The Islamic faith is increasingly becoming a problem in schools, as a current example from daily life at a Viennese primary school clearly shows. Teachers are often powerless.
Not only does the ever-increasing number of non-German-speaking children pose challenges for teachers in Viennese schools, cultural differences also often lead to disagreements in the classroom.
“Gift” reluctantly accepted
This is also the case at the Felbigergasse primary school in Penzing, where the majority of children’s families belong to Islam. A very strange thing happened to a teacher on the day of the parent conference: the mother of one of her students gave her a burqa! The young teacher did not expect this action, but she did not want to start an argument and reluctantly accepted the ‘gift’. She certainly won’t dress and cover herself with it.
Unfortunately, this is not the first negative experience with the Islamic faith. Not long ago, one of her students, who is older than the rest of the class, sat in a circle during recess and read a book to his classmates. “At first I was happy that the children were reading voluntarily. Then I heard Arabic words,” says the class teacher.
Koran seized
Unfortunately, her initial joy at the exemplary action quickly turned to suspicion when she looked more closely at the book’s spine. The man was reading from the Koran! Alarmed, the teacher confiscated the book. A very courageous action by the young woman, as an entire family clan had already stood in front of the staff room and wanted to intimidate her.
Source: Krone
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