Employers
15.5 Anti-discrimination Law
15.6 Religious Holidays and Free Time to Fulfil Religious Duties
15.7 Social Law
16 Islamic Slaughter and Dietary Rules
16.1 Islamic Ritual Slaughter
16.2 Islamic Dietary Rules
17 Islamic Dress
17.1 Kindergarten and School
17.2 Islamic Dress in Hospitals
17.3 The Islamic Veil in the Courtroom
17.4 Headscarves on Passport Photos
18 Family Law
18.1 Matrimonial Law
18.2 Parent and Child Law
18.3 Private International Law
19 Criminal Law
19.1 Introduction
19.2 The Protection of Religious Peace
19.3 Religion as Qualifying Element of an Offence
19.4 Confessional Secret
19.5 Female Genital Mutilation
19.6 Forced Marriage
19.7 Cruelty to Animals
Bibliography
Index
