Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurtz spoke in favor of liquidating kindergartens for Muslims in the country. According to the minister, such pre-school institutions do not facilitate the integration of children from Muslim families into Austrian society, according to Kurier.

"Of course, we do not need them. We should not have Muslim kindergartens, "said Kurtz.

According to the publication, in Vienna alone, about 10 thousand children of Arab and Chechen origin are trained in such pre-school institutions.

"Kindergartens should prepare children for school so that they can speak German, but the so-called Muslim kindergartens differ in ethnic and linguistic principles. We do not need them, "Kurtz stressed..

According to him, such kindergartens want to receive funding from the state budget. At the same time, this leads to the isolation of Muslim communities, and children are educated in isolation from European values. Often they employ employees who do not speak German or know it badly. Therefore, Kurtz also spoke for toughening the requirements for the level of language training in preschool institutions, which, in the end, will force Muslim kindergartens to close.

Also, the minister added that after the reception of refugees from Italy and Greece, the Austrian authorities are making active efforts to integrate migrants, including teaching them the German language and instilling local values.

As informs RT, discussion about kindergartens in Austria has begun after the publication of research of the professor of the Viennese university, the Turk by origin Ednan Aslan. In his work the scientist argued that a significant number of parents in the Muslim families of Vienna would like to raise children in religious kindergartens in order to protect them from the vices of Western society.

However, it turned out that in such institutions and educators are poorly trained, and teachers are unprofessional, and educational programs more closely resemble Afghan or Pakistani madrasahs. According to Aslan, in Muslim kindergartens, children are taught a "retrograde understanding of sin" and are educated from them "little Salafis".

"The main danger of the emergence of parallel cultural worlds is mutual rejection and misunderstanding, which leads to xenophobic sentiments on both sides. In Europe, only xenophobic attitudes towards newcomers have been talked about, but now the question of xenophobia of visitors to the indigenous population is gradually emerging, "said Alexander Kamkin, a leading researcher at the Center for German Studies at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, commenting on the latest statements of the Austrian minister..

Earlier, in November 2016. , Kurtz urged to immediately prohibit the spread of the Koran in the streets of the country by the "Salafi", t. This is "no longer tolerated".

Prior to this, last summer, he demanded to ban "antisocial symbols" - niqab and paranja. As a result, in May 2017. The Austrian Parliament voted to ban wearing a burqa, niqab and other clothing completely covering the face, in public places.

In addition, now migrants are obliged to attend integration courses during the year, where they are taught the German language and are introduced to the values ??of the republic. At the same time, refugees must work for free in public works, so that they are not cut off by social benefits.