Study's Turkish-born author believes some Austrian kindergartens could be producing radicals of the future.
Religious schools in Austria help create “parallel societies”, a new report has claimed.
The Vienna University study found 10,000 children aged between two and six attend a Muslim preschool. However, lead author professor Ednan Aslan has claimed some preschools could be responsible for producing the homegrown terrorists of the future.
Vienna has roughly 150 Muslim kindergartens and Mr Aslan believes at least a quarter have the backing of ultra-conservative groups.
"Parents are sending their kids to establishments that ensure they are in a Muslim setting and learn a few suras (chapters from the Koran)," Mr Aslan of Vienna University told AFP.
"But they are unaware that they are shutting them off from a multicultural society.”
However many are sceptical of Mr Aslan’s findings and have called into question his methodology. [The Independent] Read more
