The social change can be followed in the classroom in the burning glass, such as the current figures of education municipal councilor Bettina Ememmerling (NEOS) confirm. The proportion of Muslim students in Vienna Volks and High Schools is therefore already 41.2 percent. Catholics only matter 17.5 percent.
Where crosses once hung on the walls, various world images are reflected in the spirit of the children today. The new educational report shows: children with Islamic faith positions in the capital and secondary schools of the capital with 41.2 percent the largest group and trend rises. In the previous year, the share was 39.4 percent.
In the meantime, children with Christian Credo-Roman Catholic, Orthodox or Evangelical Make 34.5 percent rise. Almost a quarter of the students are without religion.
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A total of approximately 112,600 students from folk, middle, special and polytechnic schools flowed into the survey. Only 17.5 percent of the children belong to the Roman Catholic faith, 14.5 percent are dedicated to the Orthodox Church. Stays: In the previous year, the share of Catholics was still 21 percent. The rest is spread over smaller groups such as Buddhism (0.2 percent), Judaism (0.1 percent) and other religious communities (0.9 percent).
What seems sober on paper, in social reality, unfolds explosiveness that requires political answers. Emmerling talks about the need for a “compulsory common subject in a democracy”. According to the clear announcement, democracy, values and ethical mediation should not vary according to origin or religious connection.
Muslim young people considerably religious
And another fact will probably shrink the alarm bells. Because studies show that Muslim youths in Vienna are not only more significantly more religious in Vienna, but also increasingly represent derogatory attitudes, such as anti -Semitism, LGBTIQ hostility or a rejection of equality between men and women.
In the schools of Vienna there is a change that not only influences the educational landscape. It is about identity questions, living together – and the tension between tolerance and the limits of what can be said. The figures show that the cultural and religious change is progressing. The political answer to this must be consistent.
Source: Krone
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