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Wiederkehr wants to ban religious symbols in schools; the opposition rages.
In a profile interview, the newly crowned Deputy Mayor of Neos, Christoph Wiederkehr, didn’t beat around the bush. When asked about the constitutional ruling on lifting the ban on the veil in schools, Wiederkehr said: “One could discuss the ban on all religious symbols in schools up to the age of 14 up to the age of religious consent.” This also applies to the cross on the necklace, “if it could be seen and one agrees to treat all opinions equally. Yes. I am in favor of a secular state that treats all religions equally and does not choose or discriminate the individual according to the weather. “
ÖVP and FPÖ are furious at the recurring saying
The Education Councilor and the Deputy Mayor, who had only been in office for three weeks, needed nothing more: “Scandalous,” ranted FP club boss Maximilian Krauss. And further: “It is incredible to compare a small cross with the Islamic veil on children, which stands as a symbol of the oppression of women and the sexualization of girls in childhood.”
ÖVP’s Caroline Hungerländer is also enraged by Wiederkehr’s interpretation of the constitution: “The Neos are a left-wing party. So it’s no wonder they now want to ban the cross as well. The Neos promote political Islam by deliberately mixing it with religion. “
