At a public primary school in Vienna, a Muslim father demanded that a teacher be dismissed because he is homosexual. This is described by the school’s headmaster, Christian Klar, in his newly published book ‘Wie retten wir die Zukunft unserer Kinder?’ (How can we save our children’s future?). According to the ÖVP politician, a ‘cultural and religious struggle’ is taking place in schools.
Klar specifically reports to the Austrian newspaper Heute that the young teacher was popular with his students and fellow teachers when he was first hired. But when it became known a few weeks later that the teacher was homosexual, a Muslim father complained. According to him, the situation was not in line with Islamic principles. This was unacceptable for his son.
The father demanded that the teacher be sacked immediately. When the school management did not comply, the Muslim father did not let up and, according to Klar’s account, demanded that the teacher be transferred to another school. The school refused this too, whereupon it was agreed that the son would be transferred to another class. ‘Where do such incidents lead, when is it time to say “Stop! ” I think we should have done that long ago,’ the headmaster appealed to the newspaper.
Such situations are increasingly being observed not only in Austrian schools, but also in Germany. Non-Muslim pupils and teachers are being harassed because of their characteristics or behaviour. A similar incident occurred at the Carl-Bolle Primary School in Berlin. Homosexual teacher Oziel Inácio-Stech was insulted by Muslim pupils as ‘a disgrace to his family’ and ‘disgusting’ because of his sexual orientation.
‘You gay, get out of here. Islam is the boss here,’ a young Muslim shouted at the Berlin class, among other things. Inácio-Stech would ‘end up in hell’ and was ‘a disgrace to Islam,’ were further insults hurled by the pupils.