Regarding the news in Austria, I find that we speak little of that in France. So I went to see the news of the country on LeMonde.fr. I spotted an article dated February dealing with the modernization of the law on Islam in Austria.

Austria is an open and tolerant country and the first to give official status to the Muslim religion in 1912. The Austrian Parliament adopted Wednesday, 25 February new legislation to promote "an Islam of a European nature," to avoid the radical drift. It prohibits the financing of cult organizations and imams by foreign funds and imams must master German. 

This new law aims also to promote "Islam of a European nature," according to Sebastian Kurz, the Conservative foreign minister and integration. This text for the first time, incorporates the right for Muslims to have chaplains in the army, hospitals, retirement homes and prisons, as well as the right to halal food, including at public school. It also requires compliance by residents of the celebration of Muslim holidays when they give rise to gatherings around places of worship. Or, it establishes Islamic theology courses at the university.

This  initiative is closely followed by several European countries, including France, where the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, has announced plans to also prevent the financing of imams by foreign funds. This law has been preparing for two years and is not directly related to recent Islamist attacks in Europe. However, Austria is a country with nearly 200 nationals who have left the country to join the ranks of jihadists in Syria and Iraq.

Unfortunately, the strongest criticism comes from Turkey where originates a significant proportion of Muslims in Austria. Many imams in Austria are paid by the Turkish state (about 60%), it is the scenario of a detour by foundations to avoid breaking the law. They perceive the law as "discriminatory" and "stigmatizing". The main Muslim federation IGGiÖ, which is endowed with an institutional role, approved the text with reservations. Several other organizations have seen in these measures, intended to strengthen the state control and limit foreign influence, "discrimination", the restriction on foreign funding targeting a single religious community in Austria.

However, other countries have applied the law as in Germany where adoption has been widely welcomed.